Fort Lauderdale Police

On March 27, 1911, the pioneer village of Fort Lauderdale, Dade County, with a population of about 250 people, was incorporated as a town. One of the first appointments made by the newly formed council in 1911 was that of Kossie A. Goodbread as first City Marshall at a salary of $40.00 per month and $1.00 for each arrest. Goodbread had been a deputy sheriff of Dade County, covering that portion of Dade from Hallandale to the Colahatchee River, which was the Palm Beach County line prior to being appointed as City Marshal. His enforcement equipment was a hand billy, a gun and a padlock. The padlock was to lock boxcars which were utilized as the jail for county prisoners until he could use the one telephone in town at the railway station to call Sheriff Dan Hardee in Miami to come and get the prisoner.

Subject ID: 87742

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On March 27, 1911, the pioneer village of Fort Lauderdale, Dade County, with a population of about 250 people, was incorporated as a town. One of the first appointments made by the newly formed council in 1911 was that of Kossie A. Goodbread as first City Marshall at a salary of $40.00 per month and $1.00 for each arrest. Goodbread had been a deputy sheriff of Dade County, covering that portion of Dade from Hallandale to the Colahatchee River, which was the Palm Beach County line prior to being appointed as City Marshal. His enforcement equipment was a hand billy, a gun and a padlock. The padlock was to lock boxcars which were utilized as the jail for county prisoners until he could use the one telephone in town at the railway station to call Sheriff Dan Hardee in Miami to come and get the prisoner.

Subject ID: 87742

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