Buried next to his wife Lillian Ann Condon Bates. Their only child is Cheryl Ann Bates(Callis)Hockett, Grandchildren are Cindy Michelle Callis Martin & Mark David Callis, Great Grandchildren are Michael Earl Martin, John David Allen Martin & Amanda Michelle Sarmir. Loved by all who knew him.
Originally from Alabama, came to Denver, CO in 1930, joined the Denver Police Dept. 1940 and retired in 1965. He is well known for breaking the infamous "burglars in blue" case...Denver's burgling cops of 1960! "They cased jobs from police cars, returned at night to steal while lookouts monitored the police radio for alarm calls. Once the burglaries were discovered, the same policemen came back officially to investigate, were able to destroy any leftover evidence. In one case, an insurance company investigator discovered a pair of policeman's trousers near a burglary scene. Two city detectives confiscated the evidence ; the pants disappeared forever."... "There were few failures—but one of them led to the burglars' downfall. Cruising one night in April 1960, Patrolman John D. Bates saw burglars leave a 17th Street coffee shop. When Bates chased the getaway car, the safe fell out of the trunk; the man who ran back to retrieve it turned out to be a fellow policeman." To read the whole story click: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939238,00.html#ixzz1O30xXpK5
Originally from Alabama, came to Denver, CO in 1930, joined the Denver Police Dept. 1940 and retired in 1965. He is well known for breaking the infamous "burglars in blue" case...Denver's burgling cops of 1960! "They cased jobs from police cars, returned at night to steal while lookouts monitored the police radio for alarm calls. Once the burglaries were discovered, the same policemen came back officially to investigate, were able to destroy any leftover evidence. In one case, an insurance company investigator discovered a pair of policeman's trousers near a burglary scene. Two city detectives confiscated the evidence ; the pants disappeared forever."... "There were few failures—but one of them led to the burglars' downfall. Cruising one night in April 1960, Patrolman John D. Bates saw burglars leave a 17th Street coffee shop. When Bates chased the getaway car, the safe fell out of the trunk; the man who ran back to retrieve it turned out to be a fellow policeman." To read the whole story click: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939238,00.html#ixzz1O30xXpK5
Buried next to his wife Lillian Ann Condon Bates. Their only child is Cheryl Ann Bates(Callis)Hockett, Grandchildren are Cindy Michelle Callis Martin & Mark David Callis, Great Grandchildren are Michael Earl Martin, John David Allen Martin & Amanda Michelle Sarmir. Loved by all who knew him.
Originally from Alabama, came to Denver, CO in 1930, joined the Denver Police Dept. 1940 and retired in 1965. He is well known for breaking the infamous "burglars in blue" case...Denver's burgling cops of 1960! "They cased jobs from police cars, returned at night to steal while lookouts monitored the police radio for alarm calls. Once the burglaries were discovered, the same policemen came back officially to investigate, were able to destroy any leftover evidence. In one case, an insurance company investigator discovered a pair of policeman's trousers near a burglary scene. Two city detectives confiscated the evidence ; the pants disappeared forever."... "There were few failures—but one of them led to the burglars' downfall. Cruising one night in April 1960, Patrolman John D. Bates saw burglars leave a 17th Street coffee shop. When Bates chased the getaway car, the safe fell out of the trunk; the man who ran back to retrieve it turned out to be a fellow policeman." To read the whole story click: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939238,00.html#ixzz1O30xXpK5
Originally from Alabama, came to Denver, CO in 1930, joined the Denver Police Dept. 1940 and retired in 1965. He is well known for breaking the infamous "burglars in blue" case...Denver's burgling cops of 1960! "They cased jobs from police cars, returned at night to steal while lookouts monitored the police radio for alarm calls. Once the burglaries were discovered, the same policemen came back officially to investigate, were able to destroy any leftover evidence. In one case, an insurance company investigator discovered a pair of policeman's trousers near a burglary scene. Two city detectives confiscated the evidence ; the pants disappeared forever."... "There were few failures—but one of them led to the burglars' downfall. Cruising one night in April 1960, Patrolman John D. Bates saw burglars leave a 17th Street coffee shop. When Bates chased the getaway car, the safe fell out of the trunk; the man who ran back to retrieve it turned out to be a fellow policeman." To read the whole story click: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939238,00.html#ixzz1O30xXpK5
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