Anthony V. Bouza was a Spanish American police officer who worked for the New York City Police Department and the Minneapolis Police Department from 1980 to 1989. He died on June 26, 2023 (October 4, 1928[1]).
In 1953, Bouza began working for the New York City Police Department. He received promotions to inspector, deputy chief inspector, and assistant chief in 1971, 1972, and 1973, respectively.
In the NYPD till 1976, he worked. Bouza appeared in the groundbreaking television documentary The Police Tapes in 1976. From 1977 to 1979, he was the New York City Transit Police’s deputy chief. Bouza testified for the defense in numerous trials around the nation alleging police maltreatment after he retired from law enforcement.
Tony Bouza children: Meet Anthony Jr. Bouza & Dominick Bouza
The Bouzas had two sons: Dominick and Anthony Jr. Bouza struggled to get along with the Minneapolis police officers under his command. Within weeks of taking over as police chief, Bouza cut the number of police precincts from 6 to 4, and across the majority of the city, he replaced two-member squads with single-member squads.