SGT. STANLEY J. BIRNS
Star# 322 Det. Div.
End of Watch 16 July 1914

Sgt. Stanley Birns was assigned to lead a team of officers conducting raids on a vice district. At the same time, a group of city inspectors were in the area conducting investigations and raids on their own. The two groups met and in the confusion shots were fired. The dedicated sergeant suffered a fatal gunshot wound.