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African Americans who were working as police officers. You can help: Some of the individuals listed in this category, though in law enforcement, are/were not actually "police officers", and should thus be moved to Category:African Americans in law enforcement.
Horatio J. Homer (May 24, 1848–January 9, 1923) was an American police officer. Notable for being Boston's first African American police officer, he was hired by the Boston Police Department in 1878 and served on the force for 40 years.
Samuel Jesse Battle (January 16, 1883 – August 7, 1966) was an American police officer and one of the first African-American New York City Police Department officers, sworn in on March 6, 1911. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Wellington Schuyler, a native of Flushing, NY and a Civil War veteran of the Eleventh US (Colored) Heavy Artillery, won unanimous support ...
Georgia Ann Robinson (née Hill; May 12, 1879 – September 21, 1961) was an American police officer and community worker who was the first African American woman to be appointed a police officer at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD); she was also one of the first Black policewomen to be hired in the country. She joined the force in 1916 ...
First African-American commissioned Line officers in the U.S. Navy: The "Golden Thirteen" [166] First African-American commissioned as a U.S. Navy officer from the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps: Samuel Gravely [167] [Note 10] First female African-American commissioned Navy officers: Harriet Ida Pickens and Frances Wills [168]
Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco , BART Police officers detained Grant and several other ...
Long before Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke shot and killed a black teenager, sparking a public outcry and now a Justice Department probe into the city’s troubled police department, he had established a track record as one of Chicago’s most complained-about cops. Since 2001, civilians have lodged 20 complaints against Van Dyke. None ...
He gained his freedom after the American Civil War. [1] Stewart moved west to California, where he joined the LA Police force in 1889. [1] [2] He worked at the LAPD until May, 1900, when he was accused by a white teenager of sexual assault, and arrested. [1] [2] While he was awaiting trial, the police commission voted to fire him.