Police -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo -- History
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ardis Pierce and Wayne Loney Collection
The Kalamazoo Police Department traces its beginnings to 1882. These ledgers record a variety of calls the department received many of which dealt with animals, both alive and deceased, theft, assaults, lost items, accidents, missing children, rubbish, dangerous sidewalks and people who were inebriated.The entries record the reports but do not cover what the police did to deal with what was being reported.
Driving While Black in Kalamazoo Pamphlet
The collection is composed of one undated pamphlet published by the Southwest Michigan Coalition against Racism and Police Brutality about racial profiling.
Orville Sternburgh Police Journals
The collection is composed of four journals compiled by Detective Orville J. Sternburgh of the Kalamazoo Police Department from 1922 until 1929.