Patrolman Thomas Cooney – Cranston Police

     

     Patrolman Thomas Cooney is known to have been on the Cranston Police Department in the 1920s.   

Cranston City Times
August 27, 1925

Patrolman William E. Cassidy – Cranston Police

   

     Patrolman William E. Cassidy was appointed to the Cranston Police Department in April or May of 1929.  No further information is known at this time. 

Patrolman Bertil H. Jentzel – Cranston Police

 

     Patrolman Bertil H. Jentzel was appointed to the Cranston Police Department as a special officer in October of 1925, and appointed a regular officer on March 20, 1926.  He served as a motorcycle patrolman covering the Oaklawn, Knightsville, and Arlington sections.  He resigned from the department in August of 1929 to take a job in Toronto, Canada.  

     On his last day, his fellow officers gave him a surprise farewell party at the Knighstville station, and presented him with a wrist watch.  

Cranston News
August 21, 1929

Patrolman William L. Dutton – Cranston Police

     Patrolman William L. Dutton is known to have served on the Cranston Police Department as early as 1922, and as late as 1930.

Cranston News
November 23, 1927

Cranston News
December 7, 1927, pg. 5

 

 

Lieutenant Edward M. Farrell – Cranston Police

 

     Lieutenant Edward M. Farrell, (61), passed away suddenly at his home on March 20, 1943.  Lt. Farrell was appointed to the Cranston Police Department in 1916.  He was promoted to sergeant on January 19, 1940, and to lieutenant October 1, 1941.  He was vice president of the Cranston Police Relief Association and a communicant of St. Mathew’s Church.  He was survived by his wife Margaret and three sons.  He’s buried in St. Ann’s Cemetery.

     Rest in peace our brother. 

Herald News
April 18, 1940