Seattle Municipal Archives Guide
ID: 1802-H8
Record Group: Seattle Police Department
- Record Series: Police Department Annual Reports
-
1894
-2009
- 1.8 cubic feet
- 1.8 cubic feet
Seattle Police Department Annual Reports date from 1894 to 2009. Reports include a variety of statistics, including c
ause of arrests, occupations, nativity, and age of persons arrested. Police Court reports, where they exist, are include
d in this
series. Police Telephone and Telegraph System reports are included in some years, as are reports of the Woman's Protecti
ve Division. The 1904 report of the Humane Officer is included in this series as well. By 1945, the reports include geog
raphical
statistics on crime rates and traffic division statistics by precinct; in 1955 the reports begin to include this informa
tion by census tract. Description of the Rehabilitation Camp, later called the Police Department Rehabilitation Project,
begins in
1948 and ends in 1961 when the project ended. From the mid-1950s to 1970, the reports consist almost entirely of statist
ics with little narrative. Only two reports exist for the 1970s. Police Pension reports for 1964 and 1965 are included i
n this
series.
Location:
Seattle Municipal Archives
Finding Aids:
Folder List
EAD Guide to the Police Department Ann
ual Reports
Corporate Name Subjects:
Seattle (Wash.). Police Dept..
Topical Subjects:
Criminal Offenses
Geographical Subjects:
Seattle
Seattle (Wash.)