1905-1914

1905

11/1/1905: Walter H. Auble was appointed chief of police.

1906

11/20/1906: Edward Kern was appointed chief of police.

1907

2/28/1907: Officer Clyde A. May was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
11/30/1907: Officer Patrick H. Lyons was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.

1908

9/9/1908: Captain Walter H. Auble was killed in the line of duty by gunfire. [More…]

1909

1/5/1909: Thomas Broadhead was appointed chief of police.
3/4/1909 – WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT PRESIDENT
4/13/1909: Edward F. Dishman was appointed chief of police.

1910

2/14/1910: Alexander Galloway was appointed chief of police.
4/8/1910: Officer David Brooks was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.

1911

1/3/1911: Charles E. Sebastian was appointed chief of police.
5/25/1911: Officer A. B. Cursey was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
6/8/1911: Officer Cecil S. Bowman was killed in the line of duty when struck by a train.
11/27/1911: Officer James P. Wylie was killed in the line of duty by a car accident.
12/25/1911: Officer Floyd C. Eiler was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.

1912

1913

1913: The City Charter was amended to move public safety pension details from ordinances to the Charter.
3/4/1913 – WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT

1914

3/31/1914: Officer James F. Crehan was killed in the line of duty when he was struck by a streetcar.
9/23/1914: Officer Robert V. Murray was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.