History of Chicago Police Department

Authorization

Jan 31, 1835

Town of Chicago was authorized to establish its own police force

Birth

Aug 15, 1835

Chicago Police Department is born

First Police officer killed in line of duty

Dec 5, 1853

Constable of police James Quinn, first officer killed in line of duty

1st Chief of Police

May 26, 1855

Cyrus Bradley is named first chief of police for the Chicago police department

First Black Officer

1871

James L Shelton becomes the first black police officer in Chicago police history

Haymarket Riot

May 4, 1886

Described as the worst day in Chicago Police Department history.Anarchist held a demonstration outside of Haymarket square and when police arrived to disperse the crowd somebody threw a bomb and winds up killing eight officers and 59 wounded.

Ambulance serviced organized

1890

Began with a donation from Ada Sweet when she provided funds for an ambulance station. CPD ambulance was simply a horse drawn wagon equipped with stretchers and bandages

First Police Automobile

1908

Department becomes motorized with 3 squad cars

Expansion of Motorized Vehicles

1910

Motorcycles and Boats are introduced and added to police vehicles

First Female Officers

Aug 13, 1913

10 woman take the oath to become the first female police officers(Alice Clement is most famous)

Eastland Disaster

Jul 24, 1915

S.S. Eastland was a ship that was headed to Michigan City for a sponsored excursion picnic holding over 2,500 people through tickets and some 7,000 tickets were sold through family and friends. When most of the boarders went to one side of the boat to take a picture the ship started to tip and proceeded to fall to the floor of the Chicago River trapping passengers under. Some passengers would jump and others didn't make it. In the end of everything 844 people perished including 22 families

A Dangerous Era ( 1920-1939)

1920

More than 40 percent of Chicago Police officers lost their lives in the line of duty

First Crime Laboratory

Feb 24, 1929

Seven men were murdered in Chicago north side garage. The investigation resulted in the creation of the nations first crime laboratory located at NorthWestern University

Cadet Program

Jul 1, 1963

Cadet Program is introduced

First Female officer killed in line of duty

Jan 25, 1984

Patrolman Dorelle C. Brandon, star #2684, was shot and killed in a dispute with an offender

Crime Reduction Strategy

2000

To combat gangs and guns Chicago introduced weekly DOC/VICE meetings.

https://home.chicagopolice.org/about/history/

2021

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