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flashlight
11-07-2006, 12:57 PM
Just curious who has the most years on one department and still active. We have an officer that has been with our department since 1948 and still going strong. Do you know of any one with more seniority?
SlowDownThere
11-07-2006, 01:29 PM
We have a mandatory retirement age of 57, so I don't think we will be touching that guy's seniority.

It must be nice to get Christmas off every year. :D
AMKL68
11-07-2006, 02:18 PM
Just curious who has the most years on one department and still active. We have an officer that has been with our department since 1948 and still going strong. Do you know of any one with more seniority?

Our current Chief started in october of 1974. :eek:
BadBoynMD
11-07-2006, 04:42 PM
We have a few officers with 40+ years of service. MPDC.

Mont. Co., MD has a LT. that was sworn in 1955.
detsarg
11-07-2006, 07:13 PM
We have an officer that has been with our department since 1948 and still going strong.

Wow, 58 years!! that's a die hard cop. I think we have a few that have around 35 years but they will be gone in a few more.
k9 max
11-07-2006, 08:16 PM
If my math is correct, this officer would have to be around 80 years old. Just out of curiosity, what type of work is he still able to do for a police department?
CPDjock
11-07-2006, 09:14 PM
We have a few officers with 40+ years of service. MPDC.
flashlight
11-08-2006, 01:08 PM
If my math is correct, this officer would have to be around 80 years old. Just out of curiosity, what type of work is he still able to do for a police department?

He does the mail run and admin work...
Tim Dees
11-08-2006, 06:55 PM
Just curious who has the most years on one department and still active. We have an officer that has been with our department since 1948 and still going strong. Do you know of any one with more seniority?I read about a Milwaukee PD lieutenant a few years back that was something like 88 and still working full time, with sixty years on the job, all with the same department. He worked in the evidence room. He died a couple of months after retiring.

Det. John P. "Jigsaw" St. John worked for the LAPD for 51 years, and carried LAPD shield No. 1. He worked on the Black Dahlia murder in 1947. This case is the basis for the movie that is out now. There was a TV show based on St. John's character at one time, called "Jigsaw John." St. John also died within a few months of retirement.

So far as I know, the Milwaukee lieutenant is the record holder, but there could be someone else I don't know about.