Kevin J. Mullen San Francisco Police Department collection
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Title: Kevin J. Mullen San Francisco Police Department collection
Dates: 1932-2008
Collection Number: SFH 479
Creator/Collector:
Mullen, Kevin J., 1935-
Extent: 19 cartons
Repository:
San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco History Center
San Francisco, California 94102
Abstract: Collection includes both material generated by the San Francisco Police Department and Mullen's research files and correspondence
relating to the history of the department's operations and personnel.
Language of Material: English
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[Identification of item]. Kevin J. Mullen San Francisco Police Department collection. Collection Number: SFH 479. San Francisco
Public Library. San Francisco History Center
Gift, 2010.
Biography/Administrative History
Kevin J. Mullen was born in San Francisco in 1935 and joined the San Francisco Police Department in 1959. He rose through
the ranks and worked as head of Field Operations at the time of the 1979 White Night riots. He retired in 1986 as deputy chief.
Following retirement, he published several books about the history of policing and crime in San Francisco. He died in Novato,
California in 2011.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection includes Mullen’s research files, notes, and correspondence about the San Francisco Police Department, and
also includes material generated by the Police Department. The earliest original material is San Francisco newspaper clippings
relating to the Frank Egan case, 1932, and the latest is a Performance Executive Research Forum (PERF) report, 2008. In Mullen’s
research files, Subject and Biographical files include photocopies of newspaper articles, many dating from the 19th century.
Original newsprint clippings date roughly 1980-2008. Series include: SFPD Murder Books; SFPD Management Surveys and Reports;
SFPD Annual Reports; After Action Reports; Assorted Manuals; Alpha Bios; Subject Files Alpha; Police Chrono; Frank Egan case.
Crime--California--San Francisco--History.
Homicide--California--San Francisco--History.
Criminal justice, Administration of--California--San Francisco--History 19th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of--California--San Francisco--History 20th century.
Police--California--San Francisco--History--19th century.
Police--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
Egan, Frank J. -- Trials, litigation, etc.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Police Department.
San Francisco (Calif.)--History.
Annual reports
Handbooks and manuals