page_title: Alice Clement
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Alice Clement / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo of Alice Clement from the New York Evening Telegraph on May 21, 1922.
context_page_description: Alice Clement was a detective with the Chicago police department. She was the first female police detective in Chicago.
context_section_description: Clement began working for the Chicago Police Department in 1909, patrolling department stores in search of pickpockets. In 1913, she became a detective, and soon after she was talked about in several newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune and Variety. On May 21, 1922 she appeared in the New York Evening Telegram. In 1919, Clement wrote, produced, and starred in a movie called "Dregs of the City," where she played as herself.
  One of her most famous cases was The Dulcimer, which involved the murder of a young woman who was most likely a prostitute gravely ill with typhoid. The male detectives on the force assumed that she'd simply succumbed to her “lifestyle” but Clement remained unconvinced. Further investigation revealed that the woman had, in fact, acquired typhoid as part of a murder plot.
caption: An article about Alice Clement. (Image isn't of Alice Clement, but of a prisoner Clement took back to Chicago)
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