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The Mississippi Enterprise
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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Atlanta's Police Department adds seven new colored policemen, increasing the total to 42 officers. Superintendent J. L. Tuggle oversees their five-week training. The first eight were sworn in on March 8, 1948, from the Butler Street YMCA. Current staff includes four detectives, one sergeant, and 37 patrolmen based on Decatur St.
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ATLANTA Seven additional colored policemen have been added to Atlanta's Police Department, giving the city a total of 42 colored officers, according to Superintendent J. L. Tuggle, in charge of the officer training program.
Superintendent Tuggle stated that the new recruits will undergo an extensive five-week training program before graduation from school.
On March 8, 1948, Atlanta's first eight colored patrolmen were sworn in as officers, and worker from the Butler Street YMCA.
Presently, there are four colored detectives and one sergeant, with 37 patrolmen working from the police station on Decatur St.
The new patrolmen were identified as: Eugene Bell, McHenry Brown, Alexander Chivers, W. F. Collier, J. J. Early, W. W. Hargrove Jr. and J. B. Phillips.
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Atlanta
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total of 42 colored officers, including four detectives, one sergeant, and 37 patrolmen.
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Seven additional colored policemen added to Atlanta's Police Department. New recruits to undergo five-week training program. First eight colored patrolmen sworn in on March 8, 1948, from Butler Street YMCA. Patrolmen work from Decatur St. station.