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Officer Claude Henry “C.H.” Wyatt

Early on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1919, an LAPD officer on foot patrol apprehended a[…]

Det. Sgt. Patrick Joseph Downey

In 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World labor union was formed in Chicago. The I.W.W. promoted[…]

Officer Ormiel E. Barney

Of the more than 200 LAPD officers who have died in the line of duty, only one[…]

Lt. Charles Edward Johnson

   Charles Edward Johnson was born in Jackson, Michigan, on Jan. 6, 1877, the son of Charles[…]

Officer James A. Ellsworth

 Police departments in the United States started using motorcycles in the early 20th century, taking advantage of[…]

Officer Thomas Joseph Kronschnabel

  Thomas J. Kronschnabel was one of the LAPD's first motorcycle officers -- then called "speed officers"[…]

Officer Walter Roy Kreps

 Police departments in the United States started using motorcycles in the early 20th century, taking advantage of[…]

Det. Sgt. James Edward Browning

"Black Hand" was a term used in newspapers in the early days of the 20th century to[…]

Sgt. John Francis “Frank” Toolen

  John Francis "Frank" Toolen was the second of nine children born into a prosperous, well-known and[…]

Officer Robert Vernon Murray

Joseph Melville, John Herman and Anna Vail met each other at a meeting of the "Get Acquainted[…]