John M. Glass
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John M. Glass was a mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It is directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky along I-65. The population was 44,953 at the 2010 census...

, and Chief of Police of Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

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Jeffersonville

John Glass was the Marshal of Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It is directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky along I-65. The population was 44,953 at the 2010 census...

, from 1879 to 1883 before becoming the mayor of Jeffersonville. He defeated Luther Warder
Luther Warder
Luther F. Warder was born in Kentucky and moved to Jeffersonville, Indiana when he was twenty years old at the start of the Civil War. He then worked in railroad shops and later politics until his death. Luther in 1875 would become mayor...

 for mayoral and served as mayor from 1883 to 1885. In 1884 as Mayor he appealed to the Board of Trade Relief Committee to attempt to acquire several thousand pounds of meat, coffee, and bread to help stimulate the trade market in Jeffersonville. He also attempted to acquire $50,000 from Congress for the cities levee
Levee
A levee, levée, dike , embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels...

 system. When the money wasn't received John Glass claimed that some residents of the town had paid $1,250 to officers of the house of the 48th Congress. In April 1886 he resigned from his position and was then subject to examination of the House Civil Service Committee of charges of bribery.

Los Angeles

Following the end of his political career in Jeffersonville John moved to Los Angeles and joined the Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...

. On July 17, 1889 John became the 17th Chief of Police for Los Angeles and be the first to exceed two years as Chief of Police. John served until January 1, 1900. Twenty-five Chiefs later no one would serve longer than John Glass at that position until William H. Parker who served for 16 years.

During his career as Chief of Police he set up the first police districts, substations, patrol wagon, entry level officer requirements, police matron, and California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

's first adoption of the Alphonse Bertillon
Alphonse Bertillon
Alphonse Bertillon was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who created anthropometry, an identification system based on physical measurements. Anthropometry was the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals. Before that time, criminals could only be identified...

 identification system. He increased the man power of the police by 20%. In addition he made the police officer appear more military with the purchase of Winchester rifle
Winchester rifle
In common usage, Winchester rifle usually means any of the lever-action rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, though the company has also manufactured many rifles of other action types...

s, military style uniforms and with drills conducted outside their central station. However, like every city, problems occur and by 1900 John Glass was falling behind with only about 70 officers for the cities 100,000 population and with political pressure John Glass was replaced by Charles Elton
Charles Elton
Charles Elton may refer to:* Charles Isaac Elton , English lawyer, politician, writer and antiquarian* Charles Sutherland Elton , English biologist* Charles Elton , Chief of Police in Los Angeles, California...

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