John M. Glass

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name = John M. Glass


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office = Mayor of Jeffersonville
term_start = 1883
term_end = 1885
predecessor = Luther Warder
successor = Herman Preefer
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office2 = Chief of LAPD
term_start2 = 1889
term_end2 = 1900
predecessor2 = James E. Burns
successor2 = Charles Elton
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birth_place = Bethlehem, Indiana
death_date = 1925
death_place = California
party = Republican
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John M Glass (Died 1925) was a mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana and Chief of Police of Los Angeles, California.

Biography

Jeffersonville

John Glass would serve as the marshal for Jeffersonville from 1879 to 1883 before becoming the mayor of Jeffersonville. He would defeat Luther Warder for the mayoral race and serve as mayor from 1883 to 1885. [Kleber, John E. "Encyclopedia of Louisville".(University Press of Kentucky). pg.443.] In 1884 as Mayor he would make an appeal 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. [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/696139202.html?dids=696139202:696139202&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Feb+16%2C+1884&author=&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune&desc=INDIANAPOLIS.&pqatl=google Chicago Daily Tribune Feb. 16, 1884 front page] ] As mayor he would also attempt to acquire $50,000 from congress for the cities levee system. When the money wasn't received John Glass made claims that some residents of the town has paid $1,250 to officers of the house of the 48th Congress. [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/188901582.html?dids=188901582:188901582&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=MAR+17%2C+1886&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=A+CHARGE+OF+LOBBRYING.&pqatl=google Washington Post March 17, 1886] ] By April 1886 John Glass would resign from his position and then be subject to examination of the House Civil Service Committee of charges of bribery. [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/188917672.html?dids=188917672:188917672&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=APR+04%2C+1886&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=THE+CHARGES+OF+BRIBERY.&pqatl=google Washington Post April 4, 1886] ]

Los Angeles

Following the end of his political career in Jeffersonville John would move out west to Los Angeles. With his experience as a marshal in Jeffersonville he landed a job on the Los Angeles Police Department. On July 17, 1889 John would become the 17th Chief of Police for Los Angeles and be the first to exceed two years as Chief of Police. John would serve that position until January 1, 1900. [ [http://www.lapdonline.org/chiefs_of_the_los_angeles_police_department Chiefs of the Los Angeles Police Department - official website of THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT ] ] Twenty five Chiefs later no one would serve longer than John Glass at that position until William H. Parker which would serve for 16 years. John Glass during his career as Chief of Police would set up the first police districts, substations, patrol wagon, entry level officer requirements, police matron, and California's first adoption of the Alphonse Bertillon identification system. He increase the man power of the police by 20%. [cite book
title=Official Negligence
author=Lou Cannon
year=1999
publisher=Westview Press
isbn=0813337259
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=C0tWztU6f0sC&pg=RA1-PA54&dq=John+M+Glass+%2B+Los+Angeles&sig=CDGPy3-XdXQ56wAVN54sO9ofeIQ#PRA1-PA54,M1] In addition he made the police officer appear more military with the purchase of Winchester rifles and military style uniforms and drills conducted outside their central station. [cite book
title=Los Angeles Police Department
author=Thomas G. Hays, Arthur W. Sjoquist, William J. Bratton
year=2005
publisher=Arcadia Publishing
isbn=0738530255
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Q_SYOZWQE4oC&pg=PA7&dq=John+M+Glass+%2B+Los+Angeles&sig=5bZRSQcyIfVHP2pmAfOQO0dAfsM#PPA7,M1] However like every city, problems occur and by 1900 John Glass was falling behind with only about 70 officer for the cities 100,000 population and with political pressure John Glass was replaced by Charles Elton.

ee also

*List of mayors of Jeffersonville, Indiana
*List of Los Angeles Police Department Chiefs of Police

References