Before the Badge: Reality of policing settling in for LPD academy recruits
Recruits are getting a closer look at what their future job could really look like, learning first aid for law enforcement, ...
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Armed With Just a Badge, Los Angeles’ First Policewoman Protected the City’s Most Vulnerable in the Early 20th Century
Following protocol, Wells reached into the lapel of her coat and showed her shining police badge, No. 105, to the conductor. The man looked at the object in her hand, and then at Wells herself.