| Alexander Galloway | |
| Birth Date: | January 18, 1847 |
| Death Date: | August 24, 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, USA |
| Department: | Los Angeles Police Department |
| Service: | United States |
| Serviceyears: | 1910-1911 |
| Rank: | Chief of Police - 1910 |
Alexander Galloway served as the chief of police for the Los Angeles Police Department from February 14, 1910, to January 2, 1911, a tenure lasting 10 months and 21 days.[1] He is remembered as one of a series of "inexperienced, non-professional chiefs".[2] During his time in office he gave Alice Stebbin Wells her first police badge, making her one of the first policewomen in the world.[3]
Born 1847 in Glasgow, Scotland, he immigrated to Montreal, Canada with his family when he was a boy.[4] [5] Galloway later pursued a career on the railroad industry, ending his transportation-industry career with the Southern Pacific Railway. Galloway was succeeded as chief of police by Charles E. Sebastian, who would later serve as the mayor of Los Angeles. Galloway died in Los Angeles on August 24, 1915.[6]