Badge: D1
Age: 49
Served: 26 years
May 1, 1929 to September 19, 1955
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Walter was born December 20, 1905 to English immigrant, John B. Hart, and Pennsylvanian, Mary (Sweeny) Hart. Before he was born, the family had settled on Wade Street in Cincinnati. Walter Hart’s father died soon after Walter was born. Sometime later, he and his mother, Mary Hart, were taken in by Cincinnati Patrolman Frank H. Menkhaus, at 1724 Denham.
Patrolman Menkhaus apparently had an influence on Walter because he joined the Cincinnati Police Department on May 1, 1929. He was appointed as a Patrolman in District 3 (on Warsaw Avenue). He moved next door with his new wife, Lillian Hart, to 1720 Denham and gave birth in 1930 to Patricia Hart and in 1932 to Thomas Hart.
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