The San Diego Police Department dates to 1889, when out-of-control crime forced the end of the highly ineffective city marshal's office. With violence on every corner and Tombstone's venerable Wyatt Earp running the marshals' gambling interests, change was desperately needed. But the first days of the SDPD weren't easy. Within two years of its formation, the city's economy tanked, 36,000 of the town's 40,000 citizens left, and the department's newly appointed chief refused to take the job. Still, San Diego eventually developed into one of the nation's largest cities and most popular tourist destination a multifaceted metropolis perched between the extremes of Los Angeles and Mexico, the Pacific Ocean and the desert. Today more than 2,000 highly trained sworn SDPD officers, 700 support staff, and more than 1,000 volunteers form one of the world's most innovative and internationally recognized police forces.
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Author Steve Willard is a 20-year member of the San Diego Police Department. A writer for law enforcement periodicals, Willard also serves as the vice president of the San Diego Police Historical Association, which supplied the vintage photos for this visual history. These images have captured San Diego's finest in the heat of intense action and the fulfillment of the everyday duties that illustrate what it truly means to protect and serve. Author Steve Willard is a 20-year member of the San Diego Police Department. A writer for law enforcement periodicals, Willard also serves as the vice president of the San Diego Police Historical Association, which supplied the vintage photos for this visual history. These images have captured San Diego's finest in the heat of intense action and the fulfillment of the everyday duties that illustrate what it truly means to protect and serve.
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San Diego Police Dept (Images of America),
By Jalisco kid (Homeless in S.F.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: San Diego Police Department (CA) (Images of America) (Paperback)
Lots of pictures with captions on the San Diego Police. Not much else, but the photos are a great snapshot of the past. If you're interested in police history you will find this of interest.
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SDPD before it was The Blue Cube,
By Johnny Russell "JR" (San Diego CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: San Diego Police Department (CA) (Images of America) (Paperback)
The author is an avid writer and accomplished author. As a thirty year veteran of this department I have read this book cover to cover and found it to be a very detailed and enlightening story of the SDPD. A very good read.
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Although they wore San Diego Police badges, these deputy city marshals were more tax collectors than lawmen. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Diego Police Museum, Courtesy of Sandra Small, Courtesy of Allen Brown, World War, Balboa Park, Chief Elmer Jansen, Huh Loan Pawn Shop, Los Angeles, Rodney Pease, San Diegans, Second Street, University Avenue New!
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Although they wore San Diego Police badges, these deputy city marshals were more tax collectors than lawmen. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Diego Police Museum, Courtesy of Sandra Small, Courtesy of Allen Brown, World War, Balboa Park, Chief Elmer Jansen, Huh Loan Pawn Shop, Los Angeles, Rodney Pease, San Diegans, Second Street, University Avenue New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- San Diego by Lee Peterson on page 24, and Back Matter
- San Diego County by Southern California Edit Auto Club on page 54
- Flying Squad the by Allen Jonathan on page 119
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