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Dane County Highway Police
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By 1934 the Dane County Highway Police staff had increased to four officers, was boosted to nine in 1937, and in three years to fifteen. The officers shown are Dane County Police members: front row, Lieutenant A.C. Pope, Officers Gerald Femrite, Ray Case, Rod Burgenske, Emil Schmale, Rodney Schwoegler, and Captain Larson; back row, Officers Russell Klitzman, E.W. Kelzenberg, Henry Gerry, Roland Brumm, Donald Harless, Robert Hickman, and Charles O'Brien.
May 28, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Crashed automobile on tow truck, with traffic officer, Russell Klitzman, and deputy sheriff, Eldon Johnson, viewing the car.
First Director of Dane County Traffic Police
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Russell W. Klitzman raises his right hand as he is sworn in as the first director of the Dane County Traffic Police by Dane County Clerk Keith Schwartz. He retired in 1974.
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