St. Paul Police Oral History Project: Interview with Deborah Gilbreath Montgomery

Titles: St. Paul Police Oral History Project: Interview with Deborah Gilbreath Montgomery (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Deborah Gilbreath Montgomery was appointed police officer for the St. Paul Police Department on September 8, 1975. She was promoted to Sergeant in 1987, to Lieutenant in 1998, to Commander in 2000, and Senior Commander 2003. Deborah retired July 31, 2003. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Being the first woman to become a St. Paul Police Officer; becoming a cop; physical tests to become a police officer; police academy; difficulties dealing with deaths on the job; partners; being black and a woman within the department; developing young officers; Carolen Bailey; traveling with the International Association of Women Police to China and Russia; comparing women police in other departments; working nights; losing a partner; taking the position of Assistant Commissioner of Public Safety for the State of Minnesota; working in the Juvenile Department; community policing.

Dates

• 05/24/2004 - 01/30/2007 (Interviews conducted 5/24/2004, 7/11/2005 and 1/30/2007.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewee: Montgomery, Deborah Gilbreath - Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 132.9
• Accession Number: AV2011.28.9

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 83 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: text

Subjects

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