Jesse Curry Research Paper

Jesse E. Curry was born in Hamilton, Texas, and moved to Dallas with his family before he was one year old. He joined the Dallas Police Department on May 1, 1936 and worked with the Department until March 10, 1966. His police work in Dallas was interrupted for Military Service during World War II and specialized training in Police
Science at various times throughout his police career.
In 1944 Officer Curry attended the Traffic Officers Training School at Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical College. He was promoted to Detective in 1944 and to
Sergeant in 1945. Shortly after this he won the Kemper Fellowship in national competition and was able to attend the Northwestern University Traffic Institute for a nine months course in police traffic and …show more content…
National Police Academy. After graduation he was promoted to Inspector of Police in charge of Personnel, Training, and
Research. His promotion to Assistant Chief of Police came in October 1953. During his service as Assistant Chief of Police he supplemented his training by taking further courses in Municipal Administration.
On January 20, 1960 Jesse Curry was promoted to Chief of Police to succeed former Chief Carl F. Hansson. While serving as Chief of Police he remained active in the instruction of police subjects in police schools throughout the nation. His training in various law subjects, evidence, laws of arrest, searches and seizures, case preparation, criminal procedures, accident investigation, and types of criminal investigation enabled him to teach these various subjects in the Dallas Police Academy and elsewhere.
Chief Curry served as chairman of the planning committee of the Law Enforcement
Institute of the Southwest Legal Foundation at Southern Methodist University. He was active in the International Association of Chiefs of Police and served on their Traffic
Committee for five years. He remains active in other community and church organizations in the Dallas