James K. Watkins
(1887-1970)
American police chief
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James Keir Watkins (May 24, 1887 – February 1970) was an American attorney and police commissioner. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1905 to 1909. He later became a leading attorney in Detroit and served as commissioner of the Detroit Police Department in the early 1930s. He also organized the Detroit branch of "The Volunteers" in 1936 "to save their country from a perpetuation of the New Deal."
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24 May 1887 Michigan
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1 February 1970 (aged 82) Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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