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The purpose of the Boston Relief Association is intended to provide support and relief for officers of the Boston Police Department and their families. It was incorporated under the statutes of Massachusetts in 1876. [6] The Boston Police Department appointed Horatio J. Homer, its first African American officer, on December 24, 1878. He was ...
This is a list of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States.The listing documents the date the incident resulting in conviction occurred, the date the officer(s) was convicted, the name of the officer(s), and a brief description of the original occurrence making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or ...
The following is an overview of defunct Commonwealth of Massachusetts law enforcement agencies.. Three of these agencies (Registry of Motor Vehicles Division of Law Enforcement, Massachusetts Capitol Police, and the Metropolitan District Commission Police) were merged in 1992 by Chapter 412 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1991 along with the former Department of Public Safety - Division of State ...
Oliver "Ollie" Bridge Garrett (October 14, 1895 – November 14, 1979) was the leader of the Boston Police Department's liquor raiding unit during Prohibition. [1] On a police salary of $40.36 a week, Garrett managed to bank more than $122,000, owned a $70,000 farm, a Boston town house, and several cars. [2]
Wilmington, Delaware Police Department: May 11, 1924: Beaten to death by a prisoner at the Wilmington Jail. [317] Patrolman Thomas L. Zebley: Wilmington, Delaware Police Department: November 13, 1919: Shot while serving warrants on two thieves. [318] Patrolman Francis X. Tierney: Wilmington, Delaware Police Department: March 6, 1915
Nash has been called "the most successful bank robber in U.S. history", but he is most noted for his violent death in what has become known as the Kansas City massacre in 1933. [2] [10] George "Baby Face" Nelson: 1908–1934 Lester Joseph Gillis, known under the pseudonym George Nelson, was a bank robber and murderer in the 1930s.
McNamara submitted his resignation to Boston's special agent in charge Leo L. Laughlin that day and assumed control of the department on a temporary basis. On May 1, he received a full five-year appointment to the position. McNamara was the first career law enforcement officer to serve as Boston police commissioner in the twentieth century. [5]
In 1906, a new law went into effect which replaced the three-member Boston police commission with a single police commissioner. On May 23, 1906, Governor Curtis Guild Jr. cabled O'Meara, who staying in Dresden , informing him that he had been nominated for the position of police commissioner and asking him to return to the city at once. [ 3 ]