Alexander Galloway

Alexander Galloway (January 18, 1847 – August 24, 1915) served as the chief of police for the Los Angeles Police Department from February 14, 1910, to January 2, 1911, a tenure lasting 10 months and 21 days. He is remembered as one of a series of "inexperienced, non-professional chiefs". During his time in office he gave Alice Stebbin Wells her first police badge, making her one of the first policewomen in the world.

Born 1847 in Glasgow, Scotland, he immigrated to Montreal, Canada, with his family when he was a boy. Galloway later pursued a career on the railroad industry, ending his transportation-industry career with the Southern Pacific Railway.