More than 12,306 Angelenos have given their lives in America's wars since 1941.
Photo from blog Guardian of Angels-A History of the Los Angeles Police Department by James A. Bultema.
1904. The entire Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) posing in front of the Old County Courthouse at Broadway and Temple (demolished in 1936 due to damage from the 1933 earthquake). Not present, inexplicably, is the the department's chief, then William Hammell, who also had served as Los Angeles County Sheriff.
Note Lucy Gray in front (dark dress) with daughter Aletha Gilbert. Matron Gray was the first female LAPD employee who primarily handled female prisoners. Sadly, she died from pneumonia shortly after this photograph was taken.
The population of Los Angeles County is larger than that of most U.S. states. If Los Angeles County were a state on its own (and, geographically, it is larger than either the states of Rhode Island or Delaware), where would its population rank among U.S. states?
