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Show CHIEF FRANK A. PORTER Frank A. Porter was.Chief of Police from January 1 to August 1, 1936. Personal history is not available. Police officers andF. D. were: Alex Beckstead, William M. CHIEF WilliAM M. CALLAWAY Callaway was chief of police from April 16 until October 31, 1946. Police officers were: Andrew Kekos, Jack Erlenbach, Clyde Pugmire, Wardle Steadman, and Matt Yengich. J. L. Steadman Canning. CHIEF ANDREW KEKOS was chief of police from November 1, 1946, to December 31, 1947. A personal history is not available. Police officers were: Wardle Steadman, Matt Yengich, Jack Canning, E. R. "Pete" Peterson CHIEF LYLE READING Upon the resignation of chief "Roy" Steadman, Lyle Reading served briefly until December 31, 1941. He had been a patrolman for several years and remembers the pre-prohibition days and when Midvale had nine saloons, all busy. As a police officer, Lyle was called to investigate ten fatal accidents including the Jordan school bus tragedy. Patrolman were Niels Anderson and Clyde Pugmire. Lyle was born in Midvale, July 19, 1910, attended Jordan High School and the University of Utah. He married La Rene Aylett. Andrew Kekos and Michael D. Pavich. CHIEF WilLIAM H. GRANT was appointed chief of police from January 1 until April 30, 1952 when Marcell Graham resigned to become Warden of the State Penitentiary. He was supervisor for Bills Packing before becoming a police officer. He married Irene Told and they are the parents of Joan (Swain). William H. Grant CHIEF MARCEll G,RAHAM 1933, hauling coal for Williams Building Supply. In 1942, Mayor C. J. Welch appointed me as chief of police of Midvale. I remember strapping a Sam Browne belt, complete with gun and handcuffs, around my waist and taking an I had lived in Midvale since Police officers with Chief Grant were: Jack Canning, Christopherson, Marvin Buckley, Mark Haws Melvin and Mike Pavich. . Chief Grant located oath of office. While I was chief of police I worked with many fine men: Mike Pavich, "Bill" Calloway, Max Markus, Pete Deneris, Kresh Juretich, Glen Camp bell, Andrew Kekos, Carlos Smith and Jack Canning. I one of the FBI's ten most wanted and with Mr. Newman of the FBI, prehend the suspect. men helped ap CH'IEF JOSEPH MAZURAN Joseph Mazuran was appointed chief of police May 1, 1952 and served until his resignation May 15, 1959. His personal history is with the mayor section. During his term of office there was not a traffic fatality in the city. Patrolmen with Chief Mazuran were: Jack Canning, Melvin Christopherson, Raymond Hughes Sr., Marvin Buckley, Louis S. Smith, Milan Stimatz and Pete Malkogiannis. opportunity of attending the F.B.I. National Academy in Washington D.C. I set up a record keeping system with the help of a fine secretary, Mary Kamnikar. Since we had no night dispatcher, the telephone company was extremely cooperative. A red light on top of the pole in front of the City Hall on the corner of Main and Center streets would alert us that we had a call. Jessie Humphries and the operators were a great help. We grew from a three man police department to seven patrolmen while I was chief. I believe I am the only police officer in Utah that issued driver's licenses. Many people came from the south part of Salt Lake County to take their test and get a license from our department. We took care of the school crossing. The protection of our youth was always of utmost importance. I became a had the CHIEF lOUIS S. SMITH Louis was the sixth child of Don Carlos Smith, Jr. and Melissa Goff Smith. He attended local schools and sponsor of a Junior National Rifle Association gun club and assisted many young people in gun safety and marks manship. Some of my choicest memories are of the I spent in Midvale as chief of police. It was with ears mixed emotions and the best wishes of Mayor Beckstead and the city council that I accepted the position as Warden of the Utah State Prison. My wife, Clarissa Lindsay Graham and our children, Glenda and Vivan, left Midvale in 1952 to live in Draper. Marcell Graham 116 graduated from Jordan. He joined the Midvale police department in 1953. He married Joan Levorsen and they are the parents of Melissa and Jolene (Mrs. Timothy Day). Mayor Henry Beckstead and the city council appoin ted him chief of police May 15, 1959; this is his twentieth year in that position. During his tenure as chief, the following new programs have been inaugurated: The Reserve Police Corps, K-9 Patrol, police dispatch system, developed a command system, property check for vacationers, detective division, alcohol safety action program. Another invocation was the organization of the Midvale |
