Captain George H. Dibble

 

      Captain George H. Dibble was appointed to the police department sometime in the 1920s, and was assigned to the Edgewood area.  He learned to take shorthand, which made him a valuable asset, and was transferred to clerk and desk duties at police headquarters.  (No other Cranston police officers were fluent in shorthand.)  He was later promoted to sergeant sometime about 1938-39, and in April of 1941 he was elevated to lieutenant.  By 1945 he held the rank of captain. 

     Rest in peace.    

Cranston News
January 1, 1930

 

Officer Henry E. Driscoll – Cranston Police

 

     Officer Henry E. Driscoll was appointed to the Cranston Police Department in 1917.  He patrolled the Arlington beat, and in 1925 he was recognized for capturing a man wanted for armed robbery hiding in a cellar on Niantic Avenue.   In 1927 he was assigned to the traffic division as a motorcycle officer.   

     The following article is from The Cranston News, July, 27, 1927. 

Officer Severino R. Valletta – Cranston Police

     Served during the 1940s and 1950s.  No further info at this time.

Chief Patrick Trainor – Cranston Police

Chief Patrick Trainor

     Chief of Police Patrick Trainor was first appointed a police constable in 1889.  He served as Chief of Police from 1909 to 1910. 

Lieutenant John J. Sullivan – Cranston Police

  

Lt. John J. Sullivan

     Lieutenant John J. Sullivan was appointed to the Cranston Police Department on October 1, 1942.