{"id":481,"date":"2011-04-13T13:57:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T20:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2023-03-29T09:44:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:44:04","slug":"policing-a-boomtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=481","title":{"rendered":"Policing a Boomtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>What has become of the police force? The archives of the city show that there is such an organization here, yet . . . the criminal element has been holding high carnival during the last few days, &#8220;the guardians of the peace&#8221; have done nothing to indicate they are on duty<\/em>. &#8211;San Diego Union, August 6, 1887.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fighting crime in 1887 San Diego: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Policing-the-City.pdf\">Policing the City<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/early_police.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"484\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=484\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/early_police.jpg?fit=1429%2C895\" data-orig-size=\"1429,895\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"early_police\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/early_police.jpg?fit=1024%2C641\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-484\" title=\"early_police\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/early_police.jpg?resize=491%2C308\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/early_police.jpg?resize=1024%2C641 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/early_police.jpg?resize=300%2C187 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/early_police.jpg?w=1429 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D481&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What has become of the police force? 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