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St. Paul Police Oral History Project: Interview with Carolen Fay Gesin Bailey

St. Paul Police Oral History Project: Interview with Carolen Fay Gesin Bailey

Titles: St. Paul Police Oral History Project: Interview with Carolen Fay Gesin Bailey (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Carolen Fay Bailey was appointed policewoman for the St. Paul Bureau of Police July 17, 1961. She was promoted to Sergeant December 25, 1971 and Lieutenant May 25, 1985. She retired January 31, 1991. During her career she was Minnesota Association Women Officer of the Year in 1980 and Minnesota Assistant Commissioner of Public Safety 1992-1997. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life and college; having kids and working in the Welfare Department and the Police Department; having to quit because of her pregnancy; women coming into the Police Department; promotion to sergeant; working with juveniles and the positives of working in the Police department versus social work; undercover work; being protected by other officers; guns and shooting; being promoted to lieutenant and doing roll call; Ramsey County Child Abuse team and Sexual Offense Services; family reaction to her career; Sackett case; Black Muslims threatening Carolen; reviewing Carolen's eleven police scrapbooks; working VICE; helping other women in the department; working in Sex Homicide; working patrol; mentors; uniforms; proudest moments.

Dates

  • 05/10/2007 - 05/25/2007 (Interviews conducted 5/10/2007, 5/18/2007 and 5/25/2007.) (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 132.1
  • Accession Number: AV2011.28.1

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

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Quantity: 117 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: text

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