Edward McCarthy (police officer)

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 Los Angeles Police Department and had one of the shortest commands of any chief. He was forced out of office on May 12, 1885, after serving since January 2 of the same 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.

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"The LAPD: 1850-1900". Archived from the original on 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2006-09-26.

Mark Thompson (2001). American Character: The Curious Life of Charles Fletcher Lummis and the Rediscovery of the Southwest. Arcade Pub. ISBN 9781559705509.

Police appointments
Preceded byThomas J. Cuddy	Chief of LAPD 1885	Succeeded byJohn Horner

v t e Chief 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 Hammel 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 (interim) E. M. Davis Rock (interim) Gates Williams Lewis Parks
2002–present	Pomeroy (interim) Bratton Downing (interim) Beck Moore Choi (interim)

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