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The Stamford Historical Society Presents

Law & Order: The History of the Stamford Police Department 1830-1956
a 2004 Exhibit and more

Police Blotters 1899-1934

Morals Charges 1899-1923

Charges18991900-01190319041907-0819171918191919201923
Acting as servant House of Ill Fame     3             1
Allow Minor in Pool Room               1   2
Assault & Attempted Rape 1     1            
Bastardy           3 3   6  
Bestiality               1    
BoP & Playing Crap     7              
Carnal knowledge         2 4        
Common Prostitute       1 1 5 12      
Danger of Falling into Habits of Vice               8   7
Fornication               3 4 31
Fornication & Lascivious Carriage                    
Fortune Telling                    
Frequenting Gambling House         37 8 25   2 39
Frequenting House of Ill Fame   20 3 8 7       4  
Frequenting Saloon                   1
Gambling   6     8   11      
Gambling Tickets                    
Idle & Vicious Life     3 12 10       2  
Illegal Cohabitation                   1
In House of Ill Fame               2   4
In Saloon after Hours 20 34         28      
Indecent Assault     2     6 2 3 6 5
Indecent Exposure 1   4 4 1 5 3 1 2 4
Intoxicated & Indecent Exposure   1                
Keeping Gambling House   1     2 1 3   1 5
Keeping House of Ill Fame 3 9 14 3 3     1 1 1
Keeping House of Ill Fame & Violating Liquor Law                  1
Keeping a Lottery 11                  
Keeping Pool Room open after Hours             1      
Keeping Slot Machine             1      
Knowingly Keeping Store & Gambling           2        
Lascivious Carriage   3                
Lottery                   1
Music in Saloons   2                
Obtain $ by Lottery                   2
Peeping                   2
Playing Crap           56 26 22 10 35
Rape 1         3 7 1   5
Statutory Rape                   2
Receiving into House of Ill Fame     1              
Residing in House of Ill Fame 2   41 3            
Seduction   1 1     1   1 1 1
Selling Cigarettes to Minors                   5
Sodomy               1    
Streetwalking     1         1 2 1
Using Female for Immoral Purposes                 1  

pie chart for above table

Morals Charges 1926-1934

Charges 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Abduction   1   3          
Acting as servant House of Ill Fame 2                
Adultery   13 8 2 5 1 9   13
Adultery & Assault           1      
Assault w/intent to carnally abuse female child     1       1   1
Assault, BoP & Adultery         221 157 139 95 123
Assault, BoP & Keeping House of Ill Fame 1                
Assault, BoP & Lascivious Carriage         1        
Assault, BoP & Peeping         2        
Attempted Rape           1     2
Bastardy 3 4 2 2 2 2   2 2
Bestiality                  
BoP & Indecent Exposure       2          
BoP & Lascivious carriage         1       2
Common Prostitute   1 1 1   2 1   5
Conspiracy to Keeping Gambling House 9                
Conspiracy to Keeping Gambling House & Violation of Liquor Law 1                
Crap Game       15 9 12      
Danger of Falling into Habits of Vice 11 2 3   1 1 3 3 2
Fornication 7 5 13 18 2 1 6 12 9
Fornication & Lascivious Carriage         1        
Fortune Telling     2 1   1      
Frequenting Gambling House 25 18 71   43 91 35 30 53
Frequenting Gambling House & Contempt of Court 1         2      
Frequenting House of Ill Fame 15   30 34          
Frequenting Gambling & House of Ill Fame       4 3 2 14 1  
Frequenting Saloon         1        
Gambling 7   10 2 1 3 1 4 1
Gambling Tickets       2 36 21 23 41 33
Idle & Vicious Life 6 12 3 5 9 3 1 7 4
Idle & Vicious Life & Theft               1  
Indecent Assault 3 3 3 6 13   1 3  
Indecent Exposure 7 3 4   2   5 2 1
Inmate of House of Ill Fame     6 3 1   3    
Intoxicated & Indecent Exposure 1                
Keeping & Frequenting Gambling House 1                
Keeping Gambling House 3 1 10   5 10 6 2 7
Keeping House of Ill Fame 6   5 6 3 5 2 2 1
Keeping House of Ill Fame & Violating Liquor Law     5            
Keeping Punch Board       1          
Keeping Slot Machine             3    
Knowingly Keeping Store & Gambling 1                
Lascivious Carriage     4 7 9 1 12 5 6
Lottery     5 1     2 3 1
Obscene Writing           1      
Obtain $ by Lottery                  
Peeping   3 2 1       1  
Playing Crap 19 11 19       14   3
Possession of Lottery Tickets           4 13 5 4
Possession of Lottery Tickets & Violation of Liquor Law             1    
Possession of Punch Board         1       1
Possession of Slot Machine         11     1 2
Prostitution             1 2 2
Prostitution & Lewdness             1    
Rape 7 11 14 12 6 21 8 4 2
Statutory Rape           1      
Selling Cigarettes to Minors     1            
Selling Lottery Tickets         2     7  
Sodomy             1    
Streetwalking   3   2          
Using Female for Immoral Purposes                  
Violation of Liquor Law & Keeping Gambling/Ill House       1 1        
Violation of Liquor & Gambling Law     4       2 1  

pie chart for above table

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Alcohol and Drugs
Assault, Breach of Peace (BoP) not listed elsewhere
City Ordinances, other Violations
Court related, etc.
Domestic Crimes, etc.
Fraud, Robbery, Theft, etc.
Insanity etc.
Murder Charges, Attempted Suicide, etc.
Property Damage, Arson, etc.
Vagrancy, Panhandling, etc.
Vehicle Violations
Weapons Charges
Other Charges

Introduction to the Exhibit
History of the Stamford Police Department
Annotated Timeline
The Political Life of a Connecticut Town 1868-1893
Police Department 1909 (The Daily Advocate)
The Police Department As It Was And As It Is 1894-1917
A History of the Stamford Police Department, April 1946
List of Constables 1865-1892
Police Roster 1894-1917
Staff images as of 1917
Police Roster 1953
Police Committees 1830-1956
Testimonial Dinner & Dance 1970 for Alexander J. Koproski, Sr.
Police Anchor Club Brochures
Police Department Website
Fallen Heroes Memorial Page
Stamford Police Association



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