Sacramento County
Biographies
ARTHUR D. RYAN
ARTHUR D. RYAN.--Municipal commissions visiting Sacramento have never failed
to praise its superior police system, no small credit for which is due to
Arthur D. Ryan, the experienced and broad-gaged
inspector of police, who carries his honors modestly and well deserves his
popularity. He is a native son of Sacramento, having first seen the light there on January 15, 1882, when he entered the family circle of Capt. Thomas and
Clara (Hastings) Ryan. His father, a native of Boston, came out to Sacramento in early days, and for over fifty years was a captain on
river boats; he died in May, 1923. Mrs. Ryan died, years ago, beloved by all
who knew her.
Arthur Ryan attended both the grammar and
the high school of Sacramento, and then for ten years he was in the employ of the
Southern Pacific Rolling Mills. After that for a couple of years he was on the
boats of the Sacramento Transportation Company, and in 1904, on the 29th of
August, he came to the Sacramento police department. First, he was a patrolman, then he
became a sergeant, and next a detective, and then he was a detective sergeant.
In July, 1920, he was appointed inspector of police, a post of still greater
responsibility for which he seemed well equipped by a rare experience. Brimful
of devotion to Sacramento City and County, Inspector Ryan never loses an opportunity to
better local conditions, believing implicitly that, for every substantial and
lasting improvement in social environment, a proportionate community blessing
is sure to follow. He is a Republican.
Arthur D. Ryan and Miss Elizabeth Becker,
of Sacramento, were married at Sacramento, on April 2, 1916.
Inspector Ryan belongs to the Eagles, and in that order is justly popular. Many
reforms in the administration of the police in Sacramento are traceable to the Inspector, whose record is fast
becoming enviable.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento
County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 312.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.