The Stamford Historical Society
LAW & ORDER: The
History of the Stamford Police Department 1830-1956
a 2004 exhibit and an
online project in progress
Police Blotters 1899-1934
| 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 |
Introduction to Exhibit
History of the Stamford Police Department
The Political Life of a Connecticut Town 1868-1893
Annotated Timeline
Police Department 1909 (The Daily Advocate)
The Police Department As It Was And As It Is 1894-1917
List of Constables 1865-1892
Police Roster 1894-1917
Police Commissioners 1830-1956
Police Roster 1953
Testimonial Dinner & Dance 1970 for Alexander J. Koproski, Sr.
Police Anchor Club Brochures
Police Department Website / Fallen Heroes Memorial Page
Stamford Police Association A History of the Stamford Police Department, April 1946
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