Lewis Joseph Valentine Politician
Lewis Joseph Valentine (March 19, 1882 - December 16, 1946) was the New York City Police Commissioner from 1934 to 1945, under Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia during the Murder, Inc. era. He was the author of an autobiography Night stick: The autobiography of Lewis J. Valentine. He was Police Commissioner of New York for eleven years, longer than any other previous person in that position. Time magazine credited him with cleaning up the department so that New York City had one of the most honest police departments in the nation.After New York, he led the Tokyo Police Force. [1]
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| office | New York City Police Commissioner |
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