BAG, GARMENT

Description: SILVER PLASTIC GARMENT BAG WITH A BLACK NYLON TRIM. HAS METAL ZIPPER DOWN FULL LENGTH OF THE FRONT, AND IS LABELED ON THE RIGHT PANEL, "SHIPLEY THE LOOK OF FASHION TAILORED BY VICTOR CLOTHES", AND BELOW A CLEAR PLASTIC WINDOW IS "GENTLEMEN MEN'S WEAR LTD. 314- 7TH STREET SOUTH PHONE 327-2232 LETHBRIDGE - ALBERTA". HAS LABEL AT BOTTOM ON OUTSIDE "MADE IN TAIWAN". HAS LARGE RIP IN FRONT RIGHT PANEL, AND A SMALL TEAR ON THE BACK. FRONT HAS A FEW SOILED SPOTS THAT ARE BLACK AND TAR LIKE.

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. GARMENT BAG HELD FRANK BATHGATES BLACK DRESS UNIFORM.