END OF WATCH:  October 25, 1966 Chardon Police Department Age: 51 Tuesday, October 25, 1966, was to be Police Chief John Bohl’s last day on the job. His workday began very much the same way it had during his twenty year career as Chardon’s Police Chief. He was at the police station by 8:00 a.m.Read More

END OF WATCH:  May 11, 1967 Cleveland Police Department Age: 27 On May 11, 1967 at 5:00 am, Patrolman Steven J. Huber was shot to death. He joined the Cleveland Police Department in 1965 and was a member of the so-called “green beret” unit, a special police task force. The crime stopping task force wasRead More

END OF WATCH:  August 29, 1967 Broadview Heights Police Department Almost a year to the day after Broadview Heights Police Chief Alex Kloka died of a heart attack, his son, Brian, who subsequently joined the department, became the only Broadview Heights police officer to die in the line of duty. After the death of hisRead More

END OF WATCH:  July 23, 1968 Cleveland Police Department Age: 47 On the evening of July 23, 1968, Cleveland Police Officers, Louis Golonka and Williard Wolff, and Lieutenant Leroy Jones were killed following their response to an “all units” call to a gun battle along Lakeview Avenue between Beulah Avenue and Auburndale. Between 8:30 p.m.Read More

END OF WATCH:  July 23, 1968 Cleveland Police Department Age: 30 On the evening of July 23, 1968, Cleveland Police Officers, Louis Golonka and Williard Wolff, and Lieutenant Leroy Jones were killed following their response to an “all units” call to a gun battle along Lakeview Avenue between Beulah Avenue and Auburndale. Between 8:30 p.m.Read More

END OF WATCH:  July 23, 1968 Cleveland Police Department Age: 33 On the evening of July 23, 1968, Cleveland Police Officers, Louis Golonka and Williard Wolff, and Lieutenant Leroy Jones were killed following their response to an “all units” call to a gun battle along Lakeview Avenue between Beulah Avenue and Auburndale. Between 8:30 p.m.Read More

END OF WATCH:  November 11, 1968 Cleveland Police Department On October 13, 1968, Patrolman Buckner was assigned to escort the fire trucks from the station at East 105th Street and Superior Avenue on all runs. This detail was set up because fire department personnel had come under attack with rocks and bottles as well asRead More

END OF WATCH:  April 2, 1969 Cleveland Police Department Patrolman Kenneth Houser was appointed to the Cleveland Police Department on September 1, 1967. After graduating from the police academy he was assigned to basic patrol in the Fourth District. On April 2, 1969, while off duty, Ken Houser stopped in at Cliffs Bar, 9115 BuckeyeRead More

END OF WATCH:  April 7, 1969 Cleveland Police Department Age 27 John Apanites Jr. became a Cleveland patrolman at the age of twenty-five and was the son of Cleveland Police Lieutenant John E. Apanites. He resigned from the police force to become an F.B.I agent returning to the police department after six months. John attendedRead More

END OF WATCH:  September 28, 1970 Cleveland Police Department Age: 27 On Monday, September 28, 1970, Officer Joseph P. Tracz had a lot to be thankful for. The former Ohio State football player was about to celebrate his first year as a Cleveland Police Officer. It was a job he loved. A tour of dutyRead More