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In 1935, an article was passed by the Town meeting that placed the position of Chief of Police under the complete control and direction of the Department of Civil Service. Additional one-way radios were installed in four cruising cars and two motorcycles. In 1936, Detective-Sergeant Haley and Officers Duggan and Dalton arrested the four-man gang who had robbed the Godfrey Coal Company of $600. All four members of the gang were hardened criminals. it was one of the most well-organized gangs ever broken up in the Boston area according to the Milton Record. The Milton Police discovered that the gang had plans for 11 more robberies. The gang had stashed machine guns and dynamite in an arsenal in the South End. Officer Duggan was commended for his work in "fingering" the culprits. The first records of photographs being taken as part of an investigation appear in 1936. After 46 years of service to Milton, Chief Timothy McDermott retired in 1936 This chapter was summarized from the book Pride In Blue A History of the Milton Police Department. |
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