gr00692.xml Hennepin County: Edina: Police Department: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

 Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, February 2013 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Edina (Minn.). Police Department. Records. 1955-2003. Materials in English. Records documenting the activities of the Edina police department. 5.10 cubic feet (6 boxes and 1 partial box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Included are annual reports, staff meeting summaries, traffic safety meeting indexes, a police manual, booking photographs, and lock-up registers.

 ARRANGEMENT

Arranged in the following sections:

Administrative Records, 1960-1992 Booking Photographs, circa 1992-2003 Lock-up Registers, 1955-1985 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Police -- Minnesota -- Edina -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Police administration -- Minnesota -- Edina. Prisoners -- Minnesota -- Edina -- Photographs. Prisoners -- Minnesota -- Edina -- Registers. Traffic safety -- Minnesota. Document Types: Photographs. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Edina (Minn.). Police Department. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 2012-76; 2013-3

 Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 007637004

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION Administrative records, 1960-1992 114.D.3.1B Annual reports, 1960-1985.

Annual reports for police department, earlier reports include annual reports for specific units within the Edina Police Department.

 Department staff meeting summaries: 1979-1881. 3 folders. 114.D.3.2F 1982-1984. 3 folders. Traffic safety committee meeting indexes, 1967-1989. Police manual, 1967-1992. 7 folders.

Includes General Orders. 1968-1992; Procedural Directives, 1964-1990; and Memorandums, 1967-1987. Each section contains both rescinded and active information. The active sections are indexed, the rescinded are not.

Booking Photographs, circa 1992-2003

Arranged in rough alphabetical order by surname.

Color photographs; majority are from 1999-2000.

 114.E.11.7B-1 A-G. 114.E.11.7B-2 H-M. 114.E.11.8F-1 N-T. 114.E.11.8F-2 U-Z. Lockup Registers, 1955-1985

Recorded information about people being held in the jails. Each volume has its own index.

 114.E.11.8F-2 September 15, 1955-September 9, 1990. 2 volumes.

Includes two sections: Register of Tramps Lodged (but not committed) and Register of All Persons Committed. Data, gathered upon registration, may include date and time lodged/committed, prisoner's number, name, marital status, gender, resident or non-resident, age, where born, where parents born, offense, by whom received/arresting officer, names of witnesses, amount of money on person, property on person, why discharged, amount of bail, and remarks.

 September 1960-December 1967. 2 volumes.

Page title: Register of All Persons Committed. Data, gathered upon registration, may include date and time committed, prisoner's number, name, marital status, gender, resident or non-resident, age, where born, where parents born, offense, arresting officer, names of witnesses, amount of money on person, property on person, why discharged, amount of bail, and remarks.

 114.I.8.5B-2 1968-1985.3 folders and 2 volumes.

Page title: Register of All Adults Confined in the Lockup At. Data, gathered upon registration, may include name, address, birthdates, age, height, hair, eyes, complexion, special marks or peculiarities, history, reason held, code, charge or offense, code, by what authority held and by whom arrested, date admitted, date released, days confined, sentence in days, reason for release, code, unusual behavior code, previous admissions in past three years, drinking involved, work release, bail, FBI or BCA number, and remarks.

 January 1968—June 30, 1978. 2 folders. August 21, 1972-October 19, 1972, July 1978-December 1980. 1 volume. January 1981-August 14, 1983. 1 folder. August 1983-September 1985. 1 volume.