Thomas J. Cuddy
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Thomas J. Cuddy was the fifth chief of police in Los Angeles
, California
. He served two terms, from July 1, 1883, to January 1, 1885, and from January 23, 1888, to September 4, 1888. He succeeded Henry King
the first time, being replaced by Edward McCarthy
, and succeeded P.M. Darcy the second time, being replaced by L.G. Loomis.
Little is known about Cuddy. He was one of fifteen politically appointed chiefs who headed the nascent Los Angeles Police Department in the 13 years after the formation of the department in 1876. In 1888 he was implicated in the bribery of police officers by gambling interests in Chinatown when a commission appointed by Mayor William Workman
heard testimony that he and others had received money "as insurance against police raids on the gambling houses" (Michael J. Keane, "The Workman Vice Investigations: A Case Study for the Anti-Chinese Movement of the Late Nineteenth Century" at http://www.lmu.edu/csla/community/students_projects/2003-2004%20Award%20Winners/workman.michael.html). The same year he raised an objection to the hiring by the Police Commission of Mrs. Helen A. Watson as the city's first jail matron (Ralph E. Shaffer in "Letters From the People" at http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~reshaffer/chartx.htm).
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. He served two terms, from July 1, 1883, to January 1, 1885, and from January 23, 1888, to September 4, 1888. He succeeded Henry King
Henry King (police)
Henry King was a blacksmith who in 1878 became the third chief of police in Los Angeles, California. He served two terms of more than two years each, from December 5, 1878, to December 11, 1880, and from December 11, 1881, to June 30, 1883....
the first time, being replaced by Edward McCarthy
Edward 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....
, and succeeded P.M. Darcy the second time, being replaced by L.G. Loomis.
Little is known about Cuddy. He was one of fifteen politically appointed chiefs who headed the nascent Los Angeles Police Department in the 13 years after the formation of the department in 1876. In 1888 he was implicated in the bribery of police officers by gambling interests in Chinatown when a commission appointed by Mayor William Workman
William Workman
William Workman was an Irish-born Canadian businessman and municipal politician.- Biography :Workman migrated to Montreal, Quebec in 1829....
heard testimony that he and others had received money "as insurance against police raids on the gambling houses" (Michael J. Keane, "The Workman Vice Investigations: A Case Study for the Anti-Chinese Movement of the Late Nineteenth Century" at http://www.lmu.edu/csla/community/students_projects/2003-2004%20Award%20Winners/workman.michael.html). The same year he raised an objection to the hiring by the Police Commission of Mrs. Helen A. Watson as the city's first jail matron (Ralph E. Shaffer in "Letters From the People" at http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~reshaffer/chartx.htm).