North Tonawanda Police Department

Retired Chief of Police J. F. Ryan.  Photo taken at 199 Oliver Street.
Photo:  Courtesy of George Trautman Collection

1924 - Chief of Police, Sergeant, Special Officers, and Members of the Department.  Front row, left to right:  Patrolman Norris Gillespie; Special Officer R. D. Bush; Patrolman Arthur Belein; Sergeant A. D. Smith; Chief Frank X. Kinzly; Desk Sergeants Joseph Seguin, Herman Heintz, T. J. Sullivan.  Second row:  Patrolmen Milton Pollard, Walter Moeller, Ervin G. Runge, Alfred Henneberger, Fred J. Roehm, Andrew Lubs and Special Officer Frank Rhoney.  Top row:  Special Officer Fred Hoefert, Patrolmen George Wilke, John Burns, Thomas Shine, Fred Sprenger, James Leslie, and Edward Kasbaum. Courtesy of William C. Wittkowsky Collection.

Auto patrol and staff car in 1924

In the photo above, policemen in their patrol vehicles in front of the YMCA Building which housed the police station. At the left of the YMCA Building can be seen part of First Methodist Church on the north east corner of Main and Tremont Streets. Courtesy of William C. Wittkowsky Collection.