1977: HAMILTON POLICE LOSE THREE TOP MEN TO RETIREMENT

The retirement of these 3 gentlemen must have left quite a void in the Hamilton PD those 33 years ago. I was commuting to New Brunswick on a daily basis back then, and didn't have much knowledge about their tenure as Hamilton's Finest. Perhaps a visitor can add some info on one or more of these gentlemen.

1976: HAMILTON'S FINEST RECEIVE VARIOUS AWARDS

That's my old  friend for all these years Al Varga in the photo above along with his "men in blue" colleagues as they received well-deserved awards for law enforcement excellence.

1966: MAYOR PERILLI GROUND BREAKING FOR THE NEW HAMILTON POLICE STATION

1987: IN BETTER TIMES: POLICE WALKED A BEAT

The financial crunch experienced by Hamilton and municipalities all over the state was probably the reason we no longer see police officers "walking the beat" in high traffic-high crime areas. It was a really comforting feeling knowing that there was a viable "hands on" effort by the police to maintain community and neighborhood order. The neighborhood got to know the police officer, and the officer was familiar with the neighbors under his charge.