Thomas Broadhead
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Thomas H. Broadhead | |
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| Born | January 15, 1870 Kansas, United States |
| Died | January 24, 1954 (aged 84) California |
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| Country | United States |
| Department | Los Angeles Police Department |
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Thomas H. Broadhead (January 15, 1870 – January 24, 1954) was chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department for three months in 1909.[1] A native of Kansas,[2] Broadhead joined the LAPD around 1887,[3] and he had previously been a member of the vice squad.[4] He had been appointed by mayor Arthur C. Harper, and when Harper resigned due to a scandal and was replaced by mayor George Alexander, Broadhead was dismissed as chief and replaced with Edward F. Dishman.[4] Captain Broadhead was indicted on bribery charges a week later,[5] and acquitted in September 1909.[6] After leaving the department, Broadhead went to work as a special agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad until 1924.[3] He died in Los Angeles County, California, in 1954.[2]