Alexander Galloway (police)

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Alexander Galloway
Police career
CountryUnited States
DepartmentLos Angeles Police Department
Rank
Chief of Police - 1910

Alexander Galloway was chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department for ten months, and 21 days in 1910.[1] He is remembered as one of a series of "inexperienced, non-professional chiefs".[2] Born in Scotland, he immigrated to Canada with his family when he was a boy.[3] Galloway later became a railroad man, ending his transportation-industry career with the Southern Pacific Railway.[3]

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  1. ^ "Los Angeles Chiefs of Police - Names - Time Served". The Los Angeles Times. 1931-08-09. p. 126. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  2. ^ Capt. Arthur Sjoquist (1984). History of the LAPD. p. 52.
  3. ^ a b "Obituary for Alexander Galloway". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1915-08-25. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-05-27.