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Box 1

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Accident Reports - original volumes, 1941-1948

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

Reports on traffic accidents. Entries give name of officer, name of all parties, date, place, time and history of the accident. Hand drawn pictures accompany the statements.

Dates: 1941-1948

04.04.00 General Records Committee on Criminal Administration, 1968-1969

 Sub-Series — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

The general records include the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, reports on activities and finances of the Committee, the Committee's Planning Newsletter, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1968-1969

04.04.02 Minutes Committee on Criminal Administration, 1968-1972

 Sub-Series — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

Minutes of regular and special meetings of the full committee, and minutes of the executive committee. The minutes relate the business of the committee and the action taken.

Dates: 1968-1972

04.04.03 Receipts and Disbursement Reports Committee on Criminal Administration, 1968-1970

 Sub-Series — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

The reports detail monies received, mainly from the federal government and expenditures made, including grants to local law enforcement agencies.

Dates: 1968-1970

Directories and Rosters, 1961 - 1962, 1965 - 1968

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

The directories and rosters are for Wyoming municipalities, the Cheyenne Police Department Chiefs and Wyoming County Sheriffs.

Dates: 1961 - 1962; 1965 - 1968

Newspaper Clippings, circa 1962-1966

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

The newspaper clippings primarily concern Cheyenne Chief of Police James W. Byrd, a black man; and the safety of ambulances and other emergency vehicles.

Dates: circa 1962-1966

Rules, Regulations, and Directives, 1961, 1967, 1973

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

The rules, regulations and directives include the police classification systems and the duties of each position, qualifications, procedures for termination, personnel conduct, appearance standards, behavioral standards and rules of discipline.

Dates: 1961; 1967; 1973

Department Reports, 1965, 1967-1968

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

One report (1965) concerns the K9 Corps, and summarizes the use of police dogs and their maintenance costs. The other reports, statistically, summarize arrests and criminal offense in Cheyenne.

Dates: 1965; 1967-1968

Incoming General Correspondence, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

Most of the correspondence is routine, job applications, expressions of thanks, etc. One letter alleges excessive use of force in the arrest of an unarmed black man and callous neglect of him while he needed medical care.

Dates: 1963; 1965; 1967; 1969

Emergency Vehicles Correspondence, 1962 - 1963

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

This correspondence concerns police authorization of ambulance services to use red lights and sirens in emergencies and then the revocation of that authorization.

Dates: 1962 - 1963