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The term Police Academy meant something different to the Metropolitan Police Department in 1942 than it does today. The Police Academy was not meant to train new officers, rather it was intended to give additional training to experienced police officers.
The Police Academy Instructor badges is one of the rarer badges of the Metropolitan Police Department. There were only 48 of these badges produced and they were presented to the volunteer instructors of the Washington [D.C.] Police Academy by Captain John H. Fowler, on October 27, 1942.
The badges are made from silver which was standard for World War II. The reason being that the federal government required badges to be made from silver instead of other metals needed for the war effort.
The Police Academy was conceived by Major Edward J. Kelly, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Department, after a Congressional investigation of the department found inefficiencies. The Police Academy was designed for officers who had more than six years’ experience in the department. Instruction was given in 85 different subjects over 107 hours, six days a week. The lectures were in the early morning and early afternoon and then the officers would spend time with the various squads of the detective bureau. There was an exam given at the end of the week as well as a final examination.
Under the umbrella of the Police Academy, in 1946 the scope of training was expanded. The new Major and Superintendent, Harvey G. Callahan created a new police school for officers as they were promoted. This new school was developed for a better understanding of departmental policy. Major Callahan explained that in the past, officers did not have the advantage of schooling in supervisory duties and policy and when an individual was promoted, they were left to figure out the understanding of leadership, duties and departmental policy on their own.
The Police Academy ran from January 1942 through June 1947 when it was closed because of manpower issues. Police Chief Robert V. Murray, a graduate of the second Police Academy class reopened the Police Academy in 1960.
The badges were presented to:
Howard Bailey – Assistant to the Managing Editor, Evening Star
Donald K. Brown – Special Agent – Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dr. Warren Brush – United States Forest Service
John Burch – Daily News
John C. Chevalier – President of Palace Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Corp.
John C. Conliif
R. Collier – Evening Star Editorial Staff
Edward M. Curran – US District Attorney for DC.
Edward R. Deane – Secretary-Chairman of the Board of Revocation of Operators Permits
Frank L. Dennis – Assistant Managing Editor, Washington Post
John Diamond – Assistant United States Attorney
Dr. Leonard M. Dub – Child Psychologist
Leo A. De Waard – Postal Inspector
J. Engert – Special Agent – Federal Bureau of Investigation
Maurice O. Eldridge – District of Columbia Traffic Director
Sheldon W. Fairchild – Investigator National Automobile Theft Bureau, New York
John W. Fihelly – Assistant United States Attorney
John Fitzgerald – Assistant United States Attorney
Richard W. Flournoy – Assistant Legal Advisor – State Department
W.B. Foard – Special Agent – Federal Bureau of Investigation
E.A. Green – Superintendent District of Columbia Jail
Cecil R. Heflin – Assistant United States Attorney
William Hill – City Editor – Evening Star
W.C. Hinze
Ray L. Huff – Director of Public Welfare
Milton J. Korman – Assistant Corporation Counsel
Allen J. Krouse – Assistant United States Attorney
John L. Laskey – Assistant United States Attorney
C.C. Lauber
S.K. McKee – Special Agent – Federal Bureau of Investigation
Benjamin M. McKelway – Editor – Evening Star
Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald – Coroner for the District of Columbia
Dr. Christopher J. Murphy – Deputy Coroner for District of Columbia
Charles B. Murray – Assistant United States Attorney
Henry Messinger
Leroy W. Morrison – Special Agent – Bureau of Narcotics
Dr. James Allen Nolan – Director, Washington Criminal Justice Association
R.C. Roberts – Fire Marshal for the District of Columbia
Dr. Richard M. Rosenberg – Deputy Coroner for District of Columbia
Joseph A. Sanford – Chief Probation Officer D.C. Municipal Court
Dr. Wilmer Souder – National Bureau of Standards
R.E.L. Smith – Chief Parole Officer
James R. Stringfellow – Special Agent – Secret Service
Needham C. Turnage – Commissioner, District of Columbia
Thomas Gillespie Walsh – Chairman District Mental Health Commission
Raymond E. Whipp
Frank Waldrop – Executive Editor Washington Times-Herald
C.R. Raum
CLASS #1
Lieutenant William Murphy – 9th Precinct
Lieutenant Mary Gainey – Women’s Bureau
Sergeant Howard V. Covell
Sergeant Thomas C. Kelleher
Sergeant Richard F. McCarty
Sergeant Harold E. Moore
Sergeant Thomas Rasmusen
Sergeant Charles J. Sullivan
Acting Sergeant Walter B. Vogelsang
Corporal John F. Dent
Precinct Detective Joseph Bell
Precinct Detective Daniel J. Slattery
Private Samuel T. Creech
Private Arthur T. Davis
Private Fred D. Hillard
Private Harold C. Hoffman
Private Leonard M. Johnson
Private Bertis A. Lemon
Private Francis W. Marple
Private Dewey H. Mayo
Private John B. Monroe
Private Albert B. Nicholson
Private Francis G. Pilkerton
Private Theodore L. Richardson
Private Parke H. Sams
Private Howard F. Smith
Private Bedford F. Spittle
Detective Sergeant John F. Sanders – Arlington County Police
John E. Conway – Arlington County Police
Sergeant Henry T. Magarity – Fairfax County Police
Special Agent Erasmo R. Cruz – Department of Justice of the Philippines
Detective Sergeant Jeremiah F. Flaherty – Prince George’s County Police
Manning Clagett – Times-Herald
John A. Singerhoff – Washington Post
CLASS #2
Lieutenant Irvin H. Umbaugh – No. 1 Precinct
Precinct Detective August R. Helwig – No. 1 Precinct
Lieutenant Thomas Edwards – No. 2 Precinct
Private Andrew W. Taylor – No. 2 Precinct
Lieutenant George R. Wallrodt – No. 3 Precinct
Private Hovey A. Lord – No. 3 Precinct
Private John L. King – No. 4 Precinct
Sergeant Basil F. McAlister – No. 5 Precinct
Private Robert J. Thompkins – No. 5 Precinct
Sergeant Robert V. Murray – No. 6 Precinct
Private James S. McWhirt – No. 6 Precinct
Lieutenant Paul Barnes – No. 7 Precinct
Precinct Detective James T. Nash – No. 7 Precinct
Lieutenant Lewis D. Redmon – No. 8 Precinct
Private Roland M. Kirby – No. 8 Precinct
Sergeant Daniel F. Donoghue – No. 9 Precinct
Private William E. McCarten – No. 9 Precinct
Private Joseph A. Duley – No. 10 Precinct
Private James B. Jones – No. 10 Precinct
Sergeant Daniel O. Fletcher – No. 11 Precinct
Private Paul L. Brinton – No. 12 Precinct
Private George E. Cooper – No. 12 Precinct
Sergeant William H. Hinson – No. 13 Precinct
Precinct Detective Bernard D. Crooke – No. 13 Precinct
Detective Sergeant Richard J. Felber – Detective Bureau
Sergeant Ray Aggleson – Administrative Headquarters
Private Charles Clay Jr. – Administrative Headquarters
Sergeant Anthony Richitt – Traffic Bureau
Private Benjamin R. Campbell – Traffic Bureau
Sergeant Veronica D. Winder – Women’s Bureau
Corporal Louis J. Mackall – Prince George’s County (Md.) Police
Sergeant J. B. Lawler – United States Park Police
Private A. D. Cook – United States Park Police
Captain Jerry O’Leary Jr. – Auxiliary Police & Reporter, The Sunday Star
CLASS #3
Lieutenant Harry C. Blackman
Lieutenant Robert D. Chenault
Lieutenant Marshall R. Gore
Lieutenant Earl P. Hartman
Detective Sergeant John K. Baker
Detective Sergeant William U. Christain
Sergeant Carl G. Darnell
Sergeant Percy A. Deanell
Sergeant Earl Noble
Sergeant Henry A. Heflin
Sergeant Horace F. Skinner
Sergeant John A. Winters
Precinct Detective E.P. Hallman
Precinct Detective Charles T. Williams
Private Adam M. Arney
Private Richard S. Best
Private John L. Boccina
Private Ruby G. Brandt
Private John A. Brant
Private Phillip Burton
Private Arthur B. Cross
Private Jeremiah J.J. Cullinane
Private M. J. Engle
Private James A. Hunt
Private Raymond J. James
Private Harry F. Mowry
Private James J. Prophet
Private William F. Rector
Private Thomas H. Rice
Private Baron Solomon
Private Summerfield B. Tillet Jr.
Captain J. Theodore Crown – Auxiliary Police, Reporter The Evening Star
CLASS #4
CLASS #5
Benjamin F. Bean
Laure K. Collins
Harold W. Collier
Talmadge F. Denton
Charles S. Dwyer
John Flaherty
Otto P. Fuss
James H. Gosnell
Conner H. Gould
John W. Hanrahan
Samuel Jackson Holladay
Edner J. Scott
Elmer F. Lewis
Leonard Lindas
Abel Mann
Karl G. McCormick
John G. Middleton
Henry S. Montogmery
Jesse I. Moore
Gordon Tracy Nance
Patrick J. O’Sullivan
Lloyd G. Parker
Lewis H. Peterson
Robert Lee Rison
Carl D. Schamp
Bert Sheldon
Chester F. Smith
Fred L. Stouffer
Chester C. Stepp
John R. Wallace
Archie M. Winfree
John A. Wright
Miss Frances M. C. Bird
CLASS #6
Captain Sidney J. Marks
Special Investigator Ernest C. Cordell
Special Investigator Daniel I. McCain
Lieutenant James E. Silvea
Sergeant Alexander S. Douglass Jr.
Sergeant Joe H. Johnson
Sergeant Charles L. Langley
Sergeant George V. Moore
Sergeant James C. Pipkin
Sergeant James L. Rochford
Sergeant John J. Ronayne
Private Maurice C. Barco
Private William Brennan
Private Linwood A. Crabbin
Private Roy A. Cunningham
Private Francis H. Dunn
Private Percy G. Dawson
Private William J. Caylor
Private Edwin M. Gorely
Private Theodore R. Haage
Private Charles H. Haqgerty
Private George J. Leahy
Private John J. Leu
Private Charles R. McArthur
Private John H. McHale
Private R.A. Nielson
Private Charles A. Parker
Private Lewis B. Peters
Private U.S. Rogers
Private Samuel Stickley
Private George H. Swearingen
Private Marie H. Thomas – Women’s Bureau
Private John T. White
Private Raymond H. Russell
Private Ernest F. Wyckoff
Lieutenant Joseph R. Enos – U.S. Army Military Police
Sergeant Joseph Baran – U.S. Army Military Police
Sergeant William K. Snider – U.S. Park Police
Private Charles A. Mason – U.S. Park Police
CLASS #7
Captain Nelson O. Holmes
Lieutenant Albert B. Clark
Lieutenant Benjamin C. Kuehling
Lieutenant John L. Norris
Lieutenant Lafone Starkweather
Detective Sergeant John O. Curtis
Detective Sergeant Reuben R. Nichols
Precinct Detective Frank A. Jordan
Precinct Detective Harvey H. McQuinn
Sergeant Maurice F. Prestele
Sergeant Thomas V. Slominski
Sergeant Howard Venable
Sergeant Wayland W. Wittemore
Acting Sergeant Frank M. Beall
Acting Sergeant Wilbur M. Sanders
Private Bolivar Nelson Bradshaw
Private Edward M. Brown
Private John C. Daniels
Private Robert L. Decker
Private Edward T. Elliott
Private William A. Elliott
Private Edmund J. Fitzgerald
Private Charles P. Flynn
Private John E. Glick
Private Ellis C. Helms
Private Robert M. Henry
Private Mildred S. McClelland
Private Arthur G. Mihill
Private Gilbert J. Penturff
Private Joseph L. Proctor
Private John L. Purvis
Private Oscar E. Rehbein
Private William Edward Rogers
Private Clyde O. Rouse
Private Herman A. Sauer
Private Carl L. Sierk
Private Francis D. Smith
Private Jerome Tarleton
Private Hall De Witt Williams
Sergeant Roy S. Jenkins – United States Park Police
Sergeant Tyre B. Cunningham – Washington Terminal Police
Private Orville W. McHargue – Washington Terminal Police
Staff Sergeant Kenneth L. McKinney – US Army Military Police
Corporal Leonard R. Kretsge – US Army Military Police
CLASS #8
Lieutenant Chester C. Gouldman
Lieutenant Loraine T. Johnson
Lieutenant Charles H. Warder
Detective Sergeant James J. Tolson
Sergeant Shirley R. Collins
Sergeant George S. Eckels
Sergeant Ernest A. Fuller
Sergeant Joseph T. Kirby
Sergeant Jack R. Milsted
Sergeant Sylvester E. Steinman
Precinct Detective Pearl D. Pythian
Precinct Detective Roland W. Valentine
Private George Washington Absher
Private James G. Beach
Private Archie Ball Clothier
Private James H. Cox
Private Clair K. Culver
Private Bernard F. Day
Private William D. De Groot
Private Joseph H. Dellinger
Private Warrior B. Edwards
Private Raymond S. Evans
Private Reuben E. Fenton
Private John J. Fitzpatrick
Private William Glassman
Private Samuel H. Hartung
Private Sheridan Jones
Private Martin A. Kelly
Private Eugene G. Mower
Private Donald Bowler Plant
Private John J. Pumphrey
Private Frederick R. Rabil
Private Ira B. Wetherell
Private John W. Sheedy – United States Park Police
Private Philip W. Birch – United States Park Police
Master Sergeant Albert Fillo – US Army Military Police
Sergeant Ivan R. Masterson – US Army Military Police
Sergeant John P. Schneider – US Army Military Police
Private First Class Mortimer L. Feigenbaum – US Army Military Police
Lieutenant Frederick W. Winstead – United States Engineers’ Office Police
Sergeant Edward J. Kerns – United States Engineers’ Office Police
CLASS #9 – PARTIAL LIST
Private Caloine W. Alexander – Police Women’s Bureau
Special Officer Betsy Arns – Jelleff’s Inc.
Store Detective Phillip M. Padgett – Lansburgh & Bro.
CLASS #10
Captain A. I. Bullock
Special Investigator Karl T. Howe
Lieutenant J. J. Agnew
Lieutenant M. G. Ayer
Lieutenant C. E. Perry
Lieutenant D. D. Pittman
Sergeant A. M. Bradley
Sergeant W. V. Chase
Sergeant R. E. Cheney
Sergeant G. Weaver
Corporal P. Eksterowicz
Corporal D. P. Kenzie
Private John F. Ash
Private Philip S. Ball
Private R. O. Bankert
Private G. A. Beacham
Private C. R. Blick
Private Charles Burns
Private O. T. Coffin
Private E. B. Crandall
Private D. L. Dodds
Private H. C. Fryer
Private A. Gernholfer
Private H. Hammersia
Private R. C. Hannah
Private E. P. Jefferson
Private H. C. Johnson
Private W. J. King
Private H. D. Larey
Private W. A. Link
Private R. T. Nash
Private J. E. O’Neal
Private James B. Pruitt
Private R. B. Rector
Private C. W. Richmond
Private R. Sandberg
Private W. Sanderson
Private C. A. Scott
Private G. W. Ward
Private G. A. Williams
Private R. M. Wortman
Private Z. R. Wright
Douglas P. D. D. F.
Sass, Joseph G.
Shipley, D
CLASS #11
CLASS #12
CLASS#13
Detective Sergeant H. H. Hodge
Sergeant F. R. Barnard
Corporal G. F. Davis
Corporal A. B. Land
Corporal G. W. Linthicum
Private P. L. Abel
Private H. G. Barnes
Private F. J. Behnke
Private A. K. Bowen
Private H. A Bradley
Private J. E. Collins
Private L. A. Dorman
Private L. H. Halstead Jr.
Private F. S. Hathrone
Private L. W. Hebbard
Private L. D. Johnson
Private P. N. Koenig Jr.
Private Francis Leer
Private R. E. Meissner
Private J. D. Miller
Private J. A. Myers
Private E. V. Northcutt
Private R. C. Redifer
Private C. R. Roberts
Private R. C. Schwab
Private L. G. Scripture
Private D. B. Siegrist
Private W. B. Stevens
Private J. R. Stone
Private A. E. Sweeney
Private J. S. Titus
Private J. W. Trotter
Private V. W. Weaver
Private Detective E. A. Daly
Private Detective E. L. Hayes
Private Detective J. D. Loughrin
Private Detective Charles L. Pemberton
CLASS #14
Allen, Donald E.
Amos, E. R. Jr.
Bailey, Homer A.
Burton, John
Childress, Horace S.
Conner, Melvin M.
Cox, Preston M.
Denny, Larry V.
Douglas, George R.
Emerson, F. F.
Grayson, Edwin S.
Harris, Foley W.
Harrison, John W.
Holcomb, V. V.
Hopkins, Robert W.
Innocenti, Frank J.
Kapsol, Alex K.
Kasik, Joseph P. Jr.
Keer, Wash
Lutz, Clarence H.
Mason, John L.
McCarthy, M. S.
Molle, Arthur H.
Morris, Walter L.
O’Bryen, John R.
Ostrom, Walter R.
Renner, Herbert G.
Russell, Samuel R.
Sadtler, James L.
Sennott, E. H. Jr.
Shibley, George R.
Snyder, Louis M.
Stewart, T. R.
Vogel, Philip L.
Will, Everett V.
Womble, Harvey C.
Wright, Charles L.
CLASS #15
Private William T. Burroughs – 1st Precinct
Private Clarence R. Winemuller Jr. – 1st Precinct
Private John J. Coughlin – 2nd Precinct
Private Owen W. Davis – 2nd Precinct
Private James D. Kennedy – 3rd Precinct
Private Merlin E. Swanson – 3rd Precinct
Private Clarence A. Chaney – 4th Precinct
Private George V. Davis – 4th Precinct
Private George G. Maghan – 5th Precinct
Private Roswell P. Pipkin – 5th Precinct
Private George K. Brown – 6th Precinct
Private Ralph W. Creel – 6th Precinct
Private George H. Russell – 7th Precinct
Private Norman E. Ward – 7th Precinct
Private Jewell W. Carroll – 8th Precinct
Private Frank E. Wright – 8th Precinct
Private Joseph I. Beach – 9th Precinct
Private Raymond D. Padgett – 9th Precinct
Private Frank J. Adams – 10th Precinct
Private Walter F. Allen – 10th Precinct
Private Alfred M. Burnell – 11th Precinct
Private Vincent C. Wahler – 11th Precinct
Private Gilbert C. Heine – 12th Precinct
Corporal Adelbert A. Schmidt – 12th Precinct (Class Superintendent)
Private Harry E. Hamilton – 13th Precinct
Private Paul F. Thorne – 13th Precinct
Detective Sergeant Albert H. Hitt – Detective Bureau
Private James W. Ryan – Detective Bureau
Private Thomas T. Barbour – Traffic Division
Private Scott B. Myers – Traffic Division
Private Francis A. Carr – Harbor Precinct
Private Rose M. Richards – Women’s Bureau
Staff Sergeant Robert D. Roberts – Military District Washington MP
Sergeant Howard K. Cunningham – Military District Washington MP
Technician Fourth Grade Victor Arnold – Military District Washington MP
Sergeant Everitt R. Parr – Military District Washington MP
Corporal Numma C. Slawter – Military District Washington MP
CLASS #16
CLASS #17
Corporal Charles R. Murphy
Corporal William R. Lasham
Precinct Detective James M. Powell
Precinct Detective Herman W. Xander
Private Francis V. Andruzzi
Private Wade G. Baucom
Private Walter L. Brown
Private George W. Cardona
Private Maurice J. Casem
Private Vincent W. Cleary
Private Thomas Colby
Private Marshall H. Cook
Private Alfred F. Corfield
Private Charles K. Daub
Private F. E. Daugherty
Private R. S. Eichelberger
Private Isadore Fein
Private Willard H. Garner
Private Harvey B. Gilbert
Private Elzaphan M. Hanna
Private John R. Harris
Private Lurty C. Houff
Private James D. Langley
Private Richard G. Long
Private James E. Lumpkin
Private Alphonzo H. Lyons
Private Alpheous B. Masters
Private Harry G. McDougall
Private James M. McQueen
Private John A. Payne
Private Benton B. Royer
Private Adam P. Scherl
Private Thomas B. Shipman
Private Charles E. Simmons
Private Thomas L. Souder
Private John A. Stewart
Private Emmet A. Sullivan
Private Glen F. Swank
Private Ray R. Swank
Private Harry L. Thompson
Private Richard C. Thornett
Private A. F. Trammelle Jr.
Private John A. Wentz
Private Frank C. White
Private Robert H. Wolf
Private Harry H. Yarnell
Sergeant J. B. Klenke – U.S. Army MP
Corporal A. E. Fredrick – U.S. Army MP
Private First Class R. E. Heyboer – U.S. Army MP
Private First Class W. J. Gorman – U.S. Army MP
CLASS #18
Lieutenant Bert Sheldon – 7th Precinct
Detective Sergeant John R. Luskey
Precinct Detective Sanford
Private A. A. Aderholdt
Private El. C. Boatman
Private V. E. Bost
Private W. C. Burkett
Private D. A. Cherry
Private L. L. Coates
Private H. G. Cochran
Private W. N. Cook
Private C. H. Cooke
Private W. P. Doran
Private La Velle Edmiston – 1st Precinct
Private C. W. Ganyon
Private L. Girard
Private T. Harmon
Private John W. Hayes
Private J. S. Hughes
Private H. A. Icenhower
Private P. W. Johnson
Private E. A. Levine
Private E. J. Long Jr.
Private J. K. McCarty
Private H. L. Pilling
Private M. G. Randall
Private V. C. Sanders
Private Satterwaite
Private D. A. Smith
Private J. E. Stargel
Private C. F. Sullivan
Private B. T. Taylor Jr.
Private J. E. Tayman
Private R. G. Thompson
Private George M. Timko – 1st Precinct
Private F. N. Webber Jr.
Private Sam Weiner
Private P. M. Zazanis
Private W. J. Zerwick
Private Walter B. Zurkowski – 11th Precinct
Private J. B. Hobbs – United States Park Police
Captain Feng Wen-yao – National Police Department of China
Hung Hing Chu – National Police Department of China
Lieutenant Arthur A. Ackley – U.S. Army Military Police
Lieutenant Reuben Frier – U.S. Army Military Police
Sergeant Leindecker – U.S. Army Military Police
Sergeant James M. Bell – U.S. Army Military Police
Corporal Herschel V. Summerlin – U.S. Army Military Police
CLASS #19
CLASS #20
