William Harrison Hurley Sr.
Police Officer
Jack HurleyWilliam “Hack” Hurley was born in Iowa on March 28, 1838, and came to San Bernardino in an oxen wagon via Utah in 1859. He was married to Serena Black-Hurley and they lived at 310 N. “H” Street in San Bernardino.
Officer Hurley was one of the original members of the current San Bernardino Police Department, where he was, according to his obituary, “one of the most fearless officers the city ever had and sustained the reputation he made in the Indian times of being afraid of nothing.”
Following his retirement from the police department, Officer Hurley became a rancher and lived in the area of Los Angeles County now known as the San Fernando Valley, before traveling throughout the state.