1915
7/17/1915: Clarence E. Snively was appointed chief of police.
10/19/1915: Sergeant John Francis Toolen was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
11/29/1915: Detective Lieutenant J. E. Browning was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
1916
3/28/1916: Officer Walter R. Kreps was killed in the line of duty in a motorcycle accident.
6/17/1916: Officer C. H. Crow was killed in the line of duty by heatstroke.
10/16/1916: John L. Butler was appointed chief of police.
12/15/1916: Officer Thomas J. Kronschnable was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
1917
9/4/1917: Officer James A. Ellsworth was killed in the line of duty in a car accident.
11/13/1917: Officer Charles F. Johnson was killed in the line of duty by a fall.
11/21/1917: Officer O. E. Barney was killed in the line of duty in a fire. [more]
1918
1919
2/18/1919: Officer P. J. Downey killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
7/17/1919: George K. Home was appointed chief of police.
8/27/1919: Officer C. H. Wyatt was killed in the line of duty in a motorcycle accident.
9/22/1919: Officer Joseph Romero was killed in the line of duty in a car accident.
1920
5/21/1920: Officer John G. Magness was killed in the line of duty in a car accident.
5/24/1920: Officer Donald C. Hathaway was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
6/15/1920: Officer Elijah P. Bradley was killed in the line of duty in a motorcycle accident.
10/1/1920: Alexander W. Murray was appointed chief of police.
11/1/1920: Lyle Pendegast was appointed chief of police.
1921
2/11/1921: Officer Frank Llewelyn Coe was killed in the line of duty in a motorcycle accident.
3/4/1921 – WARREN G. HARDING PRESIDENT
6/18/1921: Detective Sergeant John Fitzgerald was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
7/5/1921: Charles A. Jones was appointed chief of police.
12/6/1921: Officer Harry Clester was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
12/6/1921: Officer Willliam L. Brett was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
1922
1922: Voters passed an increase and extension of Fire and Police Department’s pension by a 2 to 1 margin. The Charter amendment was put on the ballot through the initiative process making public safety workers the first group to actually use this tool.
4/8/1922: Detective Sergeant Ron L. Shy was killed in the line of duty in a car accident.
4/22/1922: Louis D. Oaks was appointed chief of police.
11/4/1922: Officer Vernon Olver Dinsmore was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
1923
1923: The Charter was amended to give the Chief of Police civil service protection.
1/13/1923: Officer Charles P. Williams was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
1/22/1923: Officer Arthur “Archie” Cruse was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
1/22/1923: Officer Matthew P. McDonagh was killed in the line of duty when struck by a train.
8/1/1923: August Vollmer was appointed chief of police.
8/2/1923 – CALVIN COOLIDGE PRESIDENT
1924
1/11/1924: Officer Ralph D. Green was killed in the line of duty in a car accident.
2/20/1924: Officer Glenn F. Bond was killed in the line of duty by gunfire. [more]
7/27/1924: Officer George E. Papst was killed in the line of duty in a motorcycle accident.
8/20/1924: Officer Edward F. Wilhoit was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
8/24/1924: Officer Frank e. Corley was killed in the line of duty by gunfire.
8/1/1924: R. Lee Heath was appointed chief of police.