Law Enforcement
The Wire (2002-2008)
The Wire was a popular television series which aired for five seasons on the HBO network, from June 2, 2002,...
Operation Hammer (1987-1990)
Operation Hammer, a law enforcement program by the Los Angeles Police Department that began in 1987 was ostensibly an attempt...
Carmen Best (1965- )
Carmen Best, a veteran police officer, became the first African American woman police chief of the Seattle Police Department. Born...
Frank Wills (1948-2000)
On June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, an African American night watchman, detected an early morning break-in at the Democratic National...
Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009)
Bessie Virginia Blount, pioneer physical therapist, inventor, and scientist, was born in Hickory (today Chesapeake), Virginia, on November 24, 1914. In the sixth...
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (1976- )
Founded in September of 1976 during a three-day symposium, The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), was created to tackle...
David A. Clark Jr. (1956- )
David Alexander Clarke Jr. or Sheriff Clarke is the sixty-fourth sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. While originally appointed by Wisconsin...
Ronald Noble (1956 -)
Ronald Kenneth Noble is the first African American to serve as Secretary General of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)...
