Patrolman Robert R. Rawlinson is known to have been a member of the Cranston Police Department in January 0f 1928.  He served for six years.  He later became politically active and lobbied for the passage of a police pension act for Cranston’s officers.   

     Howard C. Luther, Jr. joined the Cranston Police department in July of 1954 and later earned the rank of Detective Sergeant.  In June of 1971 he left the department to become the Chief Investigator of the Organized Crime Section of the Attorney Generals Office, overseeing the New England Organized Crime Intelligence System.  He later took a position as Director of Security for Boliden-Metech Inc., a precious metals refining company based in Burrillville, R. I.  In September of 1987, he was appointed Chief Enforcement Officer for the Rhode Island registry of Motor Vehicles.      

     Patrolman Theodore Anderson is known to have served as a Cranston police officer  in 1943.  No further information is known at this time. 

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Cranston herald
February 11, 1943

     Patrolman Harold Nelson is known to have been serving with the Cranston Police in 1936, and was still a member of the department in 1941.   No further information is known.