Guide to the Pittsburgh Police Academy Records 1950-1971

Repository
Heinz History Center
Title
Pittsburgh Police Academy Records
Creator
Pittsburgh Police Academy.
Collection Number
MSS 0632
Extent
1.0 linear feet (2 boxes)
Date
1950-1971
Abstract
The Pittsburgh Police Academy Records include administrative letters between academy and city officials, general orders amending police conduct and procedure, as well as cadet training, academic, and graduation records.
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
Author
The guide to this collection was written by Alex J. Toner.
Sponsor
This collection has been made accessible as part of an NHPRC-funded Basic Processing grant.
Publisher
Heinz History Center
Address
1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org

Scope and Content Notes

The Pittsburgh Police Academy Records include administrative letters between academy and city officials, general orders amending police conduct and procedure, as well as cadet training, academic, and graduation records. The records contain administrative letters from Academy Principle George Purvis requesting the presence of certain members of the Fire and Police Departments to instruct classes at the academy during the early 1950s. A number of J. Edgar Hoover signed letters from the late 1950s acknowledge the Federal Bureau of Investigations local involvement in training police cadets at the academy. There are a variety of general orders from 1968 through 1969 amending conduct and police procedures covering proper courtesies to the public, sick leave, release of information to the media, and discharge of firearms. The records include 1966 assignments of promoted officers to command school, on the job training memorandums concerning the "coach and recruit" training program, and completed multiple-choice academy tests from 1970 and 1971. The records also include a 1965-1966 Police Academy financial audit report, 1969 recruit graduation reviews, and several 1966 Police and Fire Academy graduation ceremony programs.

Conditions Governing Access

None.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift from Soto Construction Services in 2010.

Archives accession # 2010.0070

Preferred Citation

Pittsburgh Police Academy Records, 1950-1971, MSS 0632 , Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Alex J. Toner on 11/1/11.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.

Separated Materials

Two oversized materials are associated with this collection. "A Night with Chief Mayer DeRoy" 1990 signed poster, and a 1988 recruitment poster "Where do you fit in? – Become a Pittsburgh Police Officer"

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Federal Bureau of Investigation-United States

    Geographic Names

    • Pittsburgh (Pa.)

    Other Subjects

    • Police--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh

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