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It happened in Smarts Hardware Store December 16th 1885:
12/16/2010 at 8:47 AM
Brandon’s first Chief of Police dies from a gun accident.
With the granting of a Charter a city police force was necessary. The first force consisted of Police Chief Archibald L. McMillan, and two constables, Donald Campbell and John M. Keays.
On July 6 1882 a committee established a rate of pay for the Police Chief at $900 per annum, and his constables at $60 a month.
The Chief was appointed July 12, 1882.
An obituary notice in the Brandon Sun, December 17, 1885, for Chief McMillan who died the previous day read: “Chief McMillan was a hard worker.
He cleared away the ‘SCUM OF HUMANITY’ working on the C.P.R. construction trains.” In addition to his position as Police Chief, he was also Health Inspector.
Source: Brandon a city by G. F. Barker