Bolden, Larry, 1937-2000
Birth Date
1937-02-16
Death Date
2000-04-01
Description
The first African American police officer to attain the rank of Deputy Chief of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Bolden joined the Las Vegas Police Department at 21 when the department had just three black officers. Bolden, Herman Moody and Isadore Washington patrolled predominantly black West Las Vegas. He served Las Vegas as a police officer for 33 years before he retired in 1991.
