The History Of Broadmoor Continued
Founding Years of Service and Protection
The Broadmoor Police Department
In 1949 then Chief of Police Paul S. Schmidt and two patrolmen provided ambulance service and police protection on a full-time basis to a ten square mile area and five thousand residents. Since the inception of the District, Broadmoor was, and remains today, unincorporated county territory. The Sheriff’s Office, which traditionally provides police protection to an unincorporated area, is not responsible for law enforcement in Broadmoor.
A Hero Remembered
Officer Charles E. Manning
On January 6, 1964, at approximately 11:40 PM, the members of the Broadmoor Police Department mourned the loss of one of their fellow officers’. Officer Charles E. Manning became the first and only Broadmoor officer to die in the Line of Duty.
Officer Manning was investigating a suspiciously parked vehicle at the New Mission Heating Company, 1111 Hillside Boulevard, when he apparently surprised a suspect who was in the process of stealing gasoline. The suspect, Timothy L. Silva, who once worked in the heating company as a janitor, fired six shots at Officer Manning (five in the back and one in the chest). Officer Manning was able to return fire, however he died at the scene. He was a Broadmoor resident and had been with the department for nine years.