From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, December 27, 1921: Several hundred police officers, many in plain clothes, will be snooping around New Year’s Eve on the lookout for bulging hip pockets and the old, familiar smell of “wet” goods. Revelers fortunate enough to have any “drinkable” whisky, wine, or gin — not “bootlegger” stuff — laid away, and holding on to it for dear life in the hope of giving 1922 an old fashioned welcome by injecting “liquid pep” into watch parties, banquets or other festivities Saturday night, can expect to be arrested for violations of the Prohibition law. Police chief Jerry E. Kinney, after conferring with the board of public safety, decided that Indianapolis should not be any “wetter” on New Year’s Eve than at any other time following reports that a number of “hip licker” parties are being planned.
From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, January 2, 1922: All but one of the twenty-three policewomen on the Indianapolis police department have been asked by newly inaugurated Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank to resign. Several of the women have been assigned to the detective department, and a number of others including Clara Burnside, captain of policewomen, have been doing juvenile court work. The women had expected to stay on the force, but the request for resignations shattered their hopes. Of the three matrons on the force, two who have been with the police department since 1897 will be eligible to retire on pensions. However, the third matron was only appointed in 1918. Policewoman Lillian Jaschka will be retained as a matron. It is understood that the other twenty-two places will be filled by women more favorable to the new city administration.