A Pacific Coast metropolis famous for beautiful beaches and perfect weather and an American municipality since 1850, San Diego is America's eighth-largest city. Known as America's "Finest City," it contains a wealth of history--evolutionary as well as revolutionary--in its crime files. Among those are the founder of the California wine industry, Judge Roy Bean, a black officer before the Emancipation Proclamation, a 19th-century Native American police chief, and women who had the power to arrest before they had the right to vote. Major incidents include massive floods, civil unrest, wildfires,... Read More
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A Pacific Coast metropolis famous for beautiful beaches and perfect weather and an American municipality since 1850, San Diego is America's eighth-largest city. Known as America's "Finest City," it contains a wealth of history--evolutionary as well as revolutionary--in its crime files. Among those are the founder of the California wine industry, Judge Roy Bean, a black officer before the Emancipation Proclamation, a 19th-century Native American police chief, and women who had the power to arrest before they had the right to vote. Major incidents include massive floods, civil unrest, wildfires,... Read More
A Pacific Coast metropolis famous for beautiful beaches and perfect weather and an American municipality since 1850, San Diego is America's eighth-largest city. Known as America's "Finest City," it contains a wealth of history--evolutionary as well as revolutionary--in its crime files. Among those are the founder of the California wine industry, Judge Roy Bean, a black officer before the Emancipation Proclamation, a 19th-century Native American police chief, and women who had the power to arrest before they had the right to vote. Major incidents include massive floods, civil unrest, wildfires, and some of the largest police gun battles in history. San Diego also witnessed mass murder, America's first major school shooting, the worst aviation disaster in American history, and the deadliest streets, per capita, to police. How the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) handled it all became textbook for many other police agencies.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 23rd July 2012
State: California
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738595481
Format: Paperback
BISACs: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Law Enforcement TRUE CRIME / General HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement
Author Bio
The son of a police chief and the grandson of a fire chief, Steve Willard has resided in San Diego since 1977. After joining the San Diego Police Department in 1985, he worked patrol, crime prevention, investigations, traffic and administration. A charter member of the San Diego Police Museum since 1997, he now serves as the organization's vice-president. He is the author of four books, a lecturer and a contributing columnist to several law enforcement publications. www.
A Pacific Coast metropolis famous for beautiful beaches and perfect weather and an American municipality since 1850, San Diego is America's eighth-largest city. Known as America's "Finest City," it contains a wealth of history--evolutionary as well as revolutionary--in its crime files. Among those are the founder of the California wine industry, Judge Roy Bean, a black officer before the Emancipation Proclamation, a 19th-century Native American police chief, and women who had the power to arrest before they had the right to vote. Major incidents include massive floods, civil unrest, wildfires, and some of the largest police gun battles in history. San Diego also witnessed mass murder, America's first major school shooting, the worst aviation disaster in American history, and the deadliest streets, per capita, to police. How the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) handled it all became textbook for many other police agencies.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 23rd July 2012
State: California
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738595481
Format: Paperback
BISACs: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Law Enforcement TRUE CRIME / General HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement
The son of a police chief and the grandson of a fire chief, Steve Willard has resided in San Diego since 1977. After joining the San Diego Police Department in 1985, he worked patrol, crime prevention, investigations, traffic and administration. A charter member of the San Diego Police Museum since 1997, he now serves as the organization's vice-president. He is the author of four books, a lecturer and a contributing columnist to several law enforcement publications. www.
