SEPTEMBER 16, 1951
The Next Door
The Detroit Police Department Academy examination for Detective provides a documentary bridge out of the early Vice period. The test record, ranking context, and subsequent promotion chronology are presented only to the extent supported by surviving records.
The promotion record stands on its own.
ARCHIVE STATUS · VERIFIED MATERIAL ONLY
Follow the documented bridge.
Exam, ranking, and promotion material is kept separate from later assumptions about when or why the career moved forward.