Abstract:
Hired by the Charlotte City Council for a short stint in 1927, Frank Littlejohn stayed, rising through the ranks over the next thirty years to become chief of police. Called \"the finest detective in America\" by J. Edgar Hoover, Littlejohn was a tireless worker in the pursuit of lawbreakers. In 1958, he was ousted as chief by the city council, who wanted a political appointee as presiding officer in the City Recorder's Court. The chief of police usually handled this job.