1929: HAMILTON MOTORCYCLE POLICE OFFICERS

HERE'S AN INTERESTING EXTRACT FROM THE VERY LONG PANORAMIC PHOTO FROM THE 1929 DEDICATION OF THE NEW HAMILTON TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL BUILDING AT 2090 GREENWOOD AVENUE. WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO SEE A LARGER NUMBER OF MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS ON THE STREETS DURING THE WARMER WEATHER? I WOULD THINK THAT THEIR PRESENCE WOULD ALLOW FOR FAR MORE MOBILITY THAN A CLOSED SQUAD CAR. UNFORTUNATELY THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET AND LACK OF MANPOWER PRECLUDES THAT STRATEGY. NOTE THE RUSLING HOSE MODEL "T" FIRE TRUCK.