Title: Latin American Police Officer Oral Histories
Inclusive Dates: 2012-2014

Creator:

• Antonio G. Guajardo Jr.

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 369

Quantity: 21 digital files (3.64 GB)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Collection consists of interviews with retired and active Latinx American police officers in the Milwaukee area. Officers share their background and experiences being an officer and Latinx, past and present.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0369

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From 2012 to 2014, retired Milwaukee police officer Antonio G. Guajardo Jr. collected eleven interviews of Latinx officers, retired and active, as a part of a resurch study called the "Milwaukee Police Department: The Latino Police Experience". The purpose of the research study was to study the experiece of Latino Police Officers in the City of Milwaukee Police Department. In 2016, the interviews were donated to the UWM Archives, but consent forms for only three were given to the archives.

This collection contains 11 digital audio files of interviews from the Milwaukee Police Department: The Latino Police Experience, created between 2012 to 2014. Interviews vary between 10-75 minutes, depending on the interviewee. Topics include officers' educational background, prejudices faced both in getting trained as an officer as well as on the job, how being a Latinx police officer can have a positive affect on a predominantly Latinx community, and other experiences as an officer in the Milwaukee community.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject. The interviewees whose consent forms are not in the archives are grouped into one unlisted entry to not reveal their identities.

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Access Restrictions

Only three interviews, which have both an IRB and a consent form, are accessible to the public. The rest are restricted until the Archives is given a consent form, signed by the interviewees. There are no other access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Processing Information

Shiraz Bhathena processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in 2021.

Electronic Folder	Ball, Denita, 2013 October 17 Physical Description: 1 digital file (26 min., 43 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Gonzales, Luis, Jr., 2012 December 26 Physical Description: 1 digital file (55 min., 4 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Villarreal, Ramona, 2013 October 14 Physical Description: 2 digital file (14 min., 48 sec.; 11 min., 1 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Restricted interviews, 8 total Physical Description: 17 digital files (2.58 GB)