FEBRUARY 5, 1953

Hold-Up

The personnel chronology places Ralph Palmer in Hold-Up at Police Headquarters, 1300 Beaubien. This room becomes the bridge from title and assignment into the individual investigations that follow.

The assignment is anchored by the personnel chronology. Photographs, partner links, maps, and case reports appear only where the supporting record has been verified.

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Ralph Palmer detective-era portraits — PALMER FAMILY ARCHIVE · DETECTIVE-ERA PORTRAIT MATERIAL

HEADQUARTERS FILE · OPEN

1300 Beaubien.

The headquarters building, Hold-Up Bureau methods, partner rotations, and case chronology are presented only to the extent supported by selected and verified material.

LINKED EVIDENCE

Official reports.

The 1953 meritorious-work material and related citations are linked when their corresponding records have been identified and verified.

Former Detroit Police Department headquarters — REAL DETROIT SOURCE · Former Detroit Police Department Headquarters, 1300 Beaubien — modern photograph of the actual building.
Source: Mikerussell / source record · CC BY-SA 3.0