Emil Harris

Emil Harris (December 29, 1839 – April 28, 1921)^[1]^[2] was the only Jewish police chief in Los Angeles, California.^[3] He was appointed to serve for one year from 1877 to 1878. He was born in Prussia and immigrated to Los Angeles in 1869. He helped create the city's first volunteer fire department. He began on six-person police department where he quickly became a deputy chief. The Yiddish-speaking cop became chief after his leadership in the Chinatown massacre of 1871. He was also a detective. His conduct during the capture of the horse thief Tiburcio Vasquez in 1874 at the present-day intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and Kings Road led to his promotion to chief.

Resources

"L.A. Then and Now A Forgotten Hero From a Night of Disgrace," Cecilia Rasmussen, Los Angeles Times, May 16, 1999.

Police appointments
Preceded by Jacob F. Gerkens	Chief of LAPD 1877–1878	Succeeded by Henry King

Chiefs of the Los Angeles Police Department
1876–1900	Gerkens Harris King Gard King Cuddy McCarthy Horner J. W. Davis Skinner Darcy Cuddy Loomis Benedict Cooney Burns Glass
1900–1926	Elton Hammell Auble Kern Broadhead Dishman Galloway Sebastian Snively Butler Home Murray Pendegast Jones Everington Oaks Vollmer Heath
1926–1950	J. E. Davis Steckel J. E. Davis Davidson Hohmann Horrall Worton
1950–2002	Parker Brown Reddin Murdock E. M. Davis Rock Gates Williams Lewis Parks
2002–present	Pomeroy Bratton Downing Beck

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