Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-13
.DISHMAN CHOSEN
CHIEF OF POLICE
UNDER SHERIFF TO SUCCEED
BR0ADHEAD
COMMISSIONERS AGREE AFTER
LONG CONFERENCES
Former Newspaper Man and More
Recently HammePs First Assist
ant, Becomes Head Of
Department

Under Sheriff Edward F. Dishman.
until recently a newspaper man on the
staff of the Los Angeles Times, was
chosen yesterday by the police COM
mission to succeed Thomas II. Broad
head as chief of police.
Broadhead rendered his resignation
as chief of the department, and In the
same communication asked the police
commission to terminate his leave Of
absence of one year as captain. The
commission accepted the resignation
and complied with the request to cut
short the leave of absence. The
change will take PLACE as soon as Mr..
Dishman qualities for the position OF
chief.
Dishman was not decided on for the
place until the commission met in the
mayors private Office yesterday after
noon. During the morning it was
strongly rumored that Dishmans name
had been most prominently mentioned
at the midnight conference Saturday
night and that after further considera-
ton the commissioners had agreed that
he was the proper man for the place.
but not unity yesterday afternoon was
1t definitely decided.
Broadhead Resigns
It was not until fifteen minutes be-
fore the commission held its public
session that Broadhead's resignation
as chief of the police department was
written. During the conference in the
mayors office c. e. McKeag. secretary
of the police commission, was called
into the sanctum and the chiefs resig-
nation was dictated to him. He wrote
II on his typewriter at 2:20 and five
minutes afterward it was on the COM
mission table in the public room ready
for action.
Although desiring Broadhead's resig-
nation, the commission had no juris-
diction over his position, as he is under
civil service. Had the commission
chosen to do>so, it might have refused
to terminate his leave of absence and
insisted on his taking the full year, but
this would have brought him under a
new administration and would nave
put it outside the power of the present
police commission to discipline Broad
head If they are so disposed.
Must Prefer Charges
To remove Broadhead from his posi-
tion as CAPTAIN it would be necessary
to prefer charges against him before
the civil service commission.
Broadhead is the only relic left of
those of the Harper administration
who occupied the seats of the mighty
in the ~police department. He was
captain during most of the time when
events were occurring which eventual
Nv led to the downfall of the admins
tration. Kern was chief of police, and
when he was appointed to the board OF
public works last January Broadhead
was given the position of chief.
Edward F. Dishman, the new chief.
came to Los Angeles in 1897 from
Louisville, KY, where he had been en-
gagged in the newspaper business. on
arriving in Los Angeles he went toI
work as reporter and for the greater
part of the time since he has been
with the Los Angeles Times
as police reporter and later as assist
ant city editor. About a year ago he
was appointed under sheriff by w. A.
Hammel, which position he has held
since.