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First Negro Patrolmen employed 2/25/48 and enrolled in Third Police Recruit Training School (March and April, 1948)Group portrait of Atlanta's first African-American patrol officers, from left to right; (front), H. H. Hooks, Claude Dickson, E. H. Lyons, (back) Robert McKibbens, Willard W. Strickland, W. T. Elkins, Johnnie P. Jones, and John Sanders.The Atlanta Police Department was formed in 1873 with 26 officers. Thomas Jones was elected the first Atlanta Chief of Police.
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