Archival Box
Administration : Portland Police Bureau Internal Communications
Friday, January 1, 1954
Sunday, December 31, 1961
A2014-004
B/41299
The administration series contains the operational records of the Portland Police Bureau and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement (NOBLE). Operational records include general orders, memos, forms, memoranda, and by-laws. The Portland Police Bureau internal communications subseries contains police bureau orders and memos sent from the chief’s office to bureau personnel that are organized by year. The orders and memos are categorized using different acronyms; P.O. are personnel orders; P.T. are all assignments, transfers, retirements, and deaths of sworn officers or civilian employees; G.O. are general orders; S.O. are special orders that deal with assignments to specific events or duties, items of interest to bureau personnel, or miscellaneous orders not included in other categories; P.D. are all disciplinary actions concerning any member of the bureau.
