Portrait of Robert Stanley Seares, Arcadia Police Chief from c.1958-1974.

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Date
unknown

  1 image

Date
unknown
Subjects
Seares, Robert S.
Police Department
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1344
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Police Chief Robert Seares, who was Chief from 1958-1974.

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Date
c.1972

  1 image

Date
c.1972
Subjects
Police Department
Seares, Robert S.
Physical Description
3x4 1/2 color vertical
ID
448
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Robert Seares, born in Pasadena in 1909, had an amazing career as a journalist, photographer, and police official. He was chief of police in Arcadia and remained there for 15 years until retirement. He wrote a memoir called "Eighty Years: a Memoir." A copy is in the Pasadena Museum of History library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31671
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 7, 2009
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia police chiefs
Seares, Robert - biography
Item ID
31869AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Articles regarding Robert S. Seares.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1958 p. 1 (appointed Police Chief)
July 17, 1958 p. 1 (photo)
May 4, 1972 p. 1 (article and photo)
November 28, 1973 p. 1 (retires)
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 26, 1958 p. 1 (appointed Police Chief)
July 17, 1958 p. 1 (photo)
May 4, 1972 p. 1 (article and photo)
November 28, 1973 p. 1 (retires)
Subjects
Police
Seares, Robert S
Item ID
4128AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. "Former Arcadia Police Chief Passes Away."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 1998
Pages
p. 17
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 2, 1998
Pages
p. 17
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Seares, Robert Stanly
Police Department
Item ID
26582AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police - Secrest, George Robert
Item ID
2223AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 7, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police - Orr, William S.
Item ID
2221AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police chief Robert Guthrie shares crime prevention tips.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Guthrie, Robert
Item ID
34693AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 28, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Police - Cahill, William M.
Item ID
2212AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 4, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2219AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Richard Robert Russo, convicted in the murder of his wife Carmen, hanged himself with a bedsheet in his cell at Wasco State Prison. He died Sunday, October 15, 2006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30240
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Russo, Carmen
Russo murder
Russo, Richard Robert
Suicide
Item ID
30427AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Robert Bertolina, whose father moved to Arcadia in 1907 and worked for Lucky Baldwin, died at age 67. He is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper169
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-12
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-12
Subjects
Bertolina, Robert
Item ID
169AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Fordyce Johnson, a former Arcadia resident, died late last month at his home in San Diego from the complications of old age. The 93 year old was former chief of staff at Methodist Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper13407
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Johnson, Fordyce
Item ID
13603AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Services were held Sunday for former Arcadia Mayor David Hannah, who died June 11 at his home in Laguna Niguel. He was 72.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4589
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Hannah, David
Mayors - Hannah, David
Item ID
4465AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto has appointed Captain Roy Nakamura as the city's 30th police chief. He is a 28-year veteran of the Arcadia Police Department. He succeeds Chief Robert T. Guthrie, who is retiring. Nakamura is the first police chief of Japanese and Asian descent in a city that once temporarily incarcerated Japanese and Japanese-Americans at Santa Anita Park. Arcadia's population is currently 60.8% Asian.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35856
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 29, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Werner Kirchner, a pioneer of the aerospace industry, died of natural causes March 6, 2008, at his Arcadia home. He was 89.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2008
Pages
p. News 11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2008
Pages
p. News 11
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Kirchner, Werner
Item ID
31150AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Police Chief Dave Hinig will retire after 38 years with the department at the end of June. He will be replaced by Captain Bob Sanderson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29429
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department -- 2001 - 2010
Personnel
Police chiefs
Hinig, Dave
Sanderson, Bob
Item ID
29613AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice. Former Chief of Staff of Arcadia Methodist Hospital Dr. William E. White has died.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 15, 2022
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 15, 2022
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
White, William E. (Dr.)
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The rise of property crime in Arcadia. Mayor Gary Kovacic and Arcadia Police Chief Robert T. Guthrie cite state's "early release" from prison programs as a probable cause.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Crime rates
Guthrie, Robert T.
Kovacic, Gary
Item ID
34687AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department has a new police chief. His name is Bob Guthrie and has been serving as interim police chief since Bob Sanderson retired in April. He joined the Arcadia Police Department as a cadet in 1989.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--Police chiefs
Guthrie, Bob
Item ID
32652AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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