Finding aid for the Los Angeles Police Department crime log book 7063
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2018 March
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Los Angeles Police Department crime log book
creator:
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Identifier/Call Number: 7063
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 log book
Date: 1925
Abstract: LAPD log book with handwritten entries detailing the work assignments, crimes covered, and property recovered for and by a
few patrolmen for the year 1925. The log book begins with an alphabetical index, listing individuals from whom property was
recovered, and ends with logs of expenses incurred. The bulk of the log book is daily entries on preprinted pages that allow
the officers to identify captain, date, cases assigned, title and character of cases, cases closed, arrests, and to include
a narrative account of their shift. The last page of the log book is made up of 5 preprinted columns: "White/Negroes/Mexicans/Japanese/Chinese",
presumably to log arrests in each of these ethnicities; this page was not filled in. The officers who kept the log are identified
only by last names: McGowan, Marden, Mortensen, Gillett.
Container: 1
LAPD log book with handwritten entries detailing the work assignments, crimes covered, and property recovered for and by a
few patrolmen for the year 1925. The log book begins with an alphabetical index, listing individuals from whom property was
recovered, and ends with logs of expenses incurred. The bulk of the log book is daily entries on preprinted pages that allow
the officers to identify captain, date, cases assigned, title and character of cases, cases closed, arrests, and to include
a narrative account of their shift. The last page of the log book is made up of 5 preprinted columns: "White/Negroes/Mexicans/Japanese/Chinese",
presumably to log arrests in each of these ethnicities; this page was not filled in. The officers who kept the log are identified
only by last names: McGowan, Marden, Mortensen, Gillett. The bulk of the daily entries are descriptions of routine patrols,
but Mortensen and Gillett were involved in a few more interesting cases. On August 22, they were assigned to assist in investigating
the Hellman bank robbery, which the Los Angeles Times called "the city's most spectacular gun battle", and in October they
assisted with the arrest of an accused child molester.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Los Angeles Police Department crime log book, Collection no. 7063, Regional History Collection,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from The Book Shop, February 15, 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
Logs (records)
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department -- Archives