C. Erwin Piper Technical Center, 555 Ramirez Street, Space 320, Los Angeles, California 90012, USA City of Los Angeles. City Archives and Records Center http://clerk.lacity.org/city-archives-and-records-center michael.holland@lacity.org public domain; released under license Creative Commons CC0 "no rights reserved"; please credit "University of Southern California Digital Library
Description
The 25th man: A story of the Los Angeles Police Department and its men. Film demonstrating the training process for a police officer, 1962. Shows the application process, physical training, physical examination, classroom training in ethics, the Police Academy, taking report on a liquor store robbery, automobile accident victim handling, patrol car operation, fingerprint analysis, death investigation, drug training, record keeping, shooting range, hand-to-hand fighting, traffic, crowd control, divisions within the LAPD, graduation, on the job training, dispatch, city views, airport, jail, forensics, the motor fleet and its maintenance, evidence storage, records automation, Police Department publications, interacting with the public, crime statistics and analysis. Originally with sound, this version silent.
Type
moving image
Format
1 film reel (28:39): silent, b&w 16mm, optical documentary films video/mp4
150 North Los Angeles Street 1880 Academy Drive 34.052249,-118.241277 34.082104,-118.241592 California Los Angeles Police Academy Parker Center Los Angeles USA
Source
Los Angeles City Archives [Contributing entity] disk 1913744; original filename The25thMan; original filename LAPD1_25TH_MAN_AVI_2398_2CH [Identifier]
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