About: Crime in Glendale, California

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Glendale police officers took on bootleggers and airmen in the 1920s, a decade when the department had both a "liquor detail" and an "air policeman" charged with citing pilots for flying violations committed over the city. In 1944, the Glendale city manager took on Police Chief V.B. Browne over suspected officer corruption, and Browne was asked to resign for failing to control his staff. Glendale lost two police officers in the line of duty during this period:

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  • Glendale police officers took on bootleggers and airmen in the 1920s, a decade when the department had both a "liquor detail" and an "air policeman" charged with citing pilots for flying violations committed over the city. In 1944, the Glendale city manager took on Police Chief V.B. Browne over suspected officer corruption, and Browne was asked to resign for failing to control his staff. Glendale lost two police officers in the line of duty during this period: 1. * Officer Leslie O. Clem: Killed in a motorcycle accident in 1926 while pursuing a suspect's car. 2. * California Highway Patrolman Loren C. Roosevelt: Killed after being shot nine times during a traffic stop, by Erwin Walker, an Army veteran and former Glendale Police Department employee. (en)
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  • Glendale police officers took on bootleggers and airmen in the 1920s, a decade when the department had both a "liquor detail" and an "air policeman" charged with citing pilots for flying violations committed over the city. In 1944, the Glendale city manager took on Police Chief V.B. Browne over suspected officer corruption, and Browne was asked to resign for failing to control his staff. Glendale lost two police officers in the line of duty during this period: (en)
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  • Crime in Glendale, California (en)
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