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In 1939, the department proudly presented its first police academy class. The Houston Police Officers Association (HPOA) was created in 1945. This organization later became the Houston Police Officers Union. [2] The first African American woman police officer on the force, Margie Duty, joined the HPD in 1953, starting in the Juvenile Division. [3]
San Diego Police officers confer with FEMA Administrator David Paulison during the October 2007 California wildfires.. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 509 law enforcement agencies exist in the U.S. state of California, employing 79,431 sworn police officers—about 217 for each 100,000 residents.
Police Detective I Police Officer III+1 ‡ Certain Police Officer IIIs in special or hazard pay situations are denoted by a Police Officer III insignia and star. These roles can include traffic follow-up investigators, canine training officers, SWAT platoon element leaders, and Senior Lead Officers who coordinate geographical areas. [18]
In 1910, LAPD Officer Alice Stebbins Wells became the first sworn female police officer in the United States. Officer Georgia Ann Robinson, hired in 1916, was the first African-American female police officer. [15] Severe corruption issues within the LAPD and the rest of the city government lasted until the 1940s.
The San Antonio Police Department's organization includes a chief of police a command and executive staff, [11] and the use of community crime mapping. [12] As of November 2018, the department had 2,358 officers of which 1,204 were Hispanic (51.1%), 1,003 were white (42.5%), 119 were Black (5.0%), and 32 other (1.4%). [13]
The police department was itself incorporated on February 27, 1915, with Jacob Horace Dupes as Chief of police. [3] Robert B. Powers was hired as a motorcycle patrolman in 1928. [4] [5] He became chief of police in 1933, [4] [6] [7] and instituted a number of reforms and on-the-job training.
[4] [page needed] Officers walking a beat were required report with police dispatch by pushing "6-1" on the callbox. [4] [page needed] By 1923, the OCPD had expanded from 90 officers to 150. [5] Additionally, the department created a mounted patrol unit, which began patrolling residential districts and directing traffic.
The City of Buffalo Police Department was established in 1871, taking over for the previous Niagara Frontier Police District (c. 1866 [6]) that oversaw not only Buffalo, but also Tonawanda and Wheatfield. [1] [7] The first BPD force had 204 men. [7]