Historical February 1992 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Hugh J. Geiler is familiar to many Skinker DeBaliviere neighbors.
He has lived in the 6100 block of Washington for several years with his wife Jane, an Assistant Circuit Attorney.
He has four grown children, Linda. MaryJo, Dale, and Scot. Geiler grew up on 5651 Cote Brilliant and attended St. Edwards grade school and McBride high school.
He joined the St. Louis police force in 1969 and was assigned to the eighth district where he spent eight years.
Following this, he became a mounted policeman for the next eight years.
He then went to the seventh district Four years later, he retired. Geiler has been retired from the police department for three years now.
He has reflected on how many police calls dealt with fire or burglary.
It became obvious that victims of fire or burglary or other instances where property is lost or damaged had a great deal of trouble knowing what losses were sustained and how to prove to insurance companies what they owned. Geller recalls a call he went on where he found the home totally empty.
The victim said everything had been stolen including furniture, appliances, pictures on the walls, rugs, and expensive jewelry.
The house was stripped down to the bare walls and floors.
She spent days trying to list all the things she had lost. Hugh recalls going on calls where a home is completely devastated by fire.
He remembers the heartbreak of the victims who could not begin to remember details about their possessions.
They were unable to describe these possessions to the satisfaction of insurance companies or police. Hugh Geiler started his Video Ident business (727-3241) based on his twenty years of investigative experience with the police department.
He is able to provide home owners with a complete video tape record of the contents of their home for a modest cost. One of Hugh’s first customers was Thomas A. Scatizzi, president of Central West End Bank at 416 DeBaliviere. •
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Original photograph accompanying the Hugh J. Geiler Video Ident profile. Photographer not credited; other pictured person not identified in caption.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February 1992.
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Archival transcription note: Police force1969/eight+eight+four years/retired three years conflicting chronology in the1992 source; preserve.
Original source: SD_Times1992_02.pdf, printed page(s) 4; PDF page(s) 4.
