Reid Edles

When I graduated from Belknap in May 1969 I was recruited to join the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Dept. It was a Federal Law Enforcement position. After the riots in DC in April 1968 Congress passed a law increasing the size of the Metropolitan Police Department from 3500 to 5100 men. Two provisions of the law were that if you were in the military, you got a six month early out to join the Metropolitan Police. If you were NOT in the military(which was my case) and you joined the Metropolitan Police, you signed a contract for two years which credited you with 2 years military service if you stayed. While I was NOT in the military, I feel I served my country in Washington DC, I was shot at beaten up and was involved with arresting the anti war demonstrators which attempted to close down Washington, DC in 1969-1971.

Reid Edles