-
The mayor of Los Angeles wanted something bigger to make the city better so he created the Los Angeles Police Department.
https://www.lapdonline.org/our_communities/content_basic_view/37404 -
There were four men that became the first to be in and form the first paid police force.
-
He was the first police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. He was Chief until 1877.
http://www.laalmanac.com/crime/cr73.php -
The Chief of Police for the Los Angeles Police Department after Chief Gerkens. -
Alice Stebbins Wells was an American Minister and Social Welfare worker that was the first woman to be appointed to the Los Angeles Police Department.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alice-Stebbins-Wells#:~:text=Alice%20Stebbins%20Wells%2C%20(born%20June,the%20Los%20Angeles%20Police%20Department. -
Women police officers in Los Angeles was placed under Civil Service Control.
-
Black Dahlia was one of the most famous cases that happened in Los Angeles, California. The Police found a woman who was murdered, she was found sliced in half. The case was active for a while until the case went cold and stayed cold.
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-black-dahlia
https://vault.fbi.gov/Black%20Dahlia%20%28E%20Short%29%20/ -
The badge worn by officers was changed. It originally said "Policeman" however when women started to join the field they thought it would only be fair to change it to something gender neutral so they changed it to "Police Officer".
http://www.laphs.org/docs/blue-in-history-section.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1PrqlSb4hg -
The first full-time mounted platoon was founded in 1987 and to this day is composed of thirty-five full-time sworn police personnel.
https://www.lapdonline.org/inside_the_lapd/content_basic_view/6347
Looking for a timeline maker?
Create timelines for projects, roadmaps, history, lessons, legal cases, and stories with Timetoast. Timetoast is a timeline maker for work, school, research, and stories.