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