Sid.Stavros
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While watching in Murdoch Mysteries the rough Inspector Thomas Brackenreid of Toronto Constabulary my mind went back to our town Police Chief named Dimitrios Bairaktaris.
First he joint in the Hellenic Army at 1848 and became an Infantry Officer, he took an active part in the Cretan Revolution of 1866, where he was distinguished for his actions. In 1893 when the Military Police was established he was appointed as the Athens Police Chief. To those who had a propensity for the crime, it caused fear and terror and to those who want calm life, order and security, respect and trust. Bairaktaris was bold, righteous and hard, a real Man of Duty. The "political connections" meant nothing to him, he had no hesitations in Ethic rules, one day himself beat two English sailors and threw them into the sea because they insult in public a Greek woman. He solved many crimes committed in Athens and convinced the prime-minister to make the Copyright Law of the writers.
In 1897 he was named Colonel and in the declaration of the Greek-Turkish War of 1897 he was distinguished for his inertia by fighting in the first line of fire animating his men. He was retired on March 10 of 1900, promoted to Major General. He died four years later, at the age of 72 in Athens and still his memory is alive.
I am smoking New York Pipe Club Jack's Shanty Cigar Leaf Blend while reading incidents of his era, cup of chamomile beside me.
First he joint in the Hellenic Army at 1848 and became an Infantry Officer, he took an active part in the Cretan Revolution of 1866, where he was distinguished for his actions. In 1893 when the Military Police was established he was appointed as the Athens Police Chief. To those who had a propensity for the crime, it caused fear and terror and to those who want calm life, order and security, respect and trust. Bairaktaris was bold, righteous and hard, a real Man of Duty. The "political connections" meant nothing to him, he had no hesitations in Ethic rules, one day himself beat two English sailors and threw them into the sea because they insult in public a Greek woman. He solved many crimes committed in Athens and convinced the prime-minister to make the Copyright Law of the writers.
In 1897 he was named Colonel and in the declaration of the Greek-Turkish War of 1897 he was distinguished for his inertia by fighting in the first line of fire animating his men. He was retired on March 10 of 1900, promoted to Major General. He died four years later, at the age of 72 in Athens and still his memory is alive.
I am smoking New York Pipe Club Jack's Shanty Cigar Leaf Blend while reading incidents of his era, cup of chamomile beside me.
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