CASE, GUN

Description: BLACK PLASTIC CASE IS RECTANGULAR WITH SLIDING CLOSURE ON EITHER SIDE OF HANDLE. OUTSIDE OF CASE HAS ROUGH SNAKESKIN PATTERN. FRONT HAS RAISED "DOSKOCIL" LOGO IN CORNER BY HANDLE. IN CENTER OF FRONT IS RAISED CRISS-CROSS AND DIAMOND PATTERN WITH BRASS BADGE AT CENTER. BADGE IS OF SHIELD SURROUNDED BY MAPLE LEAVES. HAS COAT OF ARMS IN MIDDLE WITH QUEEN'S CROWN ON TOP AND BEAVER AT BASE. COAT OF ARMS IS CIRCULAR FIELD IN THREE PARTS WITH RAISED MOTTO CIRCUMVENTING FIELD. IN FIELD ARE GLUME OF WHEAT, ARM HOLDING HAMMER AND COAL TRAIN. ABOVE COAT OF ARMS IS BANNER WITH "POLICE" IN BLUE. BANNER BELOW COAT OF ARMS AND OVER BEAVER HAS "LETHBRIDGE" IN BLUE. INSIDE CASE ARE TWO GREY FOAM LINERS IN EGG CARTON FASHION. RAISED ON INSIDE CORNER OF TOP AND BOTTOM IS OUTLINE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH "SME" INSIDE. RAISED ON BOTTOM IS "DOSKOCIL MFG. CO. INC. P.O. BOX 1246 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76004-1246".

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.