Greater Cincinnati Police Historical Society

05/04/2026

The Cheviot Historical Society is looking for descendants or relatives of these 26 men from Cheviot who died in WWII. They will be honored at their Memorial Day Parade.

George Alley
William Anahu
Earl Asimus
Clifford Ballhaus
Wesley Boggs
Lawrence Carney, Jr.
Lee Dehmer
George Dell
Earl Handy
Erwin Hincy
Lawrence Holtzmeister
Thomas Kristin
Fred Lampe
Robert Lang
Charles Mayes
Arthur Mode
Albert Murmum
Jack Norris
Louis Pfaff
Charles Schneider
Richard Silber
James Sizemore
Robert Stefan,
Joe Stoffel
Robert Traut
Raymond Volz.

If you have information or family ties to these names, please email [email protected].

05/02/2026

This is Cincinnati Police Chief Eugene Weatherly. It looks like there are three models of motorcycles in the pic. Perhaps some enthusiasts can help us out with identifying them. We do know that it is at 801 Race Street, looking south at Garfield Place and sometime between 1935 and 1951. And, yes, we know the Chief's kick stand is out.

05/02/2026

Age: 42 Served: 13 years 1899 to May 3, 1912   OFFICER George was born April 3, 1870 in Germany to Jacob and Mary (Smith) Kloster. He served in the Calvary of the German Army. After leavin…

04/30/2026

The Cincinnati Motor Unit and Police Academy came over to help us with the removal and “storage” of our ‘65 Harley Davidson Electroglide.

04/28/2026

We knew the Cincinnati Police Division was the first in the region for personal radios in 1969. North Bend Police and Lincoln Heights Police were next.

We had no idea that this region was the first in the nation.

04/28/2026

Another recent find. Cincinnati Patrolman Clarence Pfansteil next to a 1948 Ford sedan "radio car."

Clarence was appointed a Cincinnati Police Recruit on July 11, 1954. He finished second in his Recruit Class and served in Districts 2, 5, and 1. During his short career, Lieutenant Charles Martin, Captain Paul Flaugher, and Captain Theodore Bird had nothing but praise for him and his work. Captain Bird assigned him to investigative duty in District One where he performed outstandingly. During his 10½ years of service, he earned nine letters of appreciation and/or commendation, including four from Police Chief Stanley Schrotel – three for robbery arrests and one for going into a burning building and saving two small children – one from the Special Agent in Charge of the local office of the Treasury Department for services rendered, and one from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the arrest of a fugitive. Patrolman Pfanstiel resigned February 1, 1965, after 12½ years of service to his country and community, in order to start a private detective business. Patrolman Pfanstiel passed away on August 15, 2014 at the age of 86

04/28/2026

Badge: 233 Age: 42 Served: Almost 20 years May 7, 1887 to April 28, 1907 OFFICER Bill was born on December 17, 1863 in Cincinnati to Francis “Frank” and Mary (Shear) Satters. We know…

04/28/2026

04/27/2026

Motorcycle Patrolman Robert D. Leigh | Cincinnati Police
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04/27/2026

Deputy Rouvier and Clermont County Prosecutor Robert Jones, on the evening of April 28, 1966, were conducting an investigation into the murder of a Fish & Game Warden. Deputy Rouvier had a lea…

04/27/2026

On April 27, 1856 between 10 and 11 p.m., on a cold and stormy night, Lieutenant Parker and Patrolmen William Harvey and William White, while on patrol, where drawn to the sounds of a woman crying …

04/26/2026

Badge: 36 Age: 52 Served: 25¼ years January 14, 1910 to April 26, 1935   OFFICER John was born November 24, 1882 in Cincinnati. He attended Cincinnati public schools for eight years and t…