PANTS

Description: NAVY BLUE WOOL POLICE UNIFORM PANTS WITH TWO FRONT AND REAR POCKETS, AND ONLY BACK LEFT HAS A BUTTON. WAISTBAND IS VERY WIDE, WITH 7 LARGE BELT LOOPS. HAS METAL ZIPPER FLY, WITH A BUTTON WAISTBAND EXTENSION, AND METAL CLIP TO CLOSE FLY. HAS BLACK NYLON BAND DOWN OUTSIDE SEAM OF PANTS WITH MAPLE LEAF DESIGN. INSIDE OF WAISTBAND HAS A WHITE LABEL WITH MARKINGS IN BLACK, "TAILORED ESPECIALLY FOR MR. F. BATHGATE DATE 9-8-78 ORD. NO 14563 LEO SINGER 65159", AND "65% WOOL 35% FORTREL POLYESTER FORTREL * IRON AT/REPASSER A 350 F MAX". IN GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY LITTLE WEAR.

History: FRANK JAMES BATHGATE WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE AND GREW UP IN THE PARK LAKE AREA. HE APPLIED TO THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE IN 1951 AND WAS APPOINTED CONSTABLE ON JANUARY 14, 1953. HE WAS THEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ACTING SERGEANT IN 1960, AND IN 1967 PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BRANCH, WHERE HE WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUG SECTION OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE. IN 1971 FRANK WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF DETECTIVE SERGEANT AND WAS THE HEAD OF THE NEWLY CREATED CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT, IN ADDITION TO HIS DUTIES IN THE DRUG UNIT. ACCORDING TO ONE DOCUMENT (PERM RECORD), HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART IN THE FORMATION OF THE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF CANADA, WHICH DEALS WITH ORGANIZED CRIME AND OTHER AREAS OF NATIONAL INTEREST. IN JUNE OF 1978 HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF INSPECTOR, AND TOOK OVER COMMAND OF THE UNIFORMED PATROL DIVISION. IN AUGUST OF 1979 BATHGATE WAS PROMOTED TO SUPERINTENDENT AND FOURTEEN MONTHS LATER PROMOTED TO DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE. HE HELD THIS APPOINTMENT UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1988. FRANK BATHGATE PASSED AWAY IN 1996.