LANSING POLICE DEPARTMENT HISTORICAL WEB SITE
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LANSING POLICE DEPARTMENT HISTORICAL WEB SITE
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A NEW CHIEF 1914 In May, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Chief Henry Behrendt to the position of U.S. Marshal for eastern Michigan. Captain Frank Cole was appointed the fourth chief of LPD during a difficult period. The United States was involved in WWI and several Lansing police officers enlisted in branches of the military, reducing the police force. A few of Lansing’s larger factories converted to building war materiel and large numbers of unemployed people jumped the trains and came to Lansing looking for work, congregating around the plants. The plant owners obtained permission to hire “special police” as watchmen, often paying them more than LPD officers were paid. Another group of 25 “Special Police Reserve,” men with military experience, were armed by the State Preparedness Board. Though some of these men were referred to as LPD officers they were not sworn officers of the Lansing Police Dept. Chief Cole and 26 officers also dealt with vagrants, traffic and patrolling the city.
Chief Frank Cole 1914-1918
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