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A Proud Tradition: A Pictorial History of the Chicago Police Department. Chicago: Chicago Police Department. Burke, Edward M., and O'Gorman, Thomas J. (2006). End of Watch: Chicago Police Killed in the Line of Duty, 1853–2006. Chicago: Chicago's Books Press. Conroy, John (2000). Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture ...
LeRoy Martin (1929 [1] − August 31, 2013) was an American police officer for the Chicago Police Department. [4] In November 1987, Martin became the third African-American and second permanent to serve as superintendent of the department, following the retirement of Fred Rice Jr. (who is noted as the Chicago first permanent African-American police superintendent; Samuel Nolan was the Chicago ...
In response to the inadequacy of the constable system, a police department separate and distinct from municipal courts was established in 1853. [12] All eighty men who comprised the newly formed Chicago Police department were native born. [13] [clarification needed]
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[1] [2] The second title used for the head of police was "City Marshall", which was used from 1842 through 1861. [1] [2] The position was an elected one. [1] For a single year during (1855-56) this time, Chicago briefly had an appointed Chief of Police position that co-headed the department alongside the City Marshall. [1]
Despite his grandfather having been a prominent sewer contractor who was killed by the Chicago Outfit in Little Italy, in 1928, [2] Cain would later become a close associate of Sam Giancana. While Cain worked as an officer in the Chicago Police Department (CPD) during the mid-1950s, he served as a bagman between corrupt police officials and the ...
Leonard Frank Baldy (February 15, 1927 – May 2, 1960) was a Chicago Police Department officer who became the city's first helicopter traffic reporter. His sometimes comical look at Chicago's traffic problems made him a household name. His peers gave him the nickname "Flying Officer Leonard Baldy".
The Fun Lounge police raid was a 1964 police raid that targeted Louie's Fun Lounge, a gay bar near Chicago, Illinois, United States. The raid led to the arrest of over 100 individuals and is considered a notable moment in the LGBT history of the area .