Mr. Hubert. It appears to me from what you have said that you began at the bottom of the ranks in the police department?
Mr. Curry. That's right.
Mr. Hubert. And would it be fair to say that you worked your way through, as it were?
Mr. Curry. Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Up the line?
Mr. Curry. Yes, sir; I worked in practically every assignment the police department has, and through civil service examinations was able to gain promotions to a detective, sergeant, lieutenant of police, captain of police, inspector of police, and inspector of police is the highest civil service rank obtainable.
Mr. Hubert. When did you attain that rank, Mr. Curry, roughly?
Mr. Curry. I believe it was about 1951, along about that as inspector—I don't recall exactly.
Mr. Hubert. Does the obtaining of that rank in the civil service system involve special studies?
Mr. Curry. Well, you must make some special studies in order to compete with the other men who are trying to reach promotion through examination. During these years I won a fellowship to Northwestern University Traffic Institute and attended that school in 1945–46. I graduated from there. In 1951 I was sent to the FBI National Academy in Washington, D.C., and I graduated from that school.