The Oceanside Police Department has provided a century of service to a community that has grown from a small seaside resort doubling as a bedroom community for the U.S. Marine Corps's nearby Camp Pendleton into a city of more than 170,000 people. City marshals patrolled Oceanside from 1888 to 1906, and it is indicative of the city's formative years that the first lawman, former Texas Ranger Charlie Wilson, was also the first to be killed in the line of duty. The photographs in this remarkable collection inventory the department's past, covering the administrations of city marshal J. Keno Wilson (Charlie Wilson's brother), Chiefs Charles Goss, Ward Ratcliff, and others. Showcased are images from the archives of the Oceanside Police Department and the collection of Delores Davis Sloan, the daughter of former captain Harold B. Davis, Oceanside's top cop of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
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With this book, author Matthew J. Lyons, a corporal on the Oceanside force and former Marine who was chief of criminal investigations at Camp Pendleton, furthers his avocation of preserving the memorabilia (including a restored 1968 Dodge Polara squad car) of one of Southern California's finest police forces.
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The author of this book is a good upstanding officer.,
This review is from: Oceanside Police Department (CA) (Images of America) (Paperback)
I just saw a video of the author of this book performing his duties as a police officer with respect and honor. It is a video called "Oceanside open carry" He is my hero for the day they way he respectfully and calmly dealt with a person carrying a gun and a video camera.
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Now is is great Officer,
This review is from: Oceanside Police Department (CA) (Images of America) (Paperback)
Also saw the Oceanside open carry video - wow, what a professional!
Book in on order thank you Officer Lyons
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This review is from: Oceanside Police Department (CA) (Images of America) (Paperback)
First, let me say that I was a member of the OPD from 1966 to 1979; as such I did not have the privilege of knowing the author during my tenure. When I learned of the book, I ordered it immediately and read it through from front to back. I applaud Matthew Lyons for making the effort to research and collect the historically significant information contained in the book, it is an important story that needs to be documented and made available to others. Matthew tells his story mostly through the use of historical photographs with text descriptions, as a result there are important stories that likely just could not be included, and half or more of the pages are devoted to people, places and occurrences prior to 1960, an interesting period of rapid changes in the city and the police department. I would encourage the author to explore additional sources of historical information and consider a sequel portraying in more detail the more 'modern era' OPD. Anyone interested in historical information about early southern California law enforcement, and a police department facing substantial challenges will like this book.
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Courtesy Oceanside Police Department Archives, Courtesy Capt, Mission Avenue, San Luis Rey, Oceanside Harbor District, San Diego County, Camp Pendleton, Captain Davis, Warren Paxton, North Nevada Street, Officer Thornton, Harold Davis, Keno Wilson, Courtesy Matthew, Guy Woodward, Hill Street, Mary Todd, World War, Bill Jensen, Bob Pratt, Coast Highway, Courtesy Oceanside Historical Society, Officer Davis, Officer Zeppetella, African American New!
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Courtesy Oceanside Police Department Archives, Courtesy Capt, Mission Avenue, San Luis Rey, Oceanside Harbor District, San Diego County, Camp Pendleton, Captain Davis, Warren Paxton, North Nevada Street, Officer Thornton, Harold Davis, Keno Wilson, Courtesy Matthew, Guy Woodward, Hill Street, Mary Todd, World War, Bill Jensen, Bob Pratt, Coast Highway, Courtesy Oceanside Historical Society, Officer Davis, Officer Zeppetella, African American New!
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