1928: HAMILTON TOWNSHIP POLICE GET A RAISE

Then as now, the men in blue earn every single penny doing their job. That job can vacillate from pleasant to tragic in the blink of an eye. Crime, fatal traffic and other assorted accidents, public mistrust in some citizens, complete trust in others, all go together to make up the career of our men in blue. The graphic above is from the early years of the Hamilton Township Police Department which was formally organized in 1928.