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Police Chief Lydon Invents New Finger-Printing Machine-This Day in Norwood History-March 29, 1947

Gadget Will Be Submitted To The FBI For Inspection INVENTS FINGER-PRINTING MACHINE—Norwood Police Chief Thomas C. Lydon (right) holds finger-printing machine which he has invented and which will be turned … Continue reading Police Chief Lydon Invents New Finger-Printing Machine-This Day in Norwood History-March 29, 1947

Patrolman Francis Riley and Sgt. Mark Folan examine safe found on Neponset Street 7 a.m. Monday morning by Patrolman Frank Mullane. Safe was stolen in Boston. Note paper spread in … Continue reading Safe Stolen In Boston Dumped Here-This Day In Norwood History-March 7, 1947

This Day in Norwood History-June 29, 1946-Name William E. Lydon Permanent Patrolman

Thomas C. Lydon Assumes Duties as Norwood’s New Chief of Police NORWOOD — May 31, 1945 — A familiar figure in Norwood law enforcement stepped into the town’s highest police … Continue reading Lydon Assumes Chief of Police Post in Norwood-This Day In Norwood History-June 2, 1946

Sergeant Thomas Lydon has been appointed Chief Norwood Police Department to succeed Chief William H Sullivan, effective June 1, it was announced this morning by Manager Francis W. Smith. The … Continue reading Sgt Lydon Appointed Chief of Police Department-This Day in Norwood History-April 19, 1946

The Norwood Police Department offered a service last week which while not in the regular line of duty, may be marked up to the credit of that department as a … Continue reading Town Speeds Home Wounded Veteran-This Day In Norwood History-April 5, 1946

Norwood Police in Shootout with Trio of Safecrackers-This Day in Norwood History- September 24, 1945

This Day In Norwood History-August 24, 1945-Sgt. Curran Retires From Police Force

House Burned, OtherFires, False Alarms, Etc. Four calls to fires, four false alarms, window breaking, and wholesale light breaking on Nichols Street added up the toll of Hallowe'en damage in … Continue reading Hallowe’en Damage Is Worse This Year-This Day In Norwood History-October 31, 1944

Those two intrepid wild animal trainers of the Norwood police force, Officers Donnell and Folan, were called upon over last weekend to prove once again that as snarers of either … Continue reading Police Called Upon To Snare Animals Again-This Day In Norwood History-December 10, 1943