St. Paul Police Oral History Project: Interview with Thomas Walsh

Titles: St. Paul Police Oral History Project: Interview with Thomas Walsh (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Thomas Walsh was appointed to patrolman for the St. Paul Police Department on May 22, 1972. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1983, to Acting Lieutenant in 1984 to Acting Commander 2001. Thomas retired June 28, 2002. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Working with juveniles; intuition; early life, college and Vietnam; maintaining a marriage being a cop; training on the job; delivering babies and DOA situations; reluctance to carry a gun; team policing; death notifications; women coming into the department; black officers coming into the department; being a good partner; Jerry Vick and his death; having a healthy home life after work; favorite memories; comparing St Paul Police to other departments.

Dates

• 12/14/2005 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewee: Walsh, Thomas

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 132.11
• Accession Number: AV2011.28.11

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 64 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: text

Subjects

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