Thomas Reddin (June 25, 1916 – December 4, 2004) was a

Los Angeles Police Department The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-large ...

chief from 1967 to 1969. He left May 6, 1969, to become a news commentator. He also owned a Los Angeles-based private security company, which was named for him. Reddin helped modernize the department and introduced the community policing concept, which "perceives the community as an agent and partner in promoting security rather than as a passive audience."The Use And Effectiveness Of Community Policing In A Democracy
/ref> During his tenure, he allowed his department to give technical advice for the first three seasons of the revived version of the Jack Webb-created detective drama '' Dragnet'' (He even made an appearance at the end of the Season Two finale, "The Big Problem", in a plea for improved community relations between the department and the city) and during the first season (1968–1969) of the police drama '' Adam-12''.

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* 1916 births Chiefs of the Los Angeles Police Department 2004 deaths Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery {{US-law-enforcement-bio-stub