- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Henry Parker III
- Nicknames
- Chief
- Bill
- William H. Parker
- W.H. Parker was born on June 21, 1905 in Lead City, South Dakota, USA. He is known for Dragnet (1951) and What's My Line? (1950). He was married to Amelia Helen Parker. He died on July 16, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseAmelia Helen Parker(1930 - July 16, 1966) (his death)
- He was the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1950-65.
- Was the longest serving Chief of the LAPD and served on the force from 1927-66.
- Gene Roddenberry was Parker's spokesman and speech writer until 1953.
- Gene Roddenberry based the character Mr. Spock on Star Trek (1966) on Parker.
- Created the Los Angeles Police Department motto "To Protect and To Serve".
- [on corruption and police brutality within the Los Angeles Police Department] We'll always have cases like this because we have one big problem selecting police officers . . . we have to recruit from the human race.
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