Mayor Seeks Money for More Police Officers

Posted on February 15, 2010 by lmharnisch
 Feb. 15, 1920, Buster Brown

“Who’s Afraid of Ghost Stories?” by R.F. Outcault.

Feb. 15, 1920, LAPD

Feb. 15, 1920: City officials say they desperately need more police officers but don’t have the money for their salaries. The Times suggests an answer – in a news story rather than an editorial, an interesting phenomenon. The call for more officers is a theme that runs through Los Angeles history for more than a century.  I can’t recall ever seeing a story about a police chief or mayor saying there were enough – or too many. 

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