Police On Guard While City Sleeps

POLICE ON GUARD WHILE CITY SLEEPS

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NIGHT SHIFT REPORTS:  It's a long eight hours from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., when most of Ann Arbor is asleep.  But guarding the city through those lonely hours is just part of the job for the city's police.  Ann Arbor News Photographer Douglas Fulton and Police Reporter William B. Treml made the police rounds on a Saturday night to record this picture story.  Here the night shift prepares for duty in the squad room, reading reports or playing a few hands of cards before the 11 p.m. starting hour.

THE SHIFT CHANGE:  Co-ordination between shifts is a "must" with the Ann Arbor police.  Here Lt. Henry G. Murray (right), reporting for duty on the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift, obtains information from Lt. Walter E. Krasny, whose shift is ending.

NERVE CENTER:  Almost all activity of Ann Arbor policemen originates at this dispatcher's desk which relays trouble calls and complaints.  Here Patrolmen Raymond Woodruff and Robert Conn man the phones and radio as the night shift gets under way.

THE SHIFT BEGINS:  Patrolman James Holliday, assigned to patrol a section of the west side of the city, begins his eight-hour trick behind the wheel of Car No. 63.

FIRST CALL:  Burning leaves may be colorful and seasonable in the fall but at 11:30 p.m. they represent only a violation of a city ordinance.  Here two Ann Arbor police cruisers stand by after calling the Fire Department to put out the leaf fire, burning at the curb of a city street.

LOST AND AFRAID:  Patrolman Holliday coaxes a timid dog to come up to him after a drive-in restaurant manager reported the dog apparently was lost.  The policeman put the dog into his cruiser and took it to a local veterinarian who cares for animals picked up at night.

ON WAY TO COURT:  Weekend celebrants make Saturday nights busier than others for Ann Arbor police.  Here Officer Holliday escorts a man charged with being drunk and disorderly to night court, where he will be arraigned immediately.

TRAFFIC HAZARD:  A stalled bakery truck at Packard and State Sts. presents a danger to passing motorists.  Patrolman Holliday asks the truck's crew to push it into a nearby drive until a mechanic arrives.  This was one of 15 stops made during the night.

COLD, DESERTED, LONELY:  Crowded with shoppers and motorists in the daytime, S. Main is almost lifeless at 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning.  Patrolman Arvil Patton is the lone figure on the street as he walks his beat in the night cold.

END OF A DAY:  The department's Detective Bureau, center for major crime investigation, is quiet at midnight.  Here Detective Eugene Staudenmaier checks over a final report before signing out for the day.  The Bureau is jammed in daylight hours.