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Police Force is Established
The State of Illinois authorized the town of Chicago to establish its own police force. https://home.chicagopolice.org/about/history/#:~:text=1835,Chicago%20Police%20Department%20is%20born.] -
First Police Officer Killed
James Quinn became the first Officer killed in the line of duty. [https://www.chicagocop.com/fallen-officers/constable-james-quinn-star/] -
First Chief
Cyrus Bradley was appointed as Chief of Police and served for about a year. He also created the Departments motto,"At danger's cal;, we'll promptly fli; and bravely do or bravely die." [http://undereverytombstone.blogspot.com/2015/03/chicago-first-chief-of-police-cyrus-p.html] -
No more officers
The mayor called the entire police force to his officer and fired them. The city had no police protective from 2am till 10am the next morning. Within a few hours the police board rehired most of them and hired many other men. [https://home.chicagopolice.org/about/history/#:~:text=Entire%20Police%20Department%20Fired%20%E2%80%93%20On,00%20a.m.%20the%20next%20morning.] -
Haymarket Riot
A group of anarchists held a demonstration in Haymarket Square. WHen several officers arrived to break up the crowd, a bomb was thrown and exploded in the middle of all the officers. 8 officers died, and 59 were wounded. This also created a shoot out between the police and the anarchists. [https://www.pbs.org/video/chicago-tonight-may-3-2011-haymarket-riot/] -
First Female Officer
The Department appointed its first female officers. 10 women take the oath of office as Chicago Police officers. Alice Clement, who was apart of this group, became one of the most famous law enforcers in the nation. [https://allthatsinteresting.com/alice-clement] -
First Black Female Officer
Grace Wilson was appointed and joined the force as the first African American. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12573537/1st-black-policewoman-in-chicago/] -
First Black Superintendent
Fred Rice was appointed as Chicago Police Department first Black Superintendent. [https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoPoliceDepartment/videos/cpd-video-series-presents-black-history-month-a-look-back-into-cpds-history/10154910113576534/]
