Los Angeles Police Department

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police department of the City of Los Angeles, California. It is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the United States, with over 9,000 officers and 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of 467 square miles (1209 km²) with a population of nearly 4 million people. The LAPD has had a rich and controversial history, including incidents of brutality and corruption. The agency's exploits have been heavily fictionalized in numerous movies and television shows.

LAPD Chiefs of Police

• Jacob T. Gerkins (1876-1877)
• Emil Harris (1877-1878)
• Henry King (1878-1880)
• George E. Gard (1880-1881)
• Henry King (1881-1883)
• Thomas J. Cuddy (1883-1885)
• Edward McCarthy (1885)
• John Horner (1885)
• James W. Davis (1885-1886)
• John K. Skinner (1886-1887)
• P.M. Darcy (1887-1888)
• Thomas J. Cuddy (1888)
• L.G. Loomis (1888)
• Hubert H. Benedict (1888-1889)
• Terrence Cooney (1889)
• James E. Burns (1889)
• John M. Glass (1889-1900)
• Charles Elton (1900-1904)
• William A. Hammell (1904-1905)
• Walter H. Auble (1905-1906)
• Edward Kern (1906-1909)
• Thomas Broadhead (1909)
• Edward F. Dishman (1909-1910)
• Alexander Galloway (1910-1911)
• Charles E. Sebastian (1911-1915)
• Clarence E. Snively (1915-1916)
• John L. Butler (1916-1919)
• George K. Home (1919-1920)
• Alexander W. Murray (1920)
• Lyle Pendegast (1920-1921)
• Charles A. Jones (1921-1922)
• James W. Everington (1922)
• Louis D. Oaks (1922-1923)
• August Vollmer (1923-1924)
• R. Lee Heath (1924-1926)
• James E. Davis (1926-1929)
• Roy E. Steckel (1929-1933)
• James E. Davis (1933-1938)
• D. A. Davidson (1938-1939)
• Arthur C. Hohmann (1939-1941)
• Clemence B. Horrall (1941-1949)
• William A. Worton (1949-1950)
• William H. Parker (1950-1966)
• Thad F. Brown (1966-1967)
• Thomas Reddin (1967-1969)
• Roger E. Murdock (1969)
• Edward M. Davis (1969-1978) http://www.lapdonline.org/general_information/did_you_know/cops_images/davis_e_chief.htm
• Robert F. Rock (1978)
• Daryl F. Gates (1978-1992)
• Willie L. Williams (1992-1997)
• Bayan Lewis (1997)
• Bernard C. Parks (1997-2002) http://www.lapdonline.org/general_information/did_you_know/cops_images/parks_b_bio.htm
• Martin H. Pomeroy (2002) http://www.lapdonline.org/general_information/did_you_know/cops_images/pomeroy_m_bio.htm
• William J. Bratton (2002-present) http://www.lapdonline.org/c_o_s/bratton_w_bio.htm