DENVER BPO
DENVER BPO
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Isaac Brown is appointed Denver's first Black police officer.
Brothers Ulysses and Carl Baker join as patrolmen and later become Denver's first Black detectives.
Officer Willie O. Steam becomes the first Black Denver officer to die in the line of duty.
Carole Hogue becomes Denver's first Black woman officer and serves 15 years, retiring as a sergeant.
Source: CBS Colorado and the Denver Police Museum · Read the full story →