City and County of Denver Dept. of Safety and Excise Police Dept. Records
Scope and Contents
Includes police surgeon records; police docket; newspaper clippings; police lab book; safety sign information, photographs.
Dates
- 1900-1982
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
Biographical / Historical
Officially established by city charter in 1861. In 1891 a metropolitan police system was established under a board of commissioners appointed by the governor. In 1901 the department was returned to municipal control by the adoption of a home rule amendment.
Extent
11 Boxes
34 oversize folios
4 Volumes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Lt. Mike Morahan, Captain Gary Graham, City and County of Denver, 1985, 1989, 2007, 2008.
File Plan
One volume, police surgeon 9/4/1951-1/1/1952 returned as a permanent loan to the Denver Police Dept. in 1985.
General
Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.
General
Collection includes former C Photo Collection 241.
- Police -- Colorado -- Denver. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Police reports -- Colorado -- Denver. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository