Atlanta Police Department

First Settlement

1837

Railroad surveyor marks future site of Atlanta: settlement originally called Terminus

Name change

Dec 23, 1843

Name of settlement changed to Marthasville

First Marshal

1844

Antonio (?) named the first marshal of Marthasville

Night Police

1853

First-night police elected

Atlanta police killed

1863

Deputy marshal Tim Shivers killed in duel by G. W. “Whit” Anderson; first Atlanta peace officer killed

Burning of Atlanta

1863

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/nov15/burning-atlanta/#:~:text=On%20November%2015%2C%201864%2C%20United,the%20rest%20of%20the%20nation.

First policewomen

1918

Department completely motorized; first two policewomen appointed; Bureau of Identification established

significant events

Period: Jan 31, 1947 to Feb 2, 1947

Chief Hornsby dies; Herbert T. Jenkins elected chief, immediately begins vigorous reform campaign, mandatory retirement of 65 established; Klan-dominated police union abolished; Police Training Academy founded

African American Officers

Apr 3, 1948

https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/claude-mundy-atlantas-first-black-officer-killed-in-the-line-of-duty/UU4SQAVDEFGVNG2FELXDTVBKQY/ . 1948 First African-American police officers go on duty on Auburn Ave