Alexander Galloway (police)

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Alexander Galloway
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BornJanuary 18, 1847
Glasgow, Scotland
DiedAugust 24, 1915
Los Angeles, USA
Police career
CountryUnited States
Department Los Angeles Police Department
Service years1910-1911
Rank
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Chief of Police - 1910

Alexander Galloway served as the chief of police for the Los Angeles Police Department from February 14, 1910, to January 2, 1911, a tenure lasting 10 months and 21 days. [1] [2] He is remembered as one of a series of "inexperienced, non-professional chiefs". [3] During his time in office he gave Alice Stebbin Wells her first police badge, making her one of the first policewomen in the world. [4]

Born 1847 in Glasgow, Scotland, he immigrated to Montreal, Canada with his family when he was a boy. [1] [5] Galloway later pursued a career on the railroad industry, ending his transportation-industry career with the Southern Pacific Railway. [1] Galloway was succeeded as chief of police by Charles E. Sebastian, who would later serve as the mayor of Los Angeles. Galloway died in Los Angeles on August 24, 1915. [6]

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  1. 1 2 3 "Obituary for Alexander Galloway". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1915-08-25. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  2. ↑ "Los Angeles Chiefs of Police - Names - Time Served". The Los Angeles Times. 1931-08-09. p. 126. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  3. ↑ Capt. Arthur Sjoquist (1984). History of the LAPD. p. 52.
  4. ↑ Rudd, Hyna (December 2009). "America's First Policewoman" (PDF). City Employees Club of Los Angeles, Alive!.
  5. ↑ "Entry for Alexander Galloway, 24 August 1915". California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800–1994. FamilySearch.
  6. ↑ "Entry for Alexander Galloway, 24 August 1915". California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800–1994. FamilySearch.


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