History’s Blotter

On July 22, 2004, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States issued its public report regarding the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The Chicago World’s Fair was a celebration of debuts, including the first Ferris wheel, the hamburger and the birth of the future IACP.

The FBI’s most exhaustive search involved interviewing 28,000 people and following up on 43,000 leads to catch the perpetrators.

America’s boldest killer is caught by an observant Dover (NJ) police officer while sitting in an expensive car and waiting for his girlfriend.

A dozen men armed with guns, knives and machetes, seized control of three Washington, DC buildings and held close to 150 people hostage.

The Prohibition Amendment, went into effect in 1920. Just over a decade later, the Wickersham Commission released its report on Prohibition and crime.

Over the course of more than a year, a serial killer raped and strangled seven women in Cincinnati, Ohio, most of them elderly.

Sgt. Charles H. Cochrane, Jr. came out after 14-years with the New York (NY) Police Department. He later co-founded the Gay Officers Action League.