The Phoenix Police Reserve: A Centennial of Service

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To remain active and in good standing, each special police officer was required to attend a monthly meeting, perform two hours of traffic duty each month, work eight hours each month in criminal or traffic cars, and attend regular firearms training at the police academy. ee In April 1942, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported that 56 “young business and professional men” enlisted in the special police, and they commenced training in “all phases of regular police work,” which included military drills, legal procedure, first aid and “extracurricular” aspects of police duties. Two of the businessmen were Harry Rosenzweig and Paul Fannin. The special police enlistees also received training by instructors from the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Phoenix Union High School. The most vital training was described as “field work,” where the trainees would accompany regular police officers on their beats “to learn, first hand, the whys and wherefores of police work.” Training included working with radio car patrolmen, walking a beat with downtown officers and sitting in the radio room with radio operators. The special police officers were assigned to the districts closest to their homes, with the districts drawn up by the civilian defense center. At that time, the Phoenix Police Department had jurisdiction over 25 districts in five sections of the city. The main downtown section of the city had its emergency headquarters at the main police station. The tentative police substations for the remaining four sections of the city included: Northeast - Coronado Park; Northwest - Encanto Park; Southeast - Verde Park; and Southwest - University Park. It was reported that these substations would work in conjunction with the projected 18 auxiliary fire stations and 6 casualty stations throughout the city. 22 THE PHOENIX POLICE RESERVE | A CENTENNIAL OF SERVICE
On October 31, 1942, the special officers received training from an English civilian defense instructor who served in many “destructive air raids” over Liverpool, England, and who instructed about the use of unpaid civilian police, and the operations of air wardens, regular police and civilian defense organizations. By November 1942, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported that 80 business and professional men had been trained and qualified to work as special police officers. These volunteer special police officers used their own automobiles, firearms and other equipment when they worked. They were issued special police commission cards which “qualifies them on the same basis as that of a regular officer.” in addition to providing police patrols. They would mobilize, often in less than 30 minutes, when needed. Police Chief Don Steward explained that the special police officers “are an integrated line of second defense behind the regular police force.” In March 1943, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported that after eight months of training, 40 additional special police officers began to work with regular police officers to handle downtown traffic, and other police assignments and duties. They worked side-by-side with regular police officers in criminal cars and traffic cars. Special police officers were also assigned to occasional “plain clothes” stake-out details. During 1942, the special police officers reportedly worked the Mexican Independence Day celebration, Halloween events and the Ginger Rogers Bond Show, 23 THE PHOENIX POLICE RESERVE | A CENTENNIAL OF SERVICE
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Page 5 and 6: INTRODUCTION The history of the Pho
Page 7 and 8: TABLE OF CONTENTS THE EARLY HISTORY
Page 9 and 10: In the early 1900s, the population
Page 11 and 12: The Creation and Early Work of the
Page 13 and 14: The newspaper further described the
Page 15 and 16: In June 1918, the Phoenix Police Re
Page 17 and 18: The different companies of the Phoe
Page 19 and 20: By 1930, the population of Phoenix
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Page 25 and 26: The Development of the Modern Phoen
Page 27 and 28: On January 1, 1953, the special pol
Page 29 and 30: Although the precise timing remains
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Page 35 and 36: Also in 1968, the Phoenix Police Re
Page 37 and 38: In February 1971, the police depart
Page 39 and 40: On January 21, 1973, twenty-one res
Page 41 and 42: On September 26, 1974, the newspape
Page 43 and 44: Throughout the mid-1980s, the In th
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Page 47 and 48: In February 2006, Police Chief Jack
Page 49 and 50: Following the opening of the Phoeni
Page 51 and 52: Following the graduation ceremony,
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Page 55 and 56: DIVERSITY Currently, there are 106
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Page 63 and 64: Beginning in 1975, the American Leg
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Page 67 and 68: The Future for the Phoenix Police R
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following indi
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DOCUMENTARY COLLECTION Appendix of
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