Reserve Policeman Dean Quick

This rare photo of the old reserve policeman badge was posted by retired Sergeant Peter Harris in the Vintage LAPD Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/106575642752136), featuring Ronald “Dean” Quick, who in 1974 became the first reserve to be awarded the LAPD Medal of Valor. Reserve Officer Mel Kennedy found a Los Angeles Times article that reported on Quick’s heroism: “Quick (a barbershop owner) — on his first tour of duty as a policeman — dashed across traffic on the San Diego Freeway to pull a semi-conscious motorist from a burning auto.” (Excerpt from “LAPD Reserve Corps: 70+ Years of Protecting and Serving,” The Rotator, Winter 2019, page 1.)