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 TWO LABELS, ONE CREAM WITH BLACK MARKINGS "CANADA FABRICATION SYNDICALE SERIES MTS 925256", AND LOGO IN CENTRE. SECOND LABEL IS LARGER, WITH WHITE BACKGROUND AND GREEN MARKINGS,"MARTIN & LEVESQUE INC QUEBEC-MONTREAL NETTOYAGE A SEC", AND TYPED BELOW "LEO SINGER LETHBRIDGE FRANK BATHGATE SUPT. 21/3/80", "31 1/2", "33". ALSO HAS "48" WRITTEN IN BLUE INK ON LABEL. CONDITION LIKE NEW, WITH NO VISIBLE DAMAGE OR 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.