City Patrolmen Form Benefit Association

A veteran Ann Arbor policeman has been elected the first president of an organization ', tablished for the benefit of city patrolmen. Darwin Cullin, 27, who has served in all phases of patrol work since joining the Pólice Department, was named president of the Ann Arbor Pólice Officers Association. Patrolman Cullin is currently assigned to the Pólice Department's Detective División in a six-month in - service training period. In addition to regular patrol duty he has in the past carried out undercover investigations, has worked on vice details and has been given special duty assignments. He is lOth on the patrolman seniority list. The purposes for the establishment of the Pólice Officers Association range from a vow to seek "economie stability" for, members to a promise to pro-j vide legal representation for pa-: trolmen if it is needed. The list of purposes also includes a section stating the asirnpÍaüfUlBJüflÍBÍfiwtoLL3LJi lihfi JL t p f tion is open only to païrolmen eipployed by the Ann Arbor Pólice Department and funds for the group's operation is provided only through the tion of dues from members. L. Ray Bishop, a former il s i s t a n t prosecuting attorney and new in private law practice, is the association's legal! counsel. "We feel an organization suchj as this will benefit the public whom we serve and the com-, mand officers who direct us as %ell as ourselves," Cullin said. ; The new president said of 50 eligible patrolmen now on active duty with the Pólice Department his organization has 41 members. The department is more than a dozen patrolmen. short of authorized strength. Other officers in the new group include Patrolman Donald Johnson, vice president; Patrolman Earl Miller, secretary; Patrolman Jan Suomala, treasurer, and Patrolman Robert Bradtke, sergeant-at-arms. A