Alice S. Wells | |
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Born | Manhattan, Kansas, United States | June 13, 1873
Died | August 17, 1957 | (aged 84)
Police career | |
Country | United States |
Department | Los Angeles Police Department |
Service years | 1910–1940 |
Rank | Sworn in as an officer – 1910 Sergeant – 1934 |
Other work | Official LAPD historian, speaker |
Alice Stebbins Wells (June 13, 1873 – August 17, 1957) was one of the first American-born female police officers in the United States, hired in 1910 in Los Angeles.[1]