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Please take a moment to reflect on a Hero, a Lieutenant, a Friend, a great person..........................Died
in The Line Of Duty, protecting his men...and doing a job he loved so much........
“He was a passionate and dedicated police officer who gave of himself every day on the job,
not because he had to, but because he loved doing it”
“Owen’s watch is not over. It never ended. It
continues on in the many lives of those he touched.”
Baltimore City Police Detectives and Sergeant circa 1905
Detective George Klein, Edward Glacken, Special Agent Andrew Manning FBI, Detective Broderic Kinkead
receive Unit Citation December 5, 1980
Below: Members of the CID, Crimes Against Persons Section, Homicide Unit, having been awarded
the Departmental Unit Citation, for outstanding performance in the investigations and solutions of Homicide, Suicide,
Kidnapping, and other major crimes for the Year 1983.
Presented August,1984.
Front:Trawinski, McAllister, Hess, Goldstein, Barrack, D'Addario, Oliver, Cordwell, Cooke,
Tinsley-James, Buckhite, Corbin, Fahlteich, Landsman, Lansey, Sweeney, Hollingsworth, Francis, Segreti.
Back: Kurth, Edgerton, Davis, Brander, Kincaid, Dunnigan, Boone, Brown
In the front row it should be Lansey, ( Doc ) Davis, Sweeny. the back row it should be Edgerton, Jansen, Brander. The guy
between Doc Davis and Owen Sweeny is Russ Carney.
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| Courtesy of Sharon Halligan |
Detective William A. Lansey, Jr. Died on August 11,1987 having served an honorable career.
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| Photo Courtesy Sergeant Bernie Wehedge |
Detective Ed “Unk” Mullins CID Check Squad was one of the sharper dressers ...when he worked
the Greenmount & North Ave. area in Central District, his uniform was neat as a pin...we had to furnish our own shirts
in those days and Ed had some real sharp shirts....his nickname was “Unk” maybe as in uncle.....??
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| Courtesy Sergeant Bernie Wehedge |
Detective John Clark Auto Squad
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Officer Fahlteich Honored
The Baltimore Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution recently
presented their Law Enforcement Medal of Honor to a Baltimore Police Officer from the Southwestern District.
The organization's membership includes a number of prominent leaders
in the community. It presents the Law Enforcement Medal of Honor to that officer who, in their judgment, has excelled in his
service to the community.
The Sons of the American Revolution's Law Enforcement Medal of
Honor is unique in that it is approved and recognized by the Congress of the United States of America as a civil award by
proclamation instituted in 1945.
The organization presented it's Medal of Honor to Police Officer
Richard C. Fahlteich, a four year veteran of the Department.
Officer Fahlteich was honored at a luncheon held on September 30,
1978 in Baltimore County. The keynote speaker at the affair was retired Judge Wilson K. Barnes of the Maryland Court of Appeals
who is also the past National President of the Sons of the American Revolution. Officer Fahlteich was honored because he "has
been found to be aggressive, fair, and genuinely concerned about the citizens and their interactions with police."
Officer Fahlteich displayed his aggressiveness in the spring of
1978 when he observed a person fitting the description of a hold-up suspect who quickly turned a corner. The Officer stepped
around the corner and was immediately confronted by the suspect pointing a sawed-off rifle at him. Without hesitation, Officer
Fahlteich kicked the weapon from the hands of the suspect and took him into custody. As a result of this action, Officer Fahlteich
was awarded the Bronze Star.
Last winter Officer Fahlteich arrived on the scene of an apparent
suicide attempt in which a man jumped from a bridge more than 100 feet into the water below. Although the air temperature
was only 19 degrees, the Officer jumped into the water, reached the seriously injured victim, and applied first aid until
they were both removed from the icy water by emergency equipment.
In these and other instances the "determination, coolness, courage
and professionalism displayed under split second condition . .. . coupled with the knowledge that a citizen could be in mortal
danger, reflects great credit on Officer Fahlteich."
Following the luncheon, Officer Fahlteich was awarded a United
States Savings Bond, the Law Enforcement Medal of Honor. and a plaque commemorating the event. Attending the ceremony also
were Officer Fahlteich's wife, Helen, and Captain Elmer R. Turner, Southwestern District.
Homicide Detective Richard C. Fahlteich, at the scene of an
early morning homicide/shooting in Northwest Baltimore, August 1987
All the Officers and Agents working the "CHINA WHITE" case 1992
During 1991 and 1992, the Baltimore Police Department headed one
of the largest investigations, involving drugs and murder, ever accomplished in the history of the State and Federal Judicial
system.
US Attorney Brent Gurney, Detective Curtis Stewart, Detective William Burley IV, Lieutenant Frederick Koch, Sergeant Joseph
Peters, Detective Mike Warnick, Detective Joe Gourding
Detective Arthur Vidler, Sergeant Joseph Lovett, Detective Robert Birney, Detective
Leo Smith
Above: Detective Sergeant Richard C. Fahlteich, Homicide Unit, preparing a Search and Seizure
Warrent during an investigation of a double homicide/shooting July 1993
Major Richard C. Fahlteich
Jay Landsman Sr. (RIGHT) a retired Baltimore City homicide detective who joined
the Baltimore County Police Department, where his son, Jay Landsman Jr.(left), is a homicide detective.
March
18, 2004
CIB/DES SEIZES 1,000 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE (above)
In what was determined the largest drug seizure in Maryland history, 2,400 pounds of cocaine.
February 27, 1997
Detective Terry Hipkins, Detective Captain Michael Anrews, Detective Major Eugene T. Yeager,
Detective Sergeant James C. Cappuccino, Detective Arthur Brummer, Detective John Morcomb
New Sketch Technology
In Baltimore, police are using a new combination of technology and art to track down robbers, resulting in
the arrests of several suspects in a recent rash of robberies. "We can turn around an hour after the robbery
and have the flyer and be taking it right back to out to the area, which has happened in these recent cases," said Lt. Sandy
Joyce of the Baltimore City Police Department.
Police said that even without surveillance cameras, they are currently better able to produce artist's sketches.
Police said that one sketch that was produced based on the description provided by a robbery victim contained
so much detail that detectives remembered it when they were questioning a suspect about a different robbery.
"They compared the composite of the person, who they didn't know, with the person they were questioning and
realized it was him," Joyce said.
The robbery unit's sketch artist is currently being trained by the FBI to produce even better sketches.
Police said that in the last month, they've closed 80 commercial robberies and currently hold a robbery clearance
rate more than twice as high as other cities of Baltimore size.
Baltimore City Police Department HOMICIDE totals
HOMICIDES BY MONTH: 1970 TO 2005 FROM OFFICIAL UCR DATA
YEAR JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP.
OCT. NOV. DEC. TOTAL
1970 13 15 19 24 24 25 13 19 23 20 22 14 231
1971 28 15 18 26 32 23 30 25 21 29 32 44
323
1972 32 22 25 23 19 25 35 45 30 22 26 26
330
1973 35 10 28 12 20 22 31 29 19 17 21 36 280
1974 18 24 18 32 16 28 31 30 20 28 21 27 293
1975 25 14 23 32 12 30 30 15 19 25 16 18 259
1976 21 20 18 14 12 18 25 15 10 13 19 15 200
1977 10 15 14 10 16 12 16 16 09 16 17 20 171
1978 13 14 17 14 21 12 14 17 22 21 13 19 197
1979 17 26 28 19 14 22 21 10 23 23 23 19 245
1980 15 19 16 15 20 18 22 24 22 13 17 15 216
1981 19 20 21 19 16 22 19 20 20 15 18 19 228
1982 24 21 11 13 19 22 24 14 19 18 26 16 227
1983 17 16 12 27 15 07 16 18 18 18 15 22 201
1984 21 22 17 19 19 17 12 14 21 23 21 09 215
1985 16 18 16 20 17 13 13 18 23 16 23 20 213
1986 15 17 21 15 15 20 30 17 26 21 24 19 240
1987 19 18 16 19 12 26 26 26 11 20 12 21 226
1988 21 14 25 24 12 11 20 21 18 19 23 26 234
1989 20 17 18 23 17 23 26 29 24 27 18 20 262
1990 28 25 16 22 22 20 25 42 25 23 23 34
305
1991 31 19 24 29 23 20 18 28 24 31 21 36
304
1992 29 26 20 22 25 28 37 29 34 27 26 32
335
1993 27 25 28 30 29 33 29 35 26 32 30 29
353
1994 22 14 25 29 23 28 28 27 28 35 30 32
321
1995 28 16 29 22 26 25 29 34 29 24 34 29
325
1996 27 16 27 36 32 30 31 39 20 30 19 24
331
1997 29 20 20 21 37 29 20 24 31 23 31 27
312
1998 25 31 27 23 17 32 25 28 34 16 24 31
313
1999 27 14 22 14 22 26 26 25 29 29 36 35
305
2000 24 16 26 33 22 20 28 25 16 19 15 17 261
2001 21 23 16 25 26 26 09 18 16 28 21 27 256
2002 19 17 26 22 21 22 29 14 24 24 18 17 253
2003 23 20 23 26 27 22 25 21 12 18 23 30 270
2004 23 22 21 18 28 25 31 23 27 23 21 14 276
2005 32 13 17 16 27 32 27 21 20 22 22 20 269
2006
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HOMICIDES BY DISTRICT: 1970 TO 2005
YEAR CD SED ED NED ND NWD WD SWD SD TOTAL
1970 36 28 46 13
9 23 39 18 19 231
1971 45 31 62 14 12 29
71 33 26 323
1972 46 44 40 9 19 29
87 22 34 330
1973 40 32 43 13 15 20
61 28 28 280
1974 42 28 44 16 19 34
60 26 24 293
1975 48 21 31 11 15 33
56 24 20 259
1976 32 18 31 9 11 24
44 17 14 200
1977 25 19 24 9 12 20
35 18 9 171
1978 29 20 26 18 14 17
37 21 15 197
1979 33 25 27 17 15 21
53 33 21 245
1980 32 19 36 18 13
20 34 25 19 216
1981 37 24 44 15 13
23 38 18 16 228
1982 26 25 36 18 14 15
48 22 23 227
1983 28 11 36 14 10 30
39 16 17 201
1984 33 13 43 14 19
25 34 20 14 215
1985 35 13 37 22 11
25 32 20 18 213
1986 24 16 35 22 11 35
48 30 19 240
1987 31 19 38 17 19
36 30 16 20 226
1988 20 24 40 13 20 32
45 25 15 234
1989 32 15 36 25 19 31
45 22 37 262
1990 39 20 43 26 16 39
78 35 9 305
1991 26 33 38 25 16 36
73 43 14 304
1992 34 15 74 17 23 31
86 39 16 335
1993 39 25 83 29 22
42 52 43 18 353
1994 26 17 82 23 27
31 41 41 33 321
1995 26 25 81 34 20
35 42 38 24 325
1996 29 17 68 33 20
44 47 47 26 331
1997 31 27 79 19 20
22 59 37 18 312
1998 26 25 64 24 24
25 47 50 28 313
1999 31 20 54 36 20
54 37 28 25 305
2000 27 18 52 16 22
35 41 27 23 261
2001 23 23 38 30 18 25
50 31 18 256
2002 14 19 60 26
9 27 43 31 24
253
2003 13 20 42 25 25 32
54 32 27 270
2004 12 30 55 28 17
40 38 24 32 276
2005 14 24 35 29 31 30
38 40 28 269
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"Policeman's Bar"
Four retired policemen are walking down the street when they turn a corner and see a sign
that says "Policeman's Bar" over the doorway of an establishment that
doesn't look all that well kept up.
They look at each other and go in. Once inside they realize they could “judge the book
by its cover.” The bar is a real dump with sawdust on the floor and a bunch of mismatched tables and chairs.
The old bartender says, “Come on in boys and let me pour one for you! What'll it be, gentlemen?”
There seems to be a fully stocked bar with lots of high end booze. The men all ask for a martini
and in short time the bartender serves up 4 iced martinis and says, "That'll be 40 cents for the round, please."
The four ex-cops stare at the bartender for a moment then look at each other. They can't believe
their good luck. They pay the 40 cents, finish their drinks and order another round. Again, four excellent martinis are produced
with the bartender again saying, "That'll be 40 cents, please."
They pay the 40 cents but their curiosity is more than they can stand. They've each had two
martinis and so far they've spent less than a dollar. Finally one of the men says, "How can you afford to serve martinis as
good as these for a dime a piece?"
The bartender replies, "No doubt you've noticed the decor in here and the outside of the place
ain't nothin' to write home about. I don't waste money on that stuff. But, here's my story. I'm a retired sheriff's deputy
and I always wanted to own a bar. Last year I hit the lottery for $45 million and decided to open this place for real cops.
Every drink costs a dime. Wine, liquor, beer; all the same."
"Wow. That's quite a story." says one of the men.
As the four of them sipped their martinis they couldn't help but notice three guys at the other
end of the bar who didn't have a drink in front of them and hadn't ordered anything the whole time they were there.
One man finished his martini and, gestured at the three at the end of the bar without drinks
and asked the bartender, "What's with them?"
The bartender said, "Oh, those are retired Baltimore City police detectives; they're waiting
for happy hour. Drinks are half price then."
Baltimore Police Homicide Unit
“Christmas Song”
Deck the halls with bough of holly,
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!
Throw that stiff up on the dolly,
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!
Talk to us and if you’re willing,
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!
Tell us who did all this killing,
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!
Tell us how you want forgiveness,
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!
You don’t know we’ve got a witness,
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!
Talk to us, you’ve nothing to loose,
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!
Why is blood upon your gym shoes?
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!
Want to make a good impression,
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!
Make yourself a fast confession,
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la!!
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