St. Paul Police Oral History Project: Interview with Wilfred O. Jyrkas

Titles: St. Paul Police Oral History Project: Interview with Wilfred O. Jyrkas (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Wilfred O. Jyrkas became a St. Paul Police patrolman July 29, 1949. He was promoted to Sergeant, August 11, 1960 to Lieutenant, December 14, 1985, and to Captain, November 29, 1971. Wilfred retired August 28, 1986. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Decision to become a policeman; learning on the job; police work during the 1930s; policing the Flats neighborhood; the murder of Allen Lee; using and not using a gun; how his experience in the military helped him with police work; how the department has changed; diversity in the department; James Griffin suing St. Paul for being passed over for Chief Deputy; Debbie Montgomery; women coming into the department; detaining criminals; working alone compared to working with a partner; notifying families of a death.

Dates

• 11/18/2008 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewee: Jyrkas, Wilfred

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 132.6
• Accession Number: AV2011.28.6

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'St. Paul Police Oral History Project' <OH 132>

Quantity: 58 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: text

Subjects

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