Edward McCarthy

This article is about the former L.A. Police Chief. For the former Archbishop of Miami, Florida, see Edward A. McCarthy. For the Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop, see Edward Joseph McCarthy.

Edward McCarthy was the sixth Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department and had one of the shortest commands of any chief, being forced out of office on May 12, 1885, after serving only since January 2 of that year.

During his short period in office, McCarthy commanded 15 officers in a department that had $354 worth of equipment and was paid $150 a month.^[1]

References

↑ "The LAPD: 1850-1900".

Mark Thompson. American Character: The Curious Life of Charles Fletcher Lummis and the Rediscovery of the Southwest.

Police appointments
Preceded by Thomas J. Cuddy	Chief of LAPD 1885	Succeeded by John Horner

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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Edward McCarthy

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