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The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police
department of the City of Los Angeles, California. With
over 9,500 officers and 3,000 civilian staff, covering an
area of 473 square miles with a population of more than
3.5 million people, it is the fifth largest law enforcement
agency in the United States (trailing behind the New York
Police Department, Chicago Police Department, California
Department of Corrections, and FBI). The department is
known world wide and has been heavily fictionalized in
numerous movies and television shows. It has also been
involved in a number of controversies, perhaps most
notably the infamous Rodney King incident and the
subsequent 1992 Los Angeles riots.
department of the City of Los Angeles, California. With
over 9,500 officers and 3,000 civilian staff, covering an
area of 473 square miles with a population of more than
3.5 million people, it is the fifth largest law enforcement
agency in the United States (trailing behind the New York
Police Department, Chicago Police Department, California
Department of Corrections, and FBI). The department is
known world wide and has been heavily fictionalized in
numerous movies and television shows. It has also been
involved in a number of controversies, perhaps most
notably the infamous Rodney King incident and the
subsequent 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County,
California, United States, 21 km (13 miles) southeast of
downtown Los Angeles. As of the 2000 census, the city
had a total population of 107,323.
Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in Alta California, the
area that now comprises Downey was inhabited by the
Tongva ethnic group, which came to be called the
Gabrielino by the Spanish.
Spanish colonial history of the area today known as
Downey dates back to 1771 with the founding of the
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, a California State historical
landmark. The founding of the mission and mission lands
establishes the birthplace of the modern Los Angeles
region.
In 1810, Don Antonio Lugo, received a grant to a tract of
land of some 29,514 acres. He named it Rancho San
Antonio, after his birthplace, La Misión San Antonio de
Padua, in 1775.
Rancho San Antonio lay just north of Juan Jose
Dominguez Rancho San Pedro, the borderline
approximately of today's Rosecrans Avenue in Compton,
and ran north parallel with and adjacent to, the pueblo de
Los Angeles. The eastern boundary lay somewhere along
the ever changing Los Angeles River or as it was called
the San Gabriel River.
Lugo maintained a home in the pueblo de Los Angeles,
near the plaza and across from the church. He was alcalde
(mayor) of Los Angeles, from 1816 to 1819, and a leader
in most of the social functions of the time. Antonio Lugo
received a patent from the United States government on
July 24, 1847, which made him undisputed owner of
Rancho San Antonio.
After the Mexican-American war concluded in 1848, many
of the Californio ranchos were obtained by affluent
Anglo-Americans who were immigrating west under the
United States manifest destiny doctrine, and marring into
established Californio Spanish families.
Downey was founded by and named for the former Civil
War governor of California, John Gately Downey, when he
subdivided land he procured between the Rio Hondo and
the San Gabriel River. The Southern Pacific Railroad
arrived in 1873, and farmers in the area grew grain, corn,
castor beans and fruit until around 1940.
Downey was incorporated in 1956, and instituted a charter
form of government in 1964. Suburban homes and
factories replaced the farms after World War II. The largest
employer was originally Vultee Aircraft, then North
American Aviation, then Rockwell Aerospace (later bought
by the Boeing company) whose facilities produced some of
the systems for the Apollo Project as well as the space
shuttle. The seventy year history of airplane and space
vehicle manufacturing in Downey came to an end when the
Rockwell plant closed in 1999. The former Rockwell plant
has been converted to the Downey Landing shopping
complex, a hospital, a park, a space museum and Downey
Studios.
California, United States, 21 km (13 miles) southeast of
downtown Los Angeles. As of the 2000 census, the city
had a total population of 107,323.
Prior to the arrival of the Spanish in Alta California, the
area that now comprises Downey was inhabited by the
Tongva ethnic group, which came to be called the
Gabrielino by the Spanish.
Spanish colonial history of the area today known as
Downey dates back to 1771 with the founding of the
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, a California State historical
landmark. The founding of the mission and mission lands
establishes the birthplace of the modern Los Angeles
region.
In 1810, Don Antonio Lugo, received a grant to a tract of
land of some 29,514 acres. He named it Rancho San
Antonio, after his birthplace, La Misión San Antonio de
Padua, in 1775.
Rancho San Antonio lay just north of Juan Jose
Dominguez Rancho San Pedro, the borderline
approximately of today's Rosecrans Avenue in Compton,
and ran north parallel with and adjacent to, the pueblo de
Los Angeles. The eastern boundary lay somewhere along
the ever changing Los Angeles River or as it was called
the San Gabriel River.
Lugo maintained a home in the pueblo de Los Angeles,
near the plaza and across from the church. He was alcalde
(mayor) of Los Angeles, from 1816 to 1819, and a leader
in most of the social functions of the time. Antonio Lugo
received a patent from the United States government on
July 24, 1847, which made him undisputed owner of
Rancho San Antonio.
After the Mexican-American war concluded in 1848, many
of the Californio ranchos were obtained by affluent
Anglo-Americans who were immigrating west under the
United States manifest destiny doctrine, and marring into
established Californio Spanish families.
Downey was founded by and named for the former Civil
War governor of California, John Gately Downey, when he
subdivided land he procured between the Rio Hondo and
the San Gabriel River. The Southern Pacific Railroad
arrived in 1873, and farmers in the area grew grain, corn,
castor beans and fruit until around 1940.
Downey was incorporated in 1956, and instituted a charter
form of government in 1964. Suburban homes and
factories replaced the farms after World War II. The largest
employer was originally Vultee Aircraft, then North
American Aviation, then Rockwell Aerospace (later bought
by the Boeing company) whose facilities produced some of
the systems for the Apollo Project as well as the space
shuttle. The seventy year history of airplane and space
vehicle manufacturing in Downey came to an end when the
Rockwell plant closed in 1999. The former Rockwell plant
has been converted to the Downey Landing shopping
complex, a hospital, a park, a space museum and Downey
Studios.
About the Author
For thirty years, D. Clayton Mayes was a professional
law enforcement officer. He began his career with the
Los Angeles Police Department in 1964. He worked
as a street cop, was promoted to investigator,
sergeant, lieutenant and captain. In 1990, he retired
from the LAPD to assume the responsibilities of chief
of police of the Downey, (California) Police
Department.
The author holds a bachelor's degree in public
management and a master's degree in public
administration from Pepperdine University. He is also
a graduate of the FBI-National Academy in Quantico,
Virginia. As an educator, he has taught at Cerritos
College, College of the Desert and has instructed
throughout the United States for the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center and the U.S.
Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention. He served a total of six years
in the U.S. Army, Army Reserve, and the California
National Guard where he attained the rank of captain.
Today Clayton lives in the Palm Springs, California,
area with his wife, Carolyn. Their two sons are grown.
The author enjoys golf, tennis and flying. He holds a
commercial pilot certificate, with an instrument rating
for both single-engine and multi-engine aircraft.
For thirty years, D. Clayton Mayes was a professional
law enforcement officer. He began his career with the
Los Angeles Police Department in 1964. He worked
as a street cop, was promoted to investigator,
sergeant, lieutenant and captain. In 1990, he retired
from the LAPD to assume the responsibilities of chief
of police of the Downey, (California) Police
Department.
The author holds a bachelor's degree in public
management and a master's degree in public
administration from Pepperdine University. He is also
a graduate of the FBI-National Academy in Quantico,
Virginia. As an educator, he has taught at Cerritos
College, College of the Desert and has instructed
throughout the United States for the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center and the U.S.
Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention. He served a total of six years
in the U.S. Army, Army Reserve, and the California
National Guard where he attained the rank of captain.
Today Clayton lives in the Palm Springs, California,
area with his wife, Carolyn. Their two sons are grown.
The author enjoys golf, tennis and flying. He holds a
commercial pilot certificate, with an instrument rating
for both single-engine and multi-engine aircraft.
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| Police Authors Personal Websites |
Police Author
D. Clayton Mayes
D. Clayton Mayes