Title: Professional Policemen's Protective Association of Milwaukee Records
Inclusive Dates: 1909-1971

Creator:

• Professional Policemen's Protective Association of Milwaukee

Call Number: Milwaukee Micro 11; Micro 516

Quantity: 2 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

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

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Records of a voluntary benefit association, founded in 1909 by Milwaukee city police officers, which later developed into a police labor union. Included is a 1968 constitution and bylaws; minutes, 1909-1971; and a financial journal, 1942-1963, containing annual reports, 1942-1956.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0516

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The Professional Policemen's Protective Association of Milwaukee (PPPA) is a voluntary benefit organization open to all city police officers. It was founded in 1909 to protect members in civil suits stemming from false arrests or other duty-related actions. Its original name was the Policemen's Protective Association of the City of Milwaukee.

Since its formation, the association has steadily broadened its rolls and increased services and benefits provided to members. In the early years, activity was primarily restricted to paying legal fees for members involved in court actions. Subsequently, the PPPA began paying judgments and penalties arising from court actions, paying for damages incurred in the line of duty to officers' uniforms and personal property, and offering group life and health insurance to members. The association has also adopted other characteristics of the modern labor union. It actively lobbies in Milwaukee's city government and the state legislature, handles members' grievances against the police department, and is the collective bargaining unit for the city's patrol officers. Along these lines the association authorized a widely publicized limited work stoppage in 1969 known as the “blue flu.”

Acquisition Information

Loaned for microfilming by the PPPA, Septmber 16, 1973. Accession Number: M73-254

Processing Information

Processed by Harry Miller, October 11, 1973.

Reel   1	Constitution and By-Laws, 1968
	Minutes
Reel   1	1909-1959
Reel   2	1960-1971
Reel   2	Financial Journal, 1942-1963