Progress Report Austin: The Austin Police Force (1961)

Duration: 27:25:00

Year Published: 1961

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This episode of Progress Report Austin documents the Austin Police Department in 1961. Chief of Police Robert Miles outlines the police department’s four divisions, describes statistics and figures on employment and crime, and encourages Austin's citizens to help their police force. Then, Gordon Wilkison, the director of the television program, follows and documents the average day of an Austin patrol officer. A brief illustration of the policeman training process ends the episode.