CAP, SERVICE

Description: BLACK WOOL PEAK CAP WITH GOLD EMBROIDERED LAURELS ON THE PATENT LEATHER PEAK BRIM. CAP IS A BERET STYLE WITH RED NYLON HAT BAND SEWN VERTICALLY TO BOTTOM. ACROSS BASE OF HAT, ABOVE THE BRIM IS A BLACK CHIN STRAP THAT IS ATTACHED AT EACH EAR WITH A BRASS BUTTON MARKED "POLICE FORCE", WITH A CROWN IN THE CENTRE. ON FRONT CENTRE OF HAT IS A BRASS BADGE WITH A CROWN ON THE TOP, MARKED "POLICE LETHBRIDGE". INSIDE OF CAP HAS RED NYLON LINING, WITH A BROWN PLASTIC INNER HEADBAND. TOP OF THE INSIDE OF THE CAP HAS A PIECE OF CLEAR PLASTIC SEWN IN, WHICH CONTAINS 2 ROUND BLUE DOTS, A BLACK LABEL MARKED "R. NICHOLLS 460 STE-CATHERINE W. MTL. TEL: 861-3391 DRY CLEAN ONLY- NETTOYER A SEC NOM/NAME", A WHITE LABEL MARKED "AFL-C10-CLC UNION LABEL MADE IN CANADA FABRIQUE AU CANADA". ALSO HAS A ROUND WHITE LABEL MARKED "7 5/8 61".

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.