The San Jose Police Department

by John Carr Jr., Jarrod J. Nunes

Overview

Originally known as San Jose de Guadalupe, San Jose was ruled by Mexico until 1848, when, after the Mexican-American War, California joined the United States of America. In 1849, the newly elected government appointed a chief of police, and the San Jose Police Department was born. Its mission has been to respond to the distinctive needs of the community from the early agricultural age to today's high technology age. The San Jose Police Department has been a leader in law enforcement technology and training and is considered a model for modern police departments. Today, with a thousand sworn officers and 200 support personnel, the San Jose Police Department serves over a million citizens in the city and polices an area of over 180 square miles. The wonderful photographs compiled over the department's history illustrate the efforts of the hundreds of men and women who built the San Jose Police Department into one of the premier law enforcement agencies in the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467131247
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	09/22/2014
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,127,025
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Authors Sgt. John Carr Jr. and Sgt. Jarrod J. Nunes are veteran members of the San Jose Police Department. Sergeant Nunes is a member of the San Jose Police Historical Society, and Sergeant Carr is the society president.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 The Early Years: 1700s-1890s 9

2 The Great Quake to the Great Depression: 1900s 15

3 The War Years: 1940s-1950s 39

4 A Decade of Protest and Turbulence: 1960s 67

5 Growth and Professionalism: 1970s-1980s 89

6 Entering a New Millennium: 1990s-2013 109

7 Insignias and Tools of the Trade: 1900s-2013 119