Thomas Broadhead

Thomas H. Broadhead (January 15, 1870 – January 24, 1954) was chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department for three months in 1909. A native of Kansas, and he had previously been a member of the vice squad. He had been appointed by mayor Arthur C. Harper, and when Harper resigned due to a scandal and was replaced by mayor George Alexander, Broadhead was dismissed as chief and replaced with Edward F. Dishman. and acquitted in September 1909. After leaving the department, Broadhead went to work as a special agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad until 1924.