history of the LAPD

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  • first police force

    made up of 6 officers, assigned to 2 shifts.

  • killing of city marshal William C Warrren.

    city marshal William was shot and killed by another officer due to a dispute

  • first traffic squad

    officers directed horse, wagon and carriage traffic for the safety of pedestrians

  • department increase

    increased to 18 men

  • communication

    The first phone was installed to provide better communication for the headquarters and officers

  • first black officer

    Robert William Stewart was a slave. from Kentucky, who later. traveled to Los Angelos and became the city's first black officer

  • LUCY GARY

    first police matron cleaned up after female prisoners and acted as a nurse at the hospital

  • first female policewoman with arrest power

    Alice Stebbins was appointed the first policewomen.