We are looking for volunteers for our Oral History Video Podcast Series.
We are very fortunate to have MCN-6 as our production partner for the video podcasts
Michael Rainville is the host, and if you join us, he will be asking you the following questions:
- What motivated you to become a police officer?
- Who was the most influential person in your career in the Minneapolis Police Department? What lessons did that person teach you?
- What kinds of friendships and camaraderie did you form on the job and with whom? Whom did you trust and depend on and why?
- What was your favorite part of the job and why?
- Of all of your contributions to the Minneapolis Police Department, which make you most proud and why?
- What would you want to share with future generations about your experiences, and your feelings about your profession?
We are proud and grateful for this opportunity to preserve your stories for historians and for future generations.
We have openings on August 19, September 2, and September 16 and September 30, if you would like to join us.
You can watch the video podcasts of Retired Sergeant Jeffery Grates, Retired Lieutenant Shirleen Hoffman and Retired Sergeant Arthur Hart by clicking here: https://mplspolicemuseum.org/podcasts/
Please reach out to us if you would like to be part of this important project: info@mplspolicemuseum.org
Thank you!
L to R: Sergeant Joseph Elliott and Officer Leo Bessner sort out 30 food baskets collected by the Minneapolis Police Department at the Bryant Avenue Station. The baskets were delivered to needy families on Christmas 1941. Photograph courtesy of Hennepin County Library