Lewis Joseph Valentine
Lewis Joseph Valentine | |
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Arthur William Wallander | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 19, 1882 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | December 16, 1946 (aged 64) New York City |
Lewis Joseph Valentine (March 19, 1882 – December 16, 1946) was the
Time magazine credited him with cleaning up the department so that New York City had one of the most honest police departments in the nation.[3]
After New York, he advised the
Tokyo Police Force.[4]
Biography
He was born on March 19, 1882. Valentine joined the
Mayor LaGuardia who appointed him as the city's police commissioner in 1934.[5] He died on December 16, 1946.[2]
References
- ^ Valentine, Lewis J.; La Guardia, Fiorello H. (1947). Night Stick: The Autobiography of Lewis J. Valentine, Former Police Commissioner of New York. Dial Press.
- ^ New York Times. December 17, 1946. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
- ^ Time magazine. September 17, 1945. Archived from the originalon June 9, 2011. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ^ "Night Stick | Bookshare".
- New York Times... Retrieved 2010-10-05.
See also
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