Mr. Solomon. My offices are at the police academy, and I am used out there in training recruits.
Mr. Hubert. Were you in that same position during the period November 22 to 24, 1963?
Mr. Solomon. Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert. I would like you to state for the record just how the reserve program of the Dallas Police Department is set up, because I don't think we have it in the record otherwise.
Mr. Solomon. Well, I am sure you don't. The reserve operates different in every city that I know, and just to their particular needs.
Now, the reserve organization in Dallas is strictly what the name implies. It is, really a reserve intended to be called upon when there is a catastrophe, some real bad emergency, to augment our manpower.
It is a semimilitary organization in that we call it the reserve platoon. It has three companies commanded by a captain. Each company has three platoons. And each platoon has three squads. There are approximately—it fluctuates just a little bit—but there are approximately 300 men in the organization.
Mr. Hubert. Who is the reserve captain?
Mr. Solomon. There are four reserve captains. Now, the reserve major is Major Tropolis, the major in command. We call him the reserve commander. He is George Tropolis.
Mr. Hubert. Who are the captains?