LAPD TIMELINE

By chloebechara

  • first paid police force

  • LAPD FOUNDED

  • LAPD COUNCIL

    City Council appointed 3 members to form the first Board of Police Commissioners.

  • first black officer

    Robert William Stewart

  • first police matron

    lucy gray

  • First female officer

    Alice Stebbins Wells

  • first appointed chief

  • SLA shootout

    was considered to be the first terrorist organization shooting

  • community policing