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Photo of portion of driver's side of Albert Matthies' automobile. Photo shows police light mounted on auto, as well as showing broken windshield. Officer Matthies was killed July 18, 1927.

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Date: July 19, 1927

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Date: July 19, 1927

Subjects: Police Department; Crime and criminals; Matthies, Albert

Physical Description: 2x3 b&w vertical, 8x10 b&w

ID: 442

Collection: Photographs

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The automobile of Officer Albert Matthies, who was killed July 18, 1927. Photo shows how automobile was shot by the three killers. It appears that the auto had police lights on either side of the windshield.

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Date: July 19, 1927

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Date: July 19, 1927

Subjects: Crime and criminals; Police Department; Matthies, Albert

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 441

Collection: Photographs

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Captain Rick Sandona read the names of California peace officers killed in the line of duty during 1999 at the annual Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony and Law Enforcement Appreciation Service.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 11, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 11, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Police Department

Item ID: 27705AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Photo shows passenger side of auto of Officer Albert Matthies, killed July 18, 1927. Car door is open clearly showing mounting of light and what appears to be switch to operate it. Dash board shows fairly clearly.

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Date: July 19, 1927

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Date: July 19, 1927

Subjects: Crime and criminals; Police Department; Matthies, Albert

Physical Description: 2x3 b&w

ID: 443

Collection: Photographs

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Five men with fire and police vehicles outside City Hall at NW corner of First and Huntington Drive. Left to right: Grady Pardue (on motorcycle), Jim Nellis standing on running board of fire engine (Fire Chief), Anist Mussachia (fireman), Albert Matthies (police -- killed approaching car of three men planning hold up of ODETTES which was previous name of Pines Cafe on Huntington Drive). The man on extreme right in business suit is Chief of Police and Fire Marshall, A. N. Coberly. Photo taken at City Hall, NW corner of First and Huntington Drive, it is believed.

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Date: c.1926

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Date: c.1926

Subjects: Fire Department; Police Department; Pardue, Grady; Nellis, Jim M.; Mussachia, Anist; Matthies, Albert; Coberly, A.N.

Physical Description: 5x7 sepia, 8x10 b&w

ID: 435

Collection: Photographs

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Father Gene Wallace of Church of the Transfiguration recently joined the Volunteer Chaplain staff of the Arcadia Police.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26315

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 14, 1998

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 14, 1998

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Police Department; Wallace, Gene

Item ID: 26516AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Ray O'Dell, 17 year old who was one of the three men responsible for killing Officer Albert Matthies and wounding Chief Bertolina, July 18, 1927.

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Date: 1927

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Date: 1927

Subjects: Crime and criminals; O'Dell, Ray; Police Department; Matthies, Albert; Bertolina, Leo

Physical Description: 2x3 full face and 2x3 profile police photo b&w

ID: 437

Collection: Photographs

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Willie Montfort, 20 year old who was one of three men responsible for killing of Officer Albert Matthies and wounding of Chief Bertolina, July 18, 1927.

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Date: 1927

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Date: 1927

Subjects: Crime and criminals; Bertolina, Leo; Matthies, Albert; Montfort, Willie; Police Department

Physical Description: 2x3 full face and 2x3 profile police photo b&w

ID: 439

Collection: Photographs

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Three people standing beside automobile of Officer Albert Matthies which was shot up by men who shot him July 18, 1927. Officer on extreme left is Grady Pardue. Other two in photo are not identified.

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Date: July 19, 1927

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Date: July 19, 1927

Subjects: Police Department; Crime and criminals; Matthies, Albert; Pardue, Grady

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 440

Collection: Photographs

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Frank Charles Miller, alias Jimmy McKay, 17 year old who was one of three men responsible for killing of Officer Albert Matthies and wounding Chief Bertolina, July 18, 1927.

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Date: 1927

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Date: 1927

Subjects: Crime and criminals; Bertolina, Leo; Matthies, Albert; Police Department; Miller, Frank Charles, alias McKay, Jimmy

Physical Description: 2x3 full face and 2x3 profile police photo b&w

ID: 438

Collection: Photographs

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Deborah Pierce, 29, discharged from the Arcadia Police Department for failure to meet probationary standards, has filed a sexual discrimination and harassment claim, alleging that officers watched pornographic videos while on duty.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: March 10, 1993

Pages: p. A-5

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: March 10, 1993

Pages: p. A-5

Subjects: Pierce, Deborah; Police Department

Item ID: 220AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Photo shows six men standing in front of low building. Two are shown in full police uniforms. Person second from left is Emil Bolz, service station owner. Next is Officer Grady Pardue, next is Assistant Police Chief Louis Jack Richards, and next to him is Don Ott. Person on extreme left may be Paul Edwards. Person on extreme right not identified.

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Date: 1929

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Date: 1929

Subjects: Bolz, Emil; Pardue, Grady; Richards, Louis Jack; Ott, Donald; Edwards, Paul; Police Department

Physical Description: 3x6 post card sepia

ID: 428

Collection: Photographs

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Formal photo of Arcadia Police Department. Back row left to right: Ross E. "Med" Cayer, Leo Bertolina, L. Jack Richards (chief of police), Henry W. Haines (father of George, later in charge of Mutuel windows at Santa Anita), Paul Edwards. Motorcycle officers, left to right: Jack Stine, Grady Pardue, Donald Ott. Standing in back: Jim Nellis, Fire Chief. Taken by police station on Wheeler Street. Identified September 9, 1970 by Bill Orr, former Police Chief.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs429

Date: April 17, 1932

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Date: April 17, 1932

Subjects: Bertolina, Leo; Cayer, Ross E. Med; Edwards, Paul; Haines, Henry W; Ott, Donald; Nellis, Jim M; Pardue, Grady; Police Department; Richards, Louis Jack; Stine, Jack

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 427

Collection: Photographs

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The police department has a regular schedule of reorganizing with Officer Mike Cervantes returning to patrol duty after being a DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) officer. Filling the DARE position will be Officer Brian Ortiz. Officer Toni Caylor will be working with students as the YES (Youth and Educational Support) officer at Arcadia High School. Background information on each officer is provided.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27677

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 22, 2000

Pages: p. l

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 22, 2000

Pages: p. l

Subjects: Police Department; City Employees; Caylor, Toni; Cervantes, Mike; Ortiz, Brian; Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE); Youth and Educational Support (YES)

Item ID: 27874AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Photo showing what appears to be part of an illegal still. Five men are shown. Med Cayer, Arcadia police officer, is 2nd from left. Arcadia police officer Jack Miller is on extreme right. The men are standing in front of a building with a car behind them. There are two motorcycles visible on either side of the group. Med Cayer and Jack Miller are in uniform, the other three men do not appear to be in uniform. Identification provided by Arcadia Police Sgt. Andrew Ballantyne.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs967

Date: c.1921

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Date: c.1921

Subjects: Cayer, Med; Miller, Jack; Police Department

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 931

Collection: Photographs

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Deborah Pierce, 29, who was discharged 2 months before the end of her training period with the Arcadia Police Department, has filed a federal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, alleging that she was fired for complaining that officers watched pornographic movies on duty, uttered racial epithets and sexually harassed her.

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Newspaper: Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section

Date: March 14, 1993

Pages: p. J-1

Newspaper: Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section

Date: March 14, 1993

Pages: p. J-1

Subjects: Pierce, Deborah; Police Department

Item ID: 221AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A profile of Captain David Hinig who will assume duties as Chief of Police on September 11.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 19, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 19, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Hinig, David; Police Department

Item ID: 27178AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Photo of Arcadia Police Chief William Cahill (served 1947-1951), blown up from a group photo with other officers. He is seated holding a hat and is wearing a suit and tie.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1354

Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Cahill, William; Police Department

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1345

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia High School and the Police Department will work together in the Youth and Educational Support (YES) program. A police officer will be assigned to the high school as a resource officer.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 16, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 16, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia High School; Police Department

Item ID: 27363AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Photo of Arcadia Police Chief L.C. Roosevelt wearing a white hat and suit with tie. It is blown up from a photo picturing him with two motorcycle officers, one on each side of him. The negative shows these two officers, Borger on left and William S. Orr on right.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1356

Date: c.1938

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Date: c.1938

Subjects: Roosevelt, L. C.; Police Department

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1347

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of portion of driver's side of Albert Matthies' automobile. Photo shows police light mounted on auto, as well as showing broken windshield. Officer Matthies was killed July 18, 1927.

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The automobile of Officer Albert Matthies, who was killed July 18, 1927. Photo shows how automobile was shot by the three killers. It appears that the auto had police lights on either side of the windshield.

Images

Captain Rick Sandona read the names of California peace officers killed in the line of duty during 1999 at the annual Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony and Law Enforcement Appreciation Service.

Photo shows passenger side of auto of Officer Albert Matthies, killed July 18, 1927. Car door is open clearly showing mounting of light and what appears to be switch to operate it. Dash board shows fairly clearly.

Images

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Father Gene Wallace of Church of the Transfiguration recently joined the Volunteer Chaplain staff of the Arcadia Police.

Ray O'Dell, 17 year old who was one of the three men responsible for killing Officer Albert Matthies and wounding Chief Bertolina, July 18, 1927.

Images

Willie Montfort, 20 year old who was one of three men responsible for killing of Officer Albert Matthies and wounding of Chief Bertolina, July 18, 1927.

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Three people standing beside automobile of Officer Albert Matthies which was shot up by men who shot him July 18, 1927. Officer on extreme left is Grady Pardue. Other two in photo are not identified.

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Frank Charles Miller, alias Jimmy McKay, 17 year old who was one of three men responsible for killing of Officer Albert Matthies and wounding Chief Bertolina, July 18, 1927.

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Deborah Pierce, 29, discharged from the Arcadia Police Department for failure to meet probationary standards, has filed a sexual discrimination and harassment claim, alleging that officers watched pornographic videos while on duty.

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A profile of Captain David Hinig who will assume duties as Chief of Police on September 11.

Photo of Arcadia Police Chief William Cahill (served 1947-1951), blown up from a group photo with other officers. He is seated holding a hat and is wearing a suit and tie.

Images

Arcadia High School and the Police Department will work together in the Youth and Educational Support (YES) program. A police officer will be assigned to the high school as a resource officer.

Photo of Arcadia Police Chief L.C. Roosevelt wearing a white hat and suit with tie. It is blown up from a photo picturing him with two motorcycle officers, one on each side of him. The negative shows these two officers, Borger on left and William S. Orr on right.

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