SDPD's First Black Detective

Reginald S. Townsend 1915

SDPD's First Chief

Joseph A. Coyne 1889

SDPD's First Policewoman

Lucille Jeardue 1917

SDPD's First Black Female Officer

Helga Johnson 1972

SDPD's First

Hispanic Officer

Sergeant Jose Cota 1891

SDPD's First Badge

7 Point Star

1889-1900

SDPD's First Dispatcher

Vernon "Tommy" Thompson 1932

SDPD's First Uniformed Female Patrol Officer assigned to beat duty

Officer Alicia Lampert 1973

Patrolman Frank McCarter 1909

SDPD's First Black Officer

SDPD's First Chinese Officer

Special Officer Thomas Ah Quin 1917

SDPD's First Native American

Commissioner Edward "Ned" Bushyhead 1889

SDPD's First

Female Employee

Matron Rose Longacre 1912

SDPD's First Detective

P. Harry Von Den Berg

1907

SDPD's First Black Supervisor

Sergeant John Cloud 1934

SDPD's First Black

Motorcycle Officer

Sam Edmonds 1963