Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police M.P.D.
1866 to 1899
Civil Right's Act of 1866 - Great Chicago Fire - Yellowstone National Park Created - National League of Baseball Founded - Battle of Little Bighorn - Billy The Kid Killed - Jesse James Killed - Washington Monument Completed - Boston Subway Completed - Yosemite National Park Created
M.P.D.'s first Officer Killed in the Line of Duty
1866 to 1899
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1890 Washington D.C. Metropolitan Policeman
1887 - The first in-custody death occurred when a women set fire to her clothes while in a cell at the 7th precinct and died of her injuries.
A man by the name of Charles Copeland went to Baltimore and, while intoxicated, claimed to be a D.C. Policeman and began making arrests before being arrested by Baltimore Police, (MPD)
1873 - Vice president Schuyler Colfax, was robbed while on the street, (MPD).
1877 - Private Philip Thompson, one of the first African Americans appointed to the force, attempted to arrest a sailor and was savagely kicked in the head. As a result he lost his sight and was dismissed from the force, but was provided for by the Policeman's fund, (MPD).
1881 - An eleven year old boy, Charles Taylor, was put on trial for the murder of Eddie Ford, (MPD).
1893 - The Metropolitan Police Department recorded 27,245 arrests, with a force of only about 400 officers, an average of 68 arrests per man, (MPD).
1889 - Major and Superintendent Moore re-issued an order prohibiting reckless and indiscriminate use of the police service revolver in the course of duty, (MPD).
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