August Englund

August "Gus" Englund (November 16, 1868 – November 2, 1935) was an American chief of police of Monterey, California, who served as Carmel-by-the-Sea's first police chief at the one-man police department for nearly 20 years.

Early life Englund was born in Sweden. He served in the King's Dragoons for several terms. He participated in the Boer War in China. Englund left for America in 1892. She was previously widowed.

In 1903, Englund came to Monterey where he found employment at the Monterey Presidio. He then joined the Monterey Police Force from 1905 to 1906. Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, he temporarily left his role in the police department to join the San Francisco Pinkerton Police Force. From 1911 to 1913 he served as Chief of Police in Monterey, then returned to San Francisco where he did special police duty for the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco from 1913 to 1914. He served as chief of police in Monterey until 1933.

In January 1935, Englund slipped and fell on the rocky shores of Monterey Bay. He was leading the search for a dead body in Carmel Point, who had drowned at the water's edge at Cooke's Cove in Carmel Bay. The fall resulted in a severe foot injury, and infection set in a few days later. Englund was admitted to the San Francisco Veterans Hospital, where his leg was amputated to stop the spreading infection. Despite this the infection persisted.

Death

On November 2, 1935, Englund died at the age of 66, at the San Francisco Veterans Hospital.