[luvbach1]

He had men working under him and told me if any of them got out of line with the citizens, they wouldn't last long under him.

I've always had the impression that "old time cops" routinely "worked over" suspects.It was called "the third degree;" you know, rubber hoses and all that stuff.

[goat granny]

LOL Since he was a Mounted cop and was involved in union riots during the 30's/40's I am sure he bopped a few heads with a night stick. Nothing breaks up a riot like a line of charging horses with the riders swinging night sticks. I am not naive about police work. Just commenting that if street cops are bad, so is the whole line of command..

Since he was a Detroit cop, lots of union riots went on...I'd ask him about the rubber hose treatment, but sadly he died in the 1980s. :O)