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Images: Mundelein Police Department #TBT Gallery

Posted July 09, 2015 1:00 am

Daily Herald Staff Report

Mundelein Police Chief Jim Laycock, George Prefontaine, Wallace Reidel and Charles Bresley in front of Village hall in the early 1950s. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

This week's Throwback Thursday (#TBT) Gallery features the Mundelein Police Department One of the early acts of the Mundelein board of trustees was the appointment of a village marshal. A.J. King got the job in August, 1909, at the salary of $1.50 per day.

Clayton Tiffany was hired as the village's first “permanent” marshal in 1926.

According to the Village of Mundelein Communications Manager Dawn Jenich, Marshal Tiffany was authorized to arrest horseback riders in Diamond Lake, instructed to keep ball-playing off the streets, and given authorization to purchase eight police clubs. Three years later, he was appointed the village's first police chief.

In 1940, Mundelein's population was 1,100, still small enough for a one-man police force. In fact, when Clayton Tiffany resigned as police chief in 1942, his replacement, Jesse Shields, was given four other jobs as well. In addition to being chief of police, Shields was named chief air raid warden, collector of water bills and licenses, assistant to John Dietz (then Head of the Street Department), and part-time janitor at Village Hall, all for $160 a month

In conjunction with recognizing the Mundelein Police Department for more than 100 years of law enforcement to the community, the Mundelein Police Statue Committee is working to raise funds to have a life-size bronze statue featuring a police officer holding the hands of two children created and installed in front of the police department on Route 45.

For more information on the Mundelein Police Statue Fund, visit www.mundelein.org/policestatue.

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Look for a new #TBT Gallery every Thursday at www.dailyherald.com/tbt.

Patrolman Bob Pflug with Hantz Mundelein Police Department's first police dog circa 1970. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Mundelein police dispatcher in 1964. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Left to right Police Chief Chick LaMagdeleine, Mayor Richard Foss, Detective Michael Rizzo, Charles Carroll and Irby Morse from a May 18, 1966. The are former members of the Mundelein police pension board. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Hantz, Mundelein Police Department's first police dog circa 1970. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Dedication of Mundelein Village Hall July 2, 1929. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Employees stand outside the old Mundelein police station. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Police cars lined up behind the old Mundelein police department in 1964. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Mundelein's 1964 police station. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Patrolman Bob Pflug with Hantz, Mundelein police department's first police dog circa 1970. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Mundelein Police Chief Wallace Reidel, right, with officers in 1957. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

A Mundelein police officer in 1960. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Police Chief Chick LaMagdeleine, top left, in a 1965 photo with fellow officers. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Hantz, Mundelein Police Department's first police dog circa 1970. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Mundelein police department groundbreaking in 2000. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Officer Ostdick and officer Roy in 1997. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

Officer Gorski on a motorcycle in 2006. Courtesy of Mundelein Police

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