…of 1843, 1845, 1846, and 1848, and likely all the intervening years between 1841 and 1850. During 1847, he and Constable (later Police Chief) James Ruffin were commended for capturing…

…1908, he and his wife had three boys, and he had served his adopted country and community 17 years.   MURDERER Rosso Levato (42) had a less productive life. He…

…and murderers; involved in chases and shootings; and generally impressing district, bureau, and division commanders. His shooting skills were such that he was invited to compete with the Cincinnati Police…

…John Edward McKibben (21), of 105 E. Liberty Street. He was with a female companion, Elizabeth Andrews (21) of 2455 Everglades Avenue. Patrolman Althoff escorted the two to a callbox…

…a hungry, dirty, freezing, and whining puppy on the riverfront. They coaxed him back to the stationhouse and, with three bars of soap, cleaned him up. Food from the other…

…years. During 1995, Cincinnati Police Captain Christopher M. Robertson, Training Section Commander, and Lieutenant Stephen R. Kramer, Assistant Planning Section Commander, citing a 1950 Cincinnati ordinance calling for the retirement…

…1963, Governor James A. Rhodes commuted his sentence. He went free after serving 25 years. In answering reporters’ questions, he had obvious feelings about being confined for 25 years and…

…out for the purpose of taking part in a reception for General U. S. Grant, during which Lieutenant Desmond was promoted to Captain and assigned to command Company B. By…

…a municipal police department. Only the most competent and uncorrupted were rehired to the new 300-man Police Department under the new non-partisan Police Commission. Frank was one of the first…

…official commendations from the police chief or bureau commander. His commander, in one of Officer Bennington’s personnel documents, described him as “an excellent all-around police officer who needs no supervision.”…

…a dial telegraph.   Police and Fire Dial Telegraph On November 23, 1859, Gamewell and Company of South Carolina petitioned Cincinnati City Council to confer with a committee to introduce…