Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 9, 1970
Caption:
Mrs. Geraldine Crampton, widow of Sheriffs' Deputy Frank J. Crampton, receives from Sheriff's Detective Lt. Charles J. Anderson, center, and City Police Detective Jan Suomala, right, a Medal of Valor certificate from the National Police Officers Association. Undersheriff Harold Owings Jr. is in the background. The certificate and medal which Lt. Anderson holds is in memory of Deputy Crampton, slain by an escaping convict last Jan. 15. Crampton's name will be placed on a plaque at the National Police Officers Association headquarters in Venice, Fla. Lt. Anderson is Michigan president of the organization and Detective Suomala is regional vice president over three midwestern states.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 8, 1965
Caption:
Heads Group -- Ann Arbor Patrolman Jan P. Suomala, a traffic motorcycle officer, has been elected Michigan president of the National Police Officers Association of America. The group has 182, 000 members and has made several awards in recent years to local policemen for outstanding action while on duty. The group also recently presented an award of merit for public service to the Ann Arbor News.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 15, 1965
Caption:
Traffic Safety Efforts Recognized: Ann Arbor Patrolman Jan P. Suomala (left), president of the Michigan chapter of the National Police Officers Association, presents to Harold B. Coolman of the Ann Arbor Eastern Kiwanis Club a certificate of merit from the association for the local club's efforts in the traffic safety field. Police Lt. Howard R. Zeck (second from right), who heads a driver-improvement programs for which the Eastern Kiwanis donated a slide projector and screen, and Gerald Lutz, a member of the Kiwanis Club's traffic safety committee, look on. The sign in the background which provides current driving conditions for motorists was also donated to the Police Department by the Kiwanis Club.