Cranston Police Department Retirees Association
The organization for retired members of the Cranston, RI Police Department
Sergeant Arthur C. Wilson is believed to have been appointed to the Cranston Police Department in January of 1921. He was promoted to sergeant in late December of 1924, or early January of 1925, after the unexpected passing of Sergeant Maher on December 21, 1924. It is believed he was still on the CPD in 1942.
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Cranston Herald
February 5, 1942
Cranston Herald
April 9, 1942
Officer James Hogan is known to have served on the Cranston Police Department in the early 1920s. No further information is known at this time.
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Cranston City Times
June 30, 1921
Cranston City Times
March 9, 1922
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 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 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