Long Beach Police Department (California)

The Long Beach Police Department provides law enforcement for the city of Long Beach

Long Beach, California

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, California

California

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, USA

United States

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History

In 2004, the department introduced Taser

Taser

A Taser is an electroshock weapon that uses electrical current to disrupt voluntary control of muscles. Its manufacturer, Taser International, calls the effects "neuromuscular incapacitation" and the devices' mechanism "Electro-Muscular Disruption technology"...

s and distributed them to officers. Results show that officer injuries were down by 25 percent, damage claims down by 33 percent, and arrests up by two percent.

The air support unit currently uses two Eurocopter EC-130B4 helicopters, known as Fox-1 and Fox-2, which can seat up to 8 people. Their previous police aircraft were two MD 500E helicopters which could only seat 5 people.

On November 12, 2007, the Long Beach Police Department announced plans to purchase two used Eurocopter AS-350B2 helicopters from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as their primary police helicopter. The reasons for the switch primarily are due to higher operating costs involved in using the EC-130s.

Police Chief Anthony Batts

Anthony Batts

Anthony W. Batts is the former chief of police for Oakland, California, United States and previously was the chief of police for Long Beach, California. He announced his resignation on October 11, 2011, without specifying an effective date, and Mayor Jean Quan appointed Howard Jordan as a...

stepped down in October 2009 to become the new police chief of the Oakland Police Department

Oakland Police Department (California)

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. He was replaced by Jim McDonnell, who was previously a 28 year veteran of 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...

and previously was Deputy Chief. He was sworn in on March 13, 2010.

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Long Beach Police Department, 28 officers have died in the line of duty. The following list includes an officer from the Long Beach Community College District Police Department.

Officer	Date of Death	Details
Police Officer Thomas C. Borden	Sunday, March 17, 1912	Gunfire
Police Officer J. R. Wilkinson	Wednesday, January 17, 1923	Heart attack
Police Officer Orlando E. Bridgeman	Wednesday, March 21, 1923	Gunfire (Accidental)
Patrolman Robert H. Halstead	Saturday, March 6, 1926	Struck by train
Patrolman George A. Walls	Sunday, November 18, 1928	Motorcycle accident
Patrolman Ralph A. Morgan	Monday, July 13, 1931	Gunfire
Patrolman William L. MacLean	Wednesday, December 12, 1934	Gunfire
Patrolman Delbert P. Buckman	Tuesday, February 13, 1940	Vehicular assault
Sergeant Engebrit Larson	Wednesday, February 25, 1942	Automobile accident
Patrolman Harold W. Irwin	Tuesday, March 20, 1945	Motorcycle accident
Patrolman Cecil W. Singer	Sunday, November 18, 1945	Motorcycle accident
Patrolman Marlin L. Evans	Sunday, July 17, 1949	Gunfire
Officer Jesse M. Ream	Tuesday, February 28, 1950	Motorcycle accident
Police Officer Robert H. Morgan	Thursday, November 2, 1950	Motorcycle accident
Police Officer Frederick W. Walsh Jr.	Sunday, January 20, 1957	Vehicle pursuit
Police Officer Vernon J. Owings	Friday, June 24, 1960	Gunfire
Police Officer Richard R. LeFebvre	Sunday, August 15, 1965	Gunfire (Accidental)
Patrolman Robert G. Smith	Sunday, December 12, 1965	Vehicle pursuit
Patrolman Donald V. Knott	Saturday, August 26, 1967	Gunfire
Patrolman William L. Isham	Saturday, August 26, 1967	Gunfire
Police Officer Robert R. Birdsall	Monday, September 15, 1975	Gunfire
Police Officer Franke Neal Lewis	Saturday, December 13, 1975	Gunfire
Police Officer Gary Orville Elkins	Thursday, January 1, 1976	Gunfire
Officer Lloyd Marland Lund	Friday, October 30, 1981	Motorcycle accident
Officer Philip J. Stabile	Friday, January 26, 1990	Assault
Police Officer Karl Duane Simons	Sunday, October 13, 1996	Automobile accident
Police Officer Daryle Wayne Black	Sunday, April 30, 2000	Gunfire
Corporal Edward Roy Davenport	Tuesday, April 4, 2003	Fall

History

Fallen officers

See also