Emil Harris

Emil Harris

Emil Harris was the first and only Jewish police chief in Los Angeles, California. [ [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8441 Remember the Roots of the JCCs | Community Briefs | Jewish Journal ] ] He was appointed to serve for one year from 1877 to 1878. He was born in Prussia and immigrated to Los Angeles in 1869. He helped create the city's first volunteer fire department. He began on six-person police department where he quickly became a deputy chief. The Yiddish-speaking cop became chief after his leadership in the Chinatown massacre of 1871. He was also a detective. His conduct during the capture of the horse thief Tiburcio Vasquez in 1874 at the present-day intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and Kings Road led to his promotion to chief.

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*"L.A. Then and Now A Forgotten Hero From a Night of Disgrace," Cecilia Rasmussen, "Los Angeles Times," May 16, 1999.


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