Marin Co. Police Honor LA’s First Black Female Cop

SAN RAFAEL, CA — A Marin law enforcement agency is honoring a pioneering woman as part of its commemoration of Black History Month.

The San Rafael Police Department on its Twitter and Facebook pages shared the story of Georgia Ann Robinson, the first Black female to serve as an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department.

Robinson joined the LAP in 1916 as a volunteer jail matron and was appointed as an officer in 1919.

She worked an investigator on homicides and cases involving children.

Robinson helped establish the Sojourner Truth Home, a Los Angeles women’s shelter.

She is believed to be America’s first Black female cop.

Robinson was born in Louisiana in 1879.

Her law enforcement career was cut short when an assault by an inmate while she was working as a jail matron left her blind.

Robinson continued her work with the Sojourner Truth Home and significantly expanded her community outreach when she ultimately partnered with the NAACP to desegregate the Los Angeles school system.

“Robinson maintained a positive perspective on her experience as a law enforcement officer, despite her career’s rather sudden and tragic end,” the SRPD wrote on the agency’s Facebook page.

“She was quoted by reporters of the time saying that she did not regret her time in law enforcement or the incident that left her blind. For Robinson, law enforcement was about the community she served over all else.”