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![]() As a young man, Fallon ran a saloon frequented by politicians and served for a time as keeper at the Tombs Prison. The city's first Chief of Police was born in County Athlone, Ireland in 1814 and moved as a young boy to New York City with his family. Fallon in turn appointed a deputy captain, three sergeants and 30 officers to comprise the first regular municipal police department in American San Francisco. ![]() ![]() On August 13 the council selected Malachi Fallon as San Francisco's first Captain (Chief) of Police. the means of confining a prisoner for an hour." In his inaugural address in August 1849, John Geary, the first elected alcalde (mayor/judge) in Gold Rush San Francisco, reminded the newly elected council that the town was "without a single policeman&.
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