Charles R. Smith.
Chief of Police Charles Smith was shot and killed while investigating a disturbance call at a local house on Piedmont Avenue. As he and Officer Augusta Kimberly left the house, they observed a man holding a shotgun. Chief Smith asked the man what he was doing and was answered with gunfire. He was struck by two blasts from the gun. Both officers returned fire but did not strike the suspect. Chief Smith was taken to a doctor but died the following day. The man was arrested a short time later. The suspect committed suicide by hanging himself with bed sheets following his preliminary hearing. Chief Smith was a United States Army WWI veteran and had served with the Piedmont Police Department for five years. He was survived by his two sisters. On August 27, 1934, Officer F. Augusta Kimberly was shot and killed in the line of duty in the exact location.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Chief of Police Smith gave the Piedmont Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Piedmont community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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