Archival Box
Reserves : Auxiliary, specials, veterans, guard and patrol
Monday, January 1, 1945
Monday, December 31, 1979
A2014-004
B/41311
The reserves series contains records related to the Portland Police Bureau’s police reserves and the police academy. Records include newspaper clippings, documents, reports, photographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, tests, grades, and schedules. The reserves subseries contains news clippings, documents, reports, and photographs regarding the Portland Police Bureau’s police reserves which includes the auxiliary police, assistant police, special police, and the veterans’ guard and patrol. The reserves are typically volunteers or part-time officers of a regular police force. They assist with general law enforcement and crime prevention duties to supplement the full-time, regular police officers. This series includes police reserves trainings, meeting minutes, operational guidelines, calendars and papers, correspondence, reports, statistics, photographs, and interview transcripts.
