Charles A. Jones was chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department for five months and 28 days in the early 1920s.[1] A career policeman who had worked his way through the ranks for 20 years,[2] Jones was promoted to chief from within the department.[3] Apparently pestered to distraction by public advocates, Jones announced his resignation with the statement, "No one can run the Los Angeles Police Department. There are too many meddlesome so-called reformers and others who interfere. The job isn't worth the grief that attends it."[3]
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| Country | United States |
| Department | Los Angeles Police Department |
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edit- ^ "Los Angeles Chiefs of Police - Names - Time Served". The Los Angeles Times. 1931-08-09. p. 126. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ "Article clipped from The Los Angeles Times". The Los Angeles Times. 1927-04-15. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ a b Capt. Arthur Sjoquist (1984). History of the LAPD. pp. 58–59.
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