Mr. BELIN. Then you got out and you went in--did you go right on the police force then?

Mr. Sawyer.

No.

Mr. Belin.

What did you do?

Mr. Sawyer.

I worked as credit manager in a jewelry company. This was immediately prior to coming to the police department.
Before that, I was a doorman at the Mural Room of the Baker Hotel.

Mr. Belin.

When you first got out of high school, what did you do?

Mr. SAWYER. I went out to California and went to work as a clerk in a grocery store.

Mr. Belin.

What did you do after that?
Mr. SAWYER. Came back to Dallas and went to Business College, and then I went to work as a doorman at the Mural Room of the Baker Hotel. And then from there I went to the jewelry, and later became credit manager.

Mr. Belin.

And then after that?

Mr. Sawyer.

Then to the Police Department.

Mr. Belin.

You have been with the Police Department ever since except for this time in the Navy?

Mr. Sawyer.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

How old are you?

Mr. Sawyer.

47.

Mr. Belin.

You are married ?

Mr. Sawyer.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Inspector, were you on duty on November 22, 1963?

Mr. Sawyer.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

By the way, were you an Inspector at that time?

Mr. Sawyer.

I was.
Mr. BELIN. Where were you stationed with reference to the motorcade? Just what were your duties?
Mr. SAWYER. I had charge of the crowd detail on Main Street from Akard to Harwood.

Mr. Belin.

After the motorcade passed, what did you do?

Mr. Sawyer.

I headed west on Main Street.

Mr. Belin.

Did you immediately get in your car after the motorcade passed?

Mr. Sawyer.

Well, not immediately, because the crowd was real thick and completely surrounded the car, but I did as soon as it was feasible to get back in the car.

Mr. Belin.

Do you remember where your car was parked?

Mr. SAWYER. Yes. It was parked on Ervay Street, at the intersection of Ervay and Main, but it was, well, it was on the north side of Main Street on Ervay. It runs parallel to Main Street.
Mr. BELIN. All right, you got in your car shortly after the motorcade passed then?

Mr. Sawyer.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Then what did you do?

Mr. SAWYER. Well, I headed west, or tried to. I had to wait until the crowd cleared out, and as soon as the crowd cleared enough, I headed west on Main Street.

Mr. Belin.

Any particular reason why you headed west on Main Street?
Mr. SAWYER. Because that was the way the car was pointed at the time I got in.
Mr. BELIN. All right, then what did you do as you went west on Main Street?
Mr. SAWYER. I just went real slow down the street because of people crossing, and at the time, the radio broadcast came in about a lot of activity down at the lower end around Houston and Elm Street.

Mr. Belin.

Do you remember what radio broadcast this is? Who broadcast it?

Mr. SAWYER. I heard Sheriff Decker come on the radio and tell the dispatcher to get all of his men over to, and I thought he said Texas School Book Depository, but at least that was the overall gist of the conversation. That