Dear MomRip, I am going on my rapidly failing memory. When I wanted copies of the St. Louis Police Dept.'s records, I was told that unless the person was collecting a pension or actively employed at a certain date, all prior records had been lost/destroyed-something like that. I think the year was 1956 for the cut off. Anyway, all three of mine were either collecting a pension (my grandfather died in 1961, my grandmother's 1/2 brother died in 1959) and my uncle was still a cop in 1959. What I got were photocopies of a card with date of hire, promotions, residence, retirement date, badge number. My grandfather was 67 years old when he retired and didn't have to qualify for the gun stuff-sort of scary. There were also photographs attached to the employment record but looking at my grandfather's and my grandmother's 1/2 brother, they were taken later in their careers. The address that I have from July 2001 for the police records is: St. Louis Metro Police Detp. Police Headquarters 1200 Clark Ave. St. Louis MO 63103-2845 (314)444-5555 and (314) 444-5590 Sharon Browning If you have fireman, you can write or call the following as of July 2001: Dept. of Public Safety Headquarters Complex 1421 N. Jefferson St. Louis MO 63106-2100 (314) 533-3406 Robert Pauly Since your relative may have been a policeman prior to 1910, the St. Louis Public Library has a book called "History of the Metropolitan Police Department of St. Louis 1810-1910 which has pictures of police officers and for some, a brief biography. The index to the book was published the St. Louis Genealogical Society's quarterly but I don't know where my copy is at this time. The pictures seem to go in somewhat alphabetical order for the pages that I have. Email Kathy Smith at the library. If you need a lookupon the index, I could try to find the quarterly but it might take awhile. The pages I have, have names that start with F and L plus a few Cs. What is the name of your relative? [email protected] Georgia [email protected] wrote: > I'm hoping this wonderful list can help me. How or where do I access records > on a deceased St. Louis Police Officer? My uncle was 65 when he passed away > in 1951. Doubt that he was retired yet. Need to find as much info as > possible on him. Thanks............ > > Lea in KCMO digging up ROOTS in the Following Trees~~~~~~~~~~~ > BLUMFELDER, GERST, MUELLER/MULLER, RIPPER, SIRTAK/CIRTAUTAS, VONDER HAAR > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or if you are on the Digest List [email protected]

I was able to obtain very little but..the St.Louis Police Academy Library did send what they said was avail.from annual reports, this was in 2003. My rellies were emply.1922-27. I remember she mentioned that records burned in 1950 of early officers. Barbara Miksicek (librarian) prior 1947 or Edna Fisher of Human Resource Dept. Metropolitian Police Dept. her records start 1950 1200 Clark Ave. St.Louis 63103 Hope this helps. Nannette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgia Clark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] How Dones One Find Records Of St. Louis Police Officers? > Dear MomRip, > > I am going on my rapidly failing memory. When I wanted copies of the St. > Louis Police Dept.'s records, I was told that unless the person was > collecting a pension or actively employed at a certain date, all prior > records had been lost/destroyed-something like that. I think the year was > 1956 for the cut off. Anyway, all three of mine were either collecting a > pension (my grandfather died in 1961, my grandmother's 1/2 brother > died in 1959) and my uncle was still a cop in 1959. What I got were > photocopies of a card with date of hire, promotions, residence, retirement > date, badge number. My grandfather was 67 years old when he retired and > didn't have to qualify for the gun stuff-sort of scary. There were also > photographs attached to the employment record but looking at my > grandfather's and my grandmother's 1/2 brother, they were taken later in > their > careers. > > The address that I have from July 2001 for the police records is: > > St. Louis Metro Police Detp. > Police Headquarters > 1200 Clark Ave. > St. Louis MO 63103-2845 > (314)444-5555 and (314) 444-5590 Sharon Browning > > If you have fireman, you can write or call the following as of July 2001: > > Dept. of Public Safety > Headquarters Complex > 1421 N. Jefferson > St. Louis MO 63106-2100 > (314) 533-3406 Robert Pauly > > Since your relative may have been a policeman prior to 1910, the St. Louis > Public Library has a book called "History of the Metropolitan Police > Department of St. Louis 1810-1910 which has pictures of police officers > and for some, a brief biography. The index to the book was published the > St. Louis Genealogical Society's quarterly but I don't know where my copy > is at this time. The pictures seem to go in somewhat alphabetical > order for the pages that I have. Email Kathy Smith at the library. If > you need a lookupon the index, I could try to find the quarterly but it > might take awhile. The pages I have, have names that start with F and L > plus a few Cs. What is the name of your relative? > > [email protected] > > Georgia > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > I'm hoping this wonderful list can help me. How or where do I access > > records > > on a deceased St. Louis Police Officer? My uncle was 65 when he passed > > away > > in 1951. Doubt that he was retired yet. Need to find as much info as > > possible on him. Thanks............ > > > > Lea in KCMO digging up ROOTS in the Following Trees~~~~~~~~~~~ > > BLUMFELDER, GERST, MUELLER/MULLER, RIPPER, SIRTAK/CIRTAUTAS, VONDER HAAR > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send > > only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or > > if you are on the Digest List [email protected] > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website > (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a > look. > >

Could there be PBA union info? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgia Clark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] How Dones One Find Records Of St. Louis Police Officers? > Dear MomRip, > > I am going on my rapidly failing memory. When I wanted copies of the St. > Louis Police Dept.'s records, I was told that unless the person was > collecting a pension or actively employed at a certain date, all prior > records had been lost/destroyed-something like that. I think the year was > 1956 for the cut off. Anyway, all three of mine were either collecting a > pension (my grandfather died in 1961, my grandmother's 1/2 brother > died in 1959) and my uncle was still a cop in 1959. What I got were > photocopies of a card with date of hire, promotions, residence, retirement > date, badge number. My grandfather was 67 years old when he retired and > didn't have to qualify for the gun stuff-sort of scary. There were also > photographs attached to the employment record but looking at my > grandfather's and my grandmother's 1/2 brother, they were taken later in > their > careers. > > The address that I have from July 2001 for the police records is: > > St. Louis Metro Police Detp. > Police Headquarters > 1200 Clark Ave. > St. Louis MO 63103-2845 > (314)444-5555 and (314) 444-5590 Sharon Browning > > If you have fireman, you can write or call the following as of July 2001: > > Dept. of Public Safety > Headquarters Complex > 1421 N. Jefferson > St. Louis MO 63106-2100 > (314) 533-3406 Robert Pauly > > Since your relative may have been a policeman prior to 1910, the St. Louis > Public Library has a book called "History of the Metropolitan Police > Department of St. Louis 1810-1910 which has pictures of police officers > and for some, a brief biography. The index to the book was published the > St. Louis Genealogical Society's quarterly but I don't know where my copy > is at this time. The pictures seem to go in somewhat alphabetical > order for the pages that I have. Email Kathy Smith at the library. If > you need a lookupon the index, I could try to find the quarterly but it > might take awhile. The pages I have, have names that start with F and L > plus a few Cs. What is the name of your relative? > > [email protected] > > Georgia > > > > [email protected] wrote: > >> I'm hoping this wonderful list can help me. How or where do I access >> records >> on a deceased St. Louis Police Officer? My uncle was 65 when he passed >> away >> in 1951. Doubt that he was retired yet. Need to find as much info as >> possible on him. Thanks............ >> >> Lea in KCMO digging up ROOTS in the Following Trees~~~~~~~~~~~ >> BLUMFELDER, GERST, MUELLER/MULLER, RIPPER, SIRTAK/CIRTAUTAS, VONDER HAAR >> >> ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== >> If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send >> only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or >> if you are on the Digest List [email protected] > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website > (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a > look. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 4/27/2005 > >