Officer Andrew J. Baynes

     Officer Andrew J. Baynes was appointed to the CPD on March 20, 1926, and for many years he patrolled the Edgewood section of the city.  On the night of August 12, 1930 he took part in the apprehension of a man who shot down fellow Patrolman Henry Johnson.  On December 8, 1949, he saved a small child from being struck and possibly killed by a car in front of the Horton School.     

     In 1943, while in the performance of his duty he suffered a leg injury which never completely healed.  He retired on November 27, 1950, after serving the citizens of Cranston for nearly 25 years.   

     He passed away on December 24, 1962, and is buried in St. Francis Cemetery in Pawtucket, R. I.

     Rest in peace.  

      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

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

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.