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Former Arcadia Police Chief Charles D. Mitchell died August 2, after a long bout with lung cancer. Mitchell, 53, retired on July 5, 1985, after more than 20 years with the Arcadia Police Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2246
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 4, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 4, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2219AN
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The death of former Arcadia Police Chief Charles Mitchell does not affect the $117,864 consulting contract between him and the city. The money due Mitchell will be paid in monthly amounts of $4,911 to his estate.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2247
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 15, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 15, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Police - Mitchell, Charles D.
Item ID
2220AN
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Newspaper Index
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Respects are paid to Charles Mitchell with a military type send-off. Photos of funeral for former Arcadia Police Chief Charles Mitchell are included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27751
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1985
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 11, 1985
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Mitchell, Charles
Item ID
27948AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Chief Charles Mitchell, in a speech to the legislative committee of the Chamber of Commerce, discussed crime and law enforcement in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1359
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1358AN
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At a brief ceremony in front of the Arcadia Police Station city officials unveiled a brass plaque dedicating the police building to the late Police Chief, Charles Mitchell.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2315
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 19, 1986
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p. A-1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 19, 1986
Pages
p. A-1 photos
Subjects
Police Station
Item ID
2277AN
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Obituary/death notice. Arcadia bids sad farewell to its chief. Hundreds of mourners attend funeral for Charles Mitchell.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27747
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 8, 1985
Pages
p. A1 w/ photo
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 8, 1985
Pages
p. A1 w/ photo
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Mitchell, Charles
Item ID
27944AN
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Services were held Wednesday for George Robert Secrest, a retired police sergeant of the Arcadia Police Department, who died June 9. Secrest had been a law enforcement officer for 26 years. Recently he had been employed by Huntington Bank.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2250
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police - Secrest, George Robert
Item ID
2223AN
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Police Chief Charles Mitchell reports on crime in Arcadia in 1981.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1365
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 4, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 4, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1364AN
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Ex-police chief William M. Cahill, who served as Arcadia's chief of police between 1947 and 1951, died at age 101.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2238
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Police - Cahill, William M.
Item ID
2212AN
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Arcadia police are investigating a claim by Ken Wright, an Altadena man, that a plainclothes Arcadia officer followed him to Pasadena and, without identifying himself, shot at him at least 5 times. Wright will file a claim for damages against the officer and the Arcadia police department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2222
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1981
Pages
p. C-3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1981
Pages
p. C-3
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2196AN
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Arcadia police Captain Richard Honaker is retiring after 34 years in law enforcement, 17 of which have been spent in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2243
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 16, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 16, 1988
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Police - Honaker, Richard
Item ID
2216AN
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Police Chief Charles Mitchell discusses the activities of Parent Alert, whose 400 members have worked to alert parents to the dangers of drug usage by their children.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2123
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 15, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Parent Alert
Item ID
2106AN
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Police Chief Charles Mitchell praises the work of the community based parent group Parent Alert. He discusses drug abuse in the area and the Police Department's role in helping prevent drug abuse.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1445
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 9, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 9, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Drug Abuse
Item ID
1444AN
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Biographical notes on Arcadia Police Officer Louise Smiderle. She is the first and only woman police officer to ride solo in an Arcadia police unit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2251
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 25, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 25, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police - Smiderle, Louise
Item ID
2224AN
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With approval by the Arcadia City Council, an anti-drug officer and an anti-burglary officer will soon join the Arcadia Police Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2224
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 9, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 9, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2198AN
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For the first time in 15 years, the Arcadia Police Department has a motorcycle patrol. The department recently purchased 2 Kawasaki 1000 motorcycles for traffic enforcement.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2227
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 15, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 15, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2201AN
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In the wake of the Wednesday morning arrest of two Arcadia High School students for dealing in drugs, police Chief Charles Mitchell said action was part of a three-pronged program. Further explained in article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1470
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 6, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 6, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1469AN
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Crime statistics for the first six months of 1980 show an increase in all categories. There have already been five bank robberies this year. According to Police Chief Charles Mitchell, "We're taking a beating."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1361
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 24, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 24, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1360AN
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Arcadia's former Assistant Police Chief William Sackett Orr, 81, died in his hometown of Ventura on December 31.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2248
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 7, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 7, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police - Orr, William S.
Item ID
2221AN
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Police officer Don Wilsterman is the photographic lab technician and latent fingerprint examiner for the police department. Article describes his work and personal interests.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2253
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Police - Wilsterman, Don
Item ID
2226AN
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Newspaper Index
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