Jesse B. Cook
Jesse Brown Cook | |
|---|---|
 Jesse Brown Cook | |
| Born | Jesse Brown Cook 1860 |
| Died | 1938 (aged 77–78) |
Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California, United States |
| Known for | Chief of Police after 1906 San Francisco earthquake; Sergeant of "Chinatown Squad"; Police Commissioner |
| Notable work | Description of San Francisco's Chinatown in San Francisco Police and Peace Officers' Journal (June 1931) |
| Police career | |
| Service | Police Officer |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Department | San Francisco Police Department |
| Service years | Late 19th century – early 20th century |
| Status | Retired (later Police Commissioner) |
| Rank | Chief of Police; Sergeant |
| Other work | Collector of police history materials now held at Bancroft Library |
Jesse Brown Cook (1860–1938) was a San Francisco police officer, chief and a police commissioner. He held a position of authority in the San Francisco police department's Chinatown Squad, policing the local ethnic neighborhood.[1] He was appointed as the Chief of Police in 1906, and left the position in the 1930s.[1] From 1895 to 1936, he worked on a personal project to document history in San Francisco, resulting in a catalog of 12,000 media items entitled the Jesse Cook Scrapbooks.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Brief History of San Francisco's Chinatown — 1931". sfmuseum.org. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
- ↑ "Jesse Brown Cook scrapbooks documenting San Francisco history and law enforcement, ca. 1895-1936 - OAC". oac.cdlib.org. Archived from the original on 2025-11-16. Retrieved 2026-04-21.