In 1957, according to the San Francisco Police Department, he became the force’s first Chinese American officer. His first years were spent as an undercover cop on the streets of Chinatown ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police are mourning the passing earlier this month of the first full-time Chinese-American officer in their department, police said. Sgt. Herbert "Herb" Lee died ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Herb Lee, San Francisco's first Chinese-American police officer, has died. He was 84. Lee died November 1 of colon cancer.

SAN FRANCISCO — Herb Lee, San Francisco’s first Chinese-American police officer, has died. He was 84. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Lee died Nov. 1 of colon cancer.