Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Los Angeles Police Department collection
Creator:
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Identifier/Call Number: 7118
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1951-1968
Abstract: A collection of materials created by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for internal communications and external community
relations relating to law enforcement. The collection contains eighteen issues of the LAPD's
Daily Training Bulletin (1951-1952); the text of a 1955 speech by W. H. Parker titled "The Police Role in Community Relations" (printed in the form
of an extended
Daily Training Bulletin; an operational handbook for internal use by LAPD personnel detailing the extensive security plan for Nikita Khrushchev's
1959 visit to Los Angeles; and the text of an address given by LAPD Chief Thomas Reddin in 1968 titled "Law Enforcement in
a Complex Society."
Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Contents
A collection of materials created by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for internal communications and external community
relations relating to law enforcement. The collection contains eighteen issues of the LAPD's
Daily Training Bulletin (1951-1952); the text of a 1955 speech by W. H. Parker titled "The Police Role in Community Relations" (printed in the form
of an extended
Daily Training Bulletin; an operational handbook for internal use by LAPD personnel detailing the extensive security plan for Nikita Khrushchev's
1959 visit to Los Angeles; and the text of an address given by LAPD Chief Thomas Reddin in 1968 titled "Law Enforcement in
a Complex Society."
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Los Angeles Police Department collection, Collection no. 7118, Regional History Collection,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Walkabout Books, March 8, 2021.
Processing Information
Many of the descriptive notes in this finding aid were adapted from descriptions by the immediate source of the material,
Walkabout Books.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Police administration -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Police training -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Police-community relations -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Bulletins
Handbooks
Speeches (documents)
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department -- Archives
Parker, William H. (William Henry), 1902-1966 -- Archives