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Annual Report NEW YORK STATE POLICE For the Year 1978 NCJRS

'dUN 1 5 1981

ACQUISITIONS

COVER A zone sergeant makes an appearance in full uniform in England during a Rotary International study exchange program.

A probationary trooper takes notes as his 1'1 seflior trooper questions witnesses at a theft \l scene. Peekskill Evening Star photo by Cathy McDonald. Governor Hugh L. Carey

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/' upsurge from last year's 555,990. Il1I..\luded in that figure is an all-time record 328,089 speeding arrests com­ 1978 pared to the erstwhilFJ record set in 1977 of 299,169. Driving while intoxicated arrests jumped from 10,840 to 12,413. Fatal accident Reviewing investigations increased during 1978 the 61st Year by 38 to 492. * * * DUring 1978, State Police arrests Highlights of 1978: rose 13.2 percent to 687,861, compar­ ed to 597,199 recorded in 1977. Groundbreaking signals the stat't of construction of a 13.8 million State Police • State Police continued to pre­ facility at Ray Brook at which security for the 1980 Olympics will be coordinat­ The total number Df offenses known pare for the monumental task of ed. At left, facing camera, is the late Ronald MacKettzie, president of the Lake or reported increased 14.1 percent in supervising all security and public Placid Olympic Organizing Committee, who died at year's end. Next to him are one year, rising from 696,140 to safety efforts at the 1980 Winter Sup,erintendent Connelie and Asst. Dep. Supt. Jerome J. McNulty, head of the 794,568. Accident investigations rose Olympic Games at Lake Placid. Of a Unifomt Force, followed by Tom Monroe, regional director of ENCON; Mayor Robert Peacock of Lake Placid, Frank Jasmine, Governor's program associate; slightly from 49,009 to 49,422. police contingent of more than 1,000 Johtl Egan of the Office of General Services, and Rev. J. Bernard Fell of the officers, close to three-quarters are Olympic committee. A general uptrend in most expected to be State Police members. statistical categories was attributed Construction of a $3.8 million State vices were expanded with the October to a more intensified policing effort Police facility at Ray Brook to serve of the traditional scales was in tro­ 5 opening of the first regional office on most fronts coupled with an in­ as a command center for the Olympics duced, which will triple the number in Newburgh to serve the six-county crease in crime and disobedience remained on schedule; after the games of weighings-to about 100,OOO-the of traffic laws. it will become the new headquarters mid-Hudson region. A staff of 10 first year. for Troop B. handled 485 cases the first three The Division's total traffic ar­ months. At year's end, plans were • The State Police air fleet was rests reached 644,963, a dramatic • State Police Laboratory ser- being made to open a second regional expanded with the acquisition of a Laboratory at Binghamton in late Huey helicopter, an Army surplus 1979 to serve the Southern Tier. purchase .

• The most unique graduation • Addresses by Governor Carey ceremony in State Police annals saw highlighted graduation ceremonies for seven German shepherds receive their two recruit classes totaling 268 new diplomas at the Academy on Nov. 10 troopers. With another class in training at the end of 18 weeks of training. SP at year's end (Governor Carey was now has nine bio-sensor shepherds again scheduled to speak at a February capable of sniffing out explosives and 1979 graduation), the Division was drugs, and tracking lost persons and near its authorized strength. criminals. \ • The opening of 14 additional • The State Police Weighing State Police satellite offices brought Detail, which checks trucks on the the statewide tutal to 49. This expan­ state's highways, was doubled to more sion has improved response time, than 80 troopers in an intensified kept patrols on assigned posts, con­ Governor Carey addresses a basic school class at commellcement exercises on enforcement effort to curb overweight served energy by eliminating the need Feb. 3. Sharing the dais are, from left, Major George R. Tordy, training direc­ violations. A new electronic device to transport prisoners and complain­ tor; Superintendent Connelie, and First Deputy Supt. Robert D. Quick. which requires one-fifth of the time ants to and from control stations,

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• The largest numb(:)r of State Police members ever, six, shared the Brummer Award, the highest State Police award for bravery, bestowed at the second annual Awards Day ceremony.

• A large contingent of State Police athletes competed in the State Police officers and local state's Olympics for police on Long Two escapees from Erie County Correctional Facility, caught walking 25 miles from jail, officials mark the opening of are escorted by two troopers. Buffalo Courier-Express photo by Joe Traver. Island and came away with a stagger­ a new satellite office at ing 64 medals. Twenty of the eligible Charlton by examining a ter­ medalists competing in the Inter­ ritorial map. At year's end, State Police was operating The Uniform Foree national 'Police Olympics in San 49 satellite offices across the A patrolling trooper, called to an Diego, captured 16 medals. state, 14 of which began accident site, found several persons at­ pressuring her stomach and the rear operations during 1978. tempting to winch a car from a West­ axle closing in on her throat. He franti­ • A test in U .S. Distri~t Court chester County reservoir; it was upside cally dug a trench from the bumper to in Albany was in progress as 1979 The conviction rate for cases down, having cracked through five the axle, and summoned help from a dawned; awaited is a judge's decision adjudicated from State Police ar­ inches of ice, and a woman was trapped passerby with whom he pulled the woman out just in time. concerning a Justice Department co~­ rests was 86 percent, a one percent inside. He immediately gave direction tention that State Police is biased m drop from 1977 but still a testament to the volunteers, doffed his gun and to the high quality of arrests made by holster, and in full uniform jumped Two fishermen barely clinging to its employment practices. I.n esse?ce, their overturned boat on chilly Oneida the suit pits a newly-deslgned Job­ Division personnel. Convictions were into the frigid water. He emerged with the limp body of the driver. Both were Lake were rescued by a trooper who related examination involving a c~m­ obtained in 524 A05 cases, compared commandeered a boat and with firemen with 477,878 convictions in 1977. rushed to the hospital where the woman petitive written and physical examma­ died six hours later and the trooper, pulled them to safety. Two NQrth tion against a Justice Departm~nt suffering from exposure, was treated Countrytroopers,coming upon a parked insistence for a quota system to bnng Fines, fees, and the value of and released. horse van inside of which the driver w 'as about a quick, massive infusion of recovered property, and the proceeds trapped and being crushed and stomped by 15 equines, climbed to the roof minorities and women. At present, from the sale of used equipment The trooper's action, a ~roduct a~ld with a shovel pushed at horses lung the Division employs nearly 100 totaled $15,543,882, a decrease from of honed instincts, lengthy training enough to enable the injured man to the 1977 total of $17,715,337. and experience, plus a large dose of minority and female members. extricate himself. An elderly woman, Division vehicles traveled 53,845,100 bravery, is a crystallization of the finest attributes of the profession: the ability snowbound and enfeebled by starva­ * * * mi1~s, about 2.2 million miles more tion in her remote Schenectady County than in the previous year. _ to act swiftly and decisively to resolve a crisis. cottage, was saved by a trooper who trudged through chest-high snow to Such immediate and conclusive deliver food to her and her two cats venturesomeness is evident in these and then contacted several social other representative 1978 incidents agencies to assist her further. An off­ \ that saved lives: duty Schroon Lake trooper enjoying a church social jumped into action when A trooper, coming Upon a woman the postmaster suddenly rose and pinned under a partially jacked-up car grasped his throat with a choking following an accident on Interstate 81, gasp; while others looked on bewilder­ recognized a life-or-death situation ed, the trooper recognized his afflic­ tion, embraced the stricken man with Th e annr ..,~¥, ,),~, $,. -!'l .•. .. Jtrick's Day Parade alongP Newt' Yorkt City's Fifth Avenue is led by a State when the vehicle began to sink into Police color g .. .:.d followed by a large S con mgen . snow-softened mUd, with the muffler a Heimlich hug (sudden pressure above the intestines), dislodging a piece of -4- -5- ,

ment in traffic control then faced THE SECOND, AND LAST, GARROW MANHUNT other officers who had to guard against impeded respiration. A trooper was In 1973 the name of Robert Garrow became synonymous with a hospitalized in Rochester after a sudden cunning, deadiy woodsman. The largest manhunt in .State Po~ce history attack by a burglar who fled with his required II days to track down the multi-murderer In the ~dlfondacks. service revolver. The gun was quickly Once again, on Sept. 9, 1978, a huge force (State Police and Cor­ recovered in a field and the assailant rectional Services) was called into action when Garrow, thought to be was captured five hours after the attack paralyzed, escaped from Fishkill Correctional Facility. A farflung search by foot patrols involved in a massive manhunt. 'was initiated and two days later Garrow was killed in woods in a shootout with corrections officers after he had struck one by firing a gun smuggled into prison by his son; Garrow had managed to put only When homicides and unusual deaths cross a trooper's path, he is a mile between himself and the facility. invariably faced with a time-consuming investigation that tests his acumen. Near Syracuse, a jilted woman and her beef which enabled him to regain his driver made an obscene gesture and breath. friend kidnaped her former lover and became obstreperous. In trying to his new p:.Jramour and shot both; the handcuff him, the trooper found him­ new girl friend died and the man es­ * * * self in a deadly struggle in which the caped with a shoulder wound. A overwrought motorist attempted to trooper, acting on a tip! spotted their In fulfilling the variety of duties pull his service revolver from its holster, car and made the arrest. One of the that crowd his eight-hour shift on pledging, "I'm going to get you." With accused slayers was missing a heel of patrol, a trooper experiences the dark­ the aid of a passing trucker, the man her shoe, so the trooper assisted BCI est side of life in murder and suicide, was overpowered. A Thruway trooper investigators in a search that came up the pettiness of the whining motorist was hospitalized along with 21 other with the important piece of evidence. examining a well-deserved ticket, the officers and firemen when they were Another trooper patrolling around gratitude of a mother reunited with her A trooper detennines that this nosedive overcome by fumes in securing an acci­ Gouverneur was informed by a motor­ lost child, the seething hatred for his lat/ding tlear Remsen was caused by an dent site at which a tanker carrying ist that in a car ahead of his a rifle was intervention in a potentially deadly error of the pilot who had been licensed caustic acid split. A difficult assign- suddenly thrust out of a window and a only five days. Photo by Steve Charzuk. family feud, the mute bewilderment of shot was fired. The trooper's investi­ the injured at an accident, the frenzy of gation disclosed that the despondent the lunatic who can't cope with 'society gun wielder had borrowed a car, started for having an inadequate exhaust and must be subdued, and the besotted system. a church fire, then randomly fired at indignity of the souse pulled off the passersby. He said he had set a quota road before he can commit may­ Pursuits are fraught with danger hem. of shooting six people in one day, but he was apprehended after pursuit with and require that a trooper has nerves of the aid of local police; he had already steel as well as superior driving ability. A trooper may find his life un­ succeeded in killing an 81-year-old man One of the most difficult chases of expected at stake in what appears to be who was shoveling snow. A Thruway 1978 followed two abortive robberies an everyday assignment. Two troopers trooper eating at a Nyack restaurant of small grocery stores in Pennsylvania routinely checking two suspicious and Chemung County. The two bandits, saw the owner break up an altercation pedestrians on a Greenport bridge were driving a stolen car, were first spotted between two patrons and escort them suddenly confronted by a sawed-off in crossing the border, but eluded cap­ outside. There they threw the restau­ shotgun which one whipped out from ture until they attempted the second rateur to the ground and fled; the under his coat. In a struggle, the gun­ holdup. A trooper noticed their car \ trooper caught up with them. When wielder was disarmed, but then the on a secondary road and when hp ;H­ the proprietor died of his injUries, second man grabbed for one of the tempted to bring it to a stop it sped the pair was charged with homicide. troopers' sidearms ahd also had to be away, going the wrong way on a divided Two troopers, called when a couple subdued; both said they had planned highway. To complicate matters and to was found dead in their car outside a to rob the first person who offered ,; fuel a potentially disastrous situation, A trooper displays chain saws recovered I' Morrisvil1~ bar, were joined by the BCI them a ride. Another trooper, assigned ) the driver turned off his headlights. from a vehicle used in a Hartland famJ in determining that carbon monoxide to the Highway Task Force on Inter- implement store burglary. Lockport Union V While the trooper continued the chase was the cause, and that three weeks . state 684, was writing a ticket when the Sun & Journal photo by Byers Bachman • marked by several near-collisions, an earlier the car owner had been ticketed investigator heading in the opposite -6- -7- I •

forcement bodies only 30 minutes to trace the car and arrest three bandits.

Suicide attempts require pa­ tience and test the mettle of troopers. Possibly the most difficult such assignment confronted a trooper in Washington County when a motorist announced over Civilian Band radio that he was armed with an M-l rifle and threatened to kill himself and anyone trying to stop him. The troop­ er finally located the car and followed it, joined by other patrols. A five­ A Cooperstown Central School senior accepts the first Tpr. Robert M. Semrov Memorial Scholarship FUlld started by Troop C. The trooper, a graduate of the school, was killed hour drama followed, highlighted by i1l 1973 in the aftermath of a speeding arrest. a continuing exchange over radio in which pleas of surrender were staunch­ direction kept track of events via peaceably thanks to the alertness ly rejected. The episode ended when radio until he was within sight of the of troopers. One pair of dangerous the man fired a nonfatal round into culprit and then backed his .car across Two troopers cordon off a crime scene. felons slowed down when seeing his stomach and was then seized. A two lanes to protect a congested area. Peekskill Evening Star photo by Cathy troopers behind them in Ulster trooper at Buffalo engaged in conver­ McDonald. It slowed the bandit momentarily, but County. Being suspicious, the men sation with a woman perched pre­ he swerved around the car and then in gray peered into the car and found cariously on a Thruway overpass. He stepped on the gas and finally entered leather jackets and ski masks, hardly had to place himself in an awkward ordered out before reaching Customs. Horseheads where he made several the proper outerwear for a hot sum­ physical position to plead his case, The knifewielder's only demand was sharp turns. When he attempted to mer's night. The two admitted they but won out when she gave Upherplan that he wanted to see a priest, and make a U-turn into a drive-in bank, were about to rob a nearby motel, of self-destruction. A New Hartford Would pull over after five miles. one pursuer performed a legal inter­ and interrogation revealed they were patrol was kept at bay by an elderly Combined law enforcers finally took vention; the collision knocked one wanted for two armed robberies man seated on his bed, surrounded by the man into custody without a robber ~hrough the passenger door, and and eight burglaries. Two North a can of turpentine and a cigarette struggle. the driver emerged with a loaded pistol. Country troopers en route to a com­ lighter, who screamed his threat to He was quickly subdued; a cache of plaint jotted down the license of a set himself afire. After cajoling the Domestic squabbles can turn stolen weapons was found in the car car parked on the shoulder of a high­ man into a lengthy diatribe the troop- into hand-to-hand combat that poses of the two parolees. way. On their return, they learned ers seized on an opportunity to enter serious tactical dilemmas for troopers that a family had been rob bed at the bedroom and disarm him. Who must often intrude into a spilled­ While many robbers won't sur­ gunpoint and the getaway car's li­ over emotional cauldron. A 17-year­ render until they've been chased or cense matched that of the parked The hostage taker, that modern old Onondaga County youth who dueled, others are apprehended more vehicle. It took combined law en- criminal abberation, reared his head fought with his mother continuously on a hot July night in Montreal, finally slew her with number six bird shot from a shotgun, then told arrest­ PUZZLING DEATH OF A NUDE BICYCLIST hijacking a bus at knifepoint and forcing the driver to roll through a ing troopers that "she was the source \ When construction workers found the body of a nude young U.S. Customs checkpoint without of all my troubles and I've just taken man at the rear of a project outside Potsdam, a uniform and BCI stopping. An inspector, seeing a care of them." A Saratoga County investigation led to this conclusion: intending to streak some friends knife held to the driver's throat, housewife stabbed her sleeping hus­ at midnight, he had ridden his la-speed bike into a pile of steel girders, alerted Troop B and soon patrols were band, and her only explanation to resulting in massive throat and jaw lacerations. He then staggered to fo.uowing the bus, which stopped at .troopers was that she wanted him the rear of the construction site where his neatly folded clothes were ) ! to experience pain similar to that waiting, but collapsed and died of loss of blood before reaching them. one point to take on four passengers to replace those the hijacker had which she endured during a hys­ :... :, terectomy. Following a spat, a hus-

·-8- -9- r::'::;~~;;,;;;~~~;;~~;~,~~;,:~:::;~;~'"~ A little lost girl tells a search " walking a Great Dane; the dog was the only item stolen in a daylight .•. team of State Police and : ..:1::( •.I .... i.1 ENCON p~rsonnel about her burglary. An aviator who performed dangerously low loops over a:. residential area to impress his girl friend, who was asleep in a house ... four-hour walk through .•• woods. he came close to striking. A restaurant patron accused by another customer of being a criminal; it was a case of mistaken identity, but he was wanted by U.S. Customs for illegally importing venomous snakes. An intruder who terrified an elderly homemaker, then helped her call State Police and stayed to comfort her until he was arrested. A scrap dealer who had crushed a stolen car into an eight-inch high; metal heap, only to be outfoxed by the owner who made positive identification by a protruding piece of door which he had painted by hand. band barricaded himself inside the barn worth $80,000 because he was house and for two hours peppered getting paid only $10 a week. A car the interior with a shotgun, then reportedly stolen in Jamestown and arrest followed. A woman who was a trooper of a Middletown area deput­ found his wife at a neighbor's house destroyed by fire in a cemetery raped by a trucker on Interstate ment store employee who had emb\!z­ and kicked in the door. He was ar­ nearly netted $7,000 from the in­ 87 and then driven to a motel by two zled $7,800 over six months by rested before he could inflict physical surance company until a trooper, men who said they wanted to help making out and cashing fictitious cash harm. On being bailed out, he im­ scouring the wreck and finding that finallY got some real assistance from refund slips. In following up, the BCI mediately set his house on fire. But the radio had been removed and two troopers who tracked down the ascertained that over five years the most unlikely family complaint tires replaced by retreads, launched three culprits. A Steuben County she had misappro pria ted $129,000. was that of a father who refused to an inquiry which pointed to insurance prostitute whose CB handle was feed his son and locked him out fraud perpetrated by the owner. A "Southern Comfort" accepted a radio­ In their travels, troopers fre­ because junior WOUldn't cut wood, student wasn't satisfied with school ed proposition from "The Love quently encounter animals in trouble who was in turn accused of not authorities, so he set a $500,000 fire Machine"; on accepting money from and others who must endure the providing his offspring with a saw to at Rhinebeck High School; uniform the trooper in civilian guise when they cruelty of their masters. Two Monroe do the job. The father was 92 and the and BCI personnel conducted an ex­ met, she was arrested. troopers rescued a German shepherd son 65. haustive investigation to track him down. A Richfield Springs apartment Harassing telephone calls from A heart-rending offshoot of house went up in flames, killing one unidentified persons as often as not the family fight is child neglect. One occupant, in what was originally have sexual overtones. One of the such pitiful case involved a 12-year­ blamed on faulty wiring. Investigation most flagrant cases of annoying old Wayne County girl who was proved otherwise: the owner, who was calls involved an anonymous Malone abandoned in a small house for two jailed up to 10 years for manslaughter, dialer who in making 1,000 contacts days with nothing to eat, water had engaged a professional torch man over 18 months never spoke, but only pipes frozen, and 33 contaminated for $7,000 who in turn had contracted breathed heavily or simply hung up , dogs running loose. The mother was with an assistant for $200. after an answer. Because of the brevity "away" and her brother had taken of his calls, highly-sophisticated eq uip­ off to Florida with a girl friend. Crimes with a sexual motif ment had to be brought north to track made their impression on station him down. The arsonist, whether he acts logs. A hitchhiker was raped and out of revenge or for insurance, plays beaten by a motorist on Interstate White collar crime is occupying Some $8,000 worth of recovered stolell a deadly game with which troopers 81. The girl then toured the area the time of uniform personnel more goods are examined by a trooper at the must frequently deal. A Plattsburgh with a Newburgh trooper until they each year. One of the outstanding Brunswick station. Capital Newspapers farmhand destroyed his employer's spotted the assailant's car and an cases of 1978 involved the arrest by photo by Jack Pinto.

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until their car hit a tree and troopers er who was a photography buff arrested them and escorted them to took some photos of three youths a hospital. Bar patrons took on a six­ trying to steer a raft over a State foot, seven-inch 320-pounder who had Barge Canal spillway near Canan­ A lieu tenan t guides illvestiga­ burglarized a nearby Canandaigua daigua. The raft belonged to the tors to the spot where a coed drugstore. Even though he was armed was swep t in to tile raging canal system, and the three youthful Allegany River. Her body was with a wrecking bar, hammer, and thieves were easily identified and found 13 days after she screwdriver, they braved his wrath captured, thanks to the photo. drowned. Photo by Olean in blocking his path from the parking Times-Herald. lot until troopers arrived. An Oswego One of the most satisfying, County store owner, alerted by a although nervewracking, assignments noise over the intercom, interrupted is to help deliver a baby far from a a burglary of foodstuffs; he shot one hospital. A Ferndale trooper, detour­ intruder, his son caught up with a ing nighttime traffic ar,-und a train second thief behind the store, and wreck, was confronted by a frantic troopers and investigators, aided by father-to-be whose wife was expecting State Police bloodhounds and a momentarily. The father and a deputy helicopter, caught up with the third in frigid water by poling a borrowed along aisles in a central New York sheriff aided the trooper in bringing culprit in woods; all three had lengthy rowboat through ice. Two troopers supermarket, emptying the store until a baby into the world inside the car._ rounded up three runaway horses on the trooper escorted it out, very criminal histories. An ambulance driv- Interstate 84 after they charged past gently. But the most uncommon Stormville station and were nearly animal-related arrest of the year was run down by motorists. A Doberman that of a western New York farmer Highways pinscher, who mauled small children who permitted his illbred bull to at a Monroe housing development run loose and consort with a purebred And Byways and then charged a trooper, was heifer, thereby ruining the strain of "Thanks for arresting me. It was dispatched by his service revolver. the breed. a contributing factor towards my

A Livingston Manor resident who haVing given up drinking. I have not " ... '.~ ..... killed a dog by slamming it against Troopers oftentimes receive un­ had a drink from that day to this." the ground and then cut off its head expected assistance from civilians in So goes a letter from a motorist to a told arresting officers two days later fulfilling their duties. A Warren State Police sergeant stationed in he planned to contact the Laboratory County manufacturing company pres­ Washington County, who had arrested to determine if the canine was rabid. ident, who was a retired Army officer, him for driving while intoxicated 14 Two risky assignments greeting troop­ had three teenage thieves lined up at years earlier. ers were: a truck disabled on the attention when troopers arrived to Thruway which was transporting seven make the arrest; they had ransacked Probably only a handful of the open crates of honeybees with a the workmen's lockers. A homeowner 12,413 drivers arrested in 1978 by penchant for flitting about during who interrupted a daylight burglary SP for having too much alcohol in warm weather, and a skunk wandering chased the two intruders at 90 mph their systems while wheeling along harbor that sense of gratitude. (Ar­ \ QUOTE OF THE YEAR rest figures climbed dramatically from the 10,840 DWI nabs in 1977.) The State Police Bartlett's Award for the most memorable quote of 1978 goes to a hirsute transvestite who two troopers pulled from a Once sober, some may grudg­ women's room at a western New York drive-in theater. Asked what he ingly admit to themselves that a State was doing inside, the six-foot, two-inch weightlifter replete in high Police arrest could well have inter­ heels, dress, girdle, purse, blonde wig, and nylons over unshaven legs, A trooper makes out a report after a coal cepted a beckoning moment of de­ truck flipped in ] olmson City, sending said simply: "What was I supposed to do, use the men's room?" struction. But too many, having the driver to the hospital with a broken leg. Binghamton Press photo by Frank contributed tragedy, pathos or un- Woodruff. -12- -13- Two troopers check a car that drove in to the wrong lane on the Taconic Park­ A trooper and other rescuers way alld struck all oncoming strive feverishly to free a man car. TIle driver of this car trapped in a car wreck ;11 was killed and the passengers AlbarlY. Capital Newspapers of the other vehicle were photo by Tom LaPoint. injured. Photo by Anthony Ollleiser.

on the wrong way. A Poughkeepsie on the original charge, 5 219 of intended comic relief, accept their ~an was released in the custody of tested after a drunk driving arrest, ddving while their ability ~as im­ trooper arrest and court-imposed pun­ hIS r~on1Jnate whom the trooper and he was awaiting disposition of paired, and 2,454 on lesser charges. ishment as merely an interruption recoglllzed as having recently been two other DWI counts. A youthful About one of every nine drivers between drinking bouts. driver's leg was broken when in an arrested himself for DWI and released in the custody of the man now in a arrested for an alcohol-related offense intoxicated state he plowed into a refused to sub mit to a chemical test These are some of the inebriates stupor. An obviously intoxicated Au­ tree. The impact burst a bag of mari­ subjecting them to revocation of thei; who met troopers too late: A young burn motorist asked for directions juana he had purchased for his friends. licenses. The majority, 9,784, opted Niagara County motorist who sped over his CB radio using his handle Ironically, the two arresting troopers for the breath test, while 622 submit­ across a center line and struck an had made a similar pinch for drunk of "Alkie"; troopers overheard his ted to a blood test and 11 chose to call and directed him to their troop oncoming car, killing an elderly driving and grass possession following give a urine specimen. couple, which led to his indictment a collision with the same tree two car. A legally blind Henrietta driver for criminally negligent homicide. A years earlier. Near Syracuse, a drunk steering on courage and liq uor wa~ The leading cause of fatalities Plattsburgh coed who with a friend driver staggered around his flaming intercepted by two troopers b'efore on the highways, according to State picked up two hitchhikers and in a he could crash; he explained he car and troopers saw a loaded handgun Police statistics, was speeding, exceed­ drunken frenzy smashed up her wanted to see how far he could exposed under the burnt front seat; ing alcoholic causes by one-at 120. car with such violence that it dis­ get before being stopped. Outside he'd been too soused to light his Another 3,675 personal injury ac­ integrated and all four were ejected, Rochester, an inebriate predicted his cigarette properly. Another drunk cidents were caused by going too three fatally. A Syracuse area father plowed into a bank in Orange County. b.reath test result and was precisely whose lO-day-old' baby was killed nght; a week earlier another trooper fast. In all, troopers investigated While the trooper made the arrest, 17,204 accidents in which death and whose wife was permanently had nabbed him after he's had exactly he noticed some extra dents obvi­ or injury occurred and 32 218 in paralyzed in an accident moments ously not caused by the accident; the same amount to drink. after the couple quarreled about his which property was damag~d. Tne a computer check determined the total accident investigations were ability to drive safely in his drunken Alcoholic involvement was the man had been involved in a hit-and­ about 400 higher than in 1977. condition. run accident in New Jersey. principal cause of 119 of the 492 fat~l accidents investigated by troopers , Pain and embarrassment was the ~unng 1978 (454 were investigated For the second year under a While there's nothing funny three-year $6 million federal matching lot of these tipsy travelers picked up about a drunk driver, these antics ill 1977). In addition, 2,355 accidents grant, some 135 uniform officers by troopers: An injured driver refused caused some unexpected laughs: A resulting in injuries were the direct from his Auburn hospital bed to result of drunk driving. were assigned to a Task Force to Buffalo driver who said simply that focus on speeders on 600 miles of submit to a chemical test, but that he was on his way to assault a debtor interstate highways. They issued was no surprise; his license had been asked to be allowed to rest his feet Of the 12,413 drivers arrested 124,000 tickets for exceeding the revoked for previous refusal to be because his size 14 sneakers were for DWI, the courts convicted 4,284 55 mph speed limit, accounting for --14- -15------~ ------

nearly 40 percent of the total State by troopers include these: An impa­ Police speeding arrests of 328,089, tient bus driver in Goshen who, far surpassing the 1977 total of based on a computer check, was 299,169. found to be wanted in Virginia for murder. A sportsman who was bar­ The National Highway Traffic reling along the Taconic State Parkway Safety Administration's fact book because he was taking his fighting indicates that New York State is now cocks to a training site, which led to a 'J third in the nation in motorist compli­ raid on a Columbia County farmhouse I i A UJ • h ance with the national speed limit, a where illicit cock fights were staged. b e'g ty problem ;s tackled testimonial to the State Police speed An Ithaca businessman, who turned y troopers on the /irst d enforcement effort. out to be sought on felonies in Texas ~ew, electronic scales a'7e mtroduced. The site of th' and Arkans.as; he was e~ route to demonstration session is's Some speeders, unwilling to Catskill to address leading juages, law -;:0 ramp near Albany. Unit: heed limits created to save lives and enforcement officials and politicians ess-Intemationa] pllOto by J oe Paeglow. gas, made the supreme sacrifice but his plea to let him deliver his for their folly. A speeding car flew speech 'didn't prevent a Task Force through the air after leaving the trooper from delivering him to jail road in western New York, struck as a fugitive. a bridge abutment, and dropped into a creek, with fatal results for three Traffic arrests totaled 644,963, .. collegians. Two motorcycle daredevils a notable rise from the 555,990 in played chicken in Dutchess County, 1977 . Arrests for hazardous viola­ barreling directly at each other at tions-those that can lead to an ac­ 80 mph. Neither gave ground, so the cident-numbered 459,342, compared Seales contest ended in a draw: both died. to 405,765 the preVious year. Non­ ~f Transportation censUred 16 st t The scales of h' h '. lIlclUding New York . a es, Two Middletown drag racers crossed hazardous arrests, which range from b' Ig way JustIce got weight f ' for InadeqUate the finish line, then the jovial winner blown mufflers to no insurance, Igger and faster as the old $340 The loss of d 1 D year expir- ~n. orce~ent. added a high-speed victory lap during rose from 150,225 to 185,621. e. n ecember the D' , . . , mIllIon 1I1 federal h' 1 1 duced .' IVISlon mtro- which he ran down the flagman who I truck dflvers to the "BId " project funds was averted t~g lway '" scale 1 ec was on crutches; he died and the Road checks mandated under . h' a arge, ramp-like unit which an agreement Which call [: rough victor faced a manslaughter charge. the Vehicle and Traffic Law equaled weIg ts the behemoths of ped-up effort funded's or a step­ in about 90 the road federal grant for new IZ, p,art by a the year, 1,978, which led to 28,184 time . seconds, a fifth of the lllent pl. w Iglung eq uip- Other speeders who wish they'd arrests of which 640 were of a criminal , requIred by previous systems. , us expanded state allocations. gone slower foHowing their capture nature. • The result· "0 . With the introduct' f 100 000 hi l' ur goal IS to weigh new 1" Ion 0 the .' ve c es by Sept. 30 1979" d . ' llgh-speed electronic weighing Pr}oJected Su perin tend en t Conneli~ eVlCes, the State P l' T Detail 1 0 Ice Weighing lat Would tr' 1 th . near Y doubled--40 in 1977 1 Ip e e number weighed trained in the troopers w len 9 758 , new equipme t 1 made In 19 ' arrests were joined 44 th n lave . 78,10,704 were arrested. . 0 ers Who continue t i:r";;;;:~~;;~~\\~~~~:~~;~~~~f~~~~~~i;~I~lll ~~~:I~~~ co~mercial traffic with por~ \ .:;!: out with their hands up: their muffler had blown, but they mistakenly 1m: The reason' "We . t serve t· ' m end to placed rau c scales which are hand- .:.' thought pursuing trooper~ were shooting at them. It was a moment l1 ' no Ice that overweight viola under truck tires. The Eld :) of deja vu for a Central ~~ew York trooper who chased down a pedal ilili tIOns that d - teams are blanketin n' , ec not be toler am,~ge Our roads will across the state w~ la~ hIghways ated, the SUperintendent teams patrol 'd' e t e portable warned. Earlier in 1978 S SI e roads to a h Brock Ad f ,ecretary vehicles att. ppre end ams 0 the U.S. Department large scales. emptmg to avoid the I;,,;;~~~~~!t~e~~~:::~::~s~:~::::::::~::,:~:::~::~:::::",J • -17- -16-

A Sullivan County girl was kidnaped and held for $50,000 ran­ som. The BCI quickly entered the case and a series of calls between the An investigator visits the baby abductors and parents was traced to he helped deliver in the park­ " a shopping mall 80 miles away. When ing lot of Ferndale station. the girl was released unharmed later, 11,. she divulged information that led >~~, investigators to a motel where she had been kept. Motel records and a check of a license plate led to a husband­ wife team which had staged the kidnaping; the woman was taken to State Police that her husband had cashed his bogus checks gave a into custody at her home, and her was missing moments after the "hit prearranged signal and an arrest spouse was arrested at a Utah national man" phoned her to report he had was made. He and his cohorts had park where he had fled. An investigator dusts a getaway car used completed his assignment. The young pocketed $500,000 in five states in a 19,000 bal1k robbery,. the bandit accomplice was similarly fooled, and was caught eight hours later as he boarded in a scheme involving ~he gaining Three flimflammers who passed confessions followed. a plane. Middletown Times Herald-Record of access to legitimate bank cus­ themselves off as go-betweens in an photo by Eli Reed. tomers' account numbers and signa­ ex tensive horse race fixing scheme An expert counterfeiter armed tures, then cashing checks stolen in bilked upstaters out of $1 million himself and his children with phony A few days after a law went into burglaries and purse snatchings using in five years before they were caught effect on Sept. 1 whereby minors $20 bills and they went on a shopping that infomla tion. by the State Organized Crime Task committmg violent felony offenses spree outside Buffalo. By the time one Force, staffed principally by BCI are treated as adults, BCI investigators of the bills was identified by a postal An Orange County machinist investigators. Part of the operation was made two appli;a ble arrests: a 14- worker, and a BCI investigator traced and his wife were robbed at gunpoint to convince plungers to invest in races year-old boy was seized for beating the paperhanger to a diner, he only of his $100,000 collection of antique which were purportedly controlled and attempting to rape an 82-year­ had 12 worthless green papers left, clocks which were carted away by by the trio. While most nags lost, old Pawling woman who answered all well concealed by a $700 roll of truck. Certain that experts were the connivers tempted their victims his knock, then taking $48 from her legitimate bills. involved, the B CI staged a lengthy to recoup by doubling up on the purse as she lay bleeding, and a 15- investigation which began to bear next "sure thing." While their ability year-old foster child was caught To capture a conman who had fruit when six monihs later an anon­ to affect the outcome of races remains fleeced a SuHivan County bank of after he shot and wounded a 13- ymous caller offered to return the uncertain, one thing was sure: they year-old adopted son in the kitchen $5,000 on two consecutive days, an clocks for $50,000 and two months didn't share their knowledge with of their Albany County home. investigator staged a stake-out by after that a Cleveland dealer purchased their marks. posing as a loan officer. When the one clock listed as stolen in a special­ A musician who was contacted "customer" reappeared, a teller who ized magazine. A year after the rob- A young Wolcott girl was raped by a young man in Malone seeking a at home, and investigators were certain gun with which to murder his mis­ they had captured the assailant. But tress' husband instead notified the when the girl was emotionally unable BCL A series of prearranged meetings to pick out the attacker from a lineup, r;;:::::;i;~f;~~~~g~~-~a;~:!;~~~~£t~;:w;:;;""'~ in which money was passed from , investigators permitted her to undergo the conniver to an investigator in the I become friendly with the victim's hospitalized husband. But she in- !.i.:.:;.:!.~ hypnosis; in that state she quickly guise of a "hit man," coupled with .:.:. sisted she'd gone deer hunting the day of the murder, specifying the ~ii:i made a selection from a photo me­ numerous tape recordings of tele­ i1!:1 area and even a grocery store where she went for soda. But the pro- ::':: lange. A State Police polygraph phonic conversations, led to the 1m: prietor didn't remember her, and recalled that heavy rains that day iiii! examination then determined the man moment of truth: the intended victim was a liar, and he confessed to having was told of the murder plot and II :o~~iC~a~~S~;:~~~:~!:':n~~:t d~~:!;:'sT~:;!~e:~:::;c:;~::t:~i~:~~: l! conveniently found her asleep on a agreed to help spring a trap. The couch while he was burglarizing the wife, who stood to gain $85,000 house. in life insurance payouts, reported ~;;,;;;!~;,:~::;E,::::,h::::,:::::t:~:~::::~::::: ,:::::s:,~.::,.:r. ge~:i thJ " ,','.'.;,'':';':':';';. --20- -21- This brutal killing was one of Eighteen drug dealers circulating 7,399 cases involving controlled sub­ among the throng at an acid rock stances to come to the attention of concert at Saratoga Performing Arts bery, an informant reported a pending the State Police, an increase of 1,806 Center were fingered by Troop G burglary involving clocks-they t~rn~d cases over 1977. A total of 5,666 undercover operatives in beards and out to be the stolen clocks which In persons were arrested, also a rise from filthy clothes, then taken into custody turn were recovered and among those the 5,111 arrests the previous year. as they left the grounds. arrested for the original crime was the The upswing in both statistics marked informant. the first since 1973 when under a A major Rochester-area ring changed New York -State drug law with links to Hong Kong, India, and An apparently routine forged more stringent penalties were meted London was broken by the Troop E check case emanating in Montgomery out for serious drug crimes. However, Narco Unit working with local and County quickly stretched u:to Penn­ a 1977 law that decriminalized pos­ federal officers. After an undercover sylvania where the BCI, wIth Penn­ 1 session of small quantities of mari­ member developed information about sylvania authorities, rounded up a gang l juana had the side effect of easing a major hard-drug dealer, court­ of five robbers. The only one to elude Two investigators accom­ the guard of persons whose drug ordered eavesdropping devices and the net was the check writer, who was pany a man w~o with a consumption went merely beyond large morphine sulfate purchases by later captured in Florida. In a phone woman companaon robbed unlawful limits to amounts con­ investigators led to the capture of the conversation with an investig~tor, .he and bound noted actor l-lume Cronyn after feign­ stituting criminal offenses; that in city's three largest dealers together confessed to his role in a kmfepomt ing interest ill purchasing part accounted for the 1978 arrest with 10 others. Morphine with a street business holdup that brought in his Westchester County upsurge. value of $1.5 million was confiscated. $1,700. He was extr~dited. estate. North Country News photo by Marney The largest drug bust of the A series of Syracuse-Montreal Rich. BCI investigators don't wear year was credited to the NYC Drug drug transactions was disrupted by a uniforms. They perform detective and Enforcement Task Force, in which joint effort including the Troop D undercover work that often leads to tion in which owners sold luxury cars State Police is a participating member. Narco Unit, highlighted by warrant­ major arrests, and scrutinize back­ to criminals for resale and then report­ Involved was the seizure of 14,000 authorized raids on two homes which grounds of potential future troopers ed them stolen for insurance pur­ pounds of Colombian marijuana with a netted six persons. Plastic bags of and prospective leading State ap­ poses was broken by the Auto Theft street value of $4 million. Two of the diethalpropion were found in the door pointees. To keep up with the ~o­ Unit with 80 arrests after an under­ more difficult ingredients to the panels of two vehicles. phisticated modern criminal, specIal­ cover investigator made several pur­ roundup of five conspirators were the ization has become a mainstay of the chases of "stolen cars" in western use of a $1 million flash roll by under­ An arrest for first degree sale of BCI. These are examples of specialized New York. - cover investigators at a Manhattan cocaine to an undercover Troop K functions within the Bureau: hotel and a blindfolded trip aboard investigator underscored the strin­ a truck by one investigator which gency of the 1973 drug law; both GAMBLING: Simultaneous raids Drug Traffic led to a Long Island estate where the dealers, found guilty by a grand jury in New York City, Albany, and What appeared to be a gangland grass cache was stored, all as part of of importing the drug from Jamaica Schenectady by a State police Gam­ hit-a body with a bullet in the head a Task Force ruse of making a major for sale in Westchester County, were bling Unit broke up a $50 milli~n­ weighted with concrete and thrown purchase. given life sentences. - a-year gambling network runby a.maJor bto the Hudson River--turned out crime family. It took two days Just to to be the climax of a struggle between , inventory records in what was class­ drug dealers who had been. fr~ends. A FRENZIED ADDICT'S SPREE OF VIOLENCE ified as the biggest such raid in 25 lnvestigators identified the VlctUll as The devastating effects of biking certain illicit drugs was perhaps years. a Montreal operative who had been best illustrated by an incident near Fishkill where a crazed man tore arrested in the South and Midwest. through the metal roof of a camper with his bare hands, destroyed the IDENTIFICATION BUREAU: Westchester County troopers had interior, stabbed the owner, then took on several trooper patrols After a Tioga County high school was caught his ex-friend speeding a week before being subdued. Taken to a hospital, he lapsed into a coma from vandalized with damage at $25,000, earlier and had found a stolen revolver his overdose. a blood sample taken from a broken and a large qur.ntity of drugs in his window, coupled with paint rcmnan~s, car. That indirectly led to the arrest led lD investigators to the culpnt. of the speeder and two other dealers -23- AUTO THEFT: A sting opera- for the murder. --22- I •

I SlIpcrilltCl1dcllt COllllelie prepares to swear ill a class of recruit troopers at the Academy. percent as compared to 5.19 percent Personnel in 1977. The State Police Summer Program for underprivileg­ The authorized law enforcement Those who died were Zone ed boys is fully supported strength of the Division increased 53 Sergeant Gerald A. DeGroot of Troop by community and service positions from 3,444 to 3,497. At the D, a 22-year veteran who was struck groups. Here a sponsor presents a contribution to end of 1978, the actual strength of by an allegedly drunk driver while Lt. Jerome L. O'Grady law enforcement personnel stood at heading home from duty at Watertown as one of the vacationing 3,320, with 177 positions vacant. station; Tpr. Harry R. Gramstad of boys smiles approval. In addition, 67 members were assigned Troop C, a 22-year man, and Tpr. to the federally-funded Highway Task John S. Haldane of Troop D, a 12- Force and two commissioned officers yedr man, who both succumbed to were assigned to planning for security apparent heart attacks; and Tpr. at the 1980 winter Olympics at Lake Richard M. Relyea of Troop B, a Placid. Following grad uation of 148 20-year veteran who was struck by recruits on Feb. 3, 167 new troopers lightning during Army maneuvers. shepherds (see chapter on canines); were hired on Feb. 20, with 161 Training three one-week sessions on arson graduating on July 7. On Sept. 25, Authorized civilian positions Two recruit classes graduated investigation for 84 troopers and 140 probationary troopers reported were increased in 1978 to 560 from from 20 weeks of basic training in investigators, and emergency vehicle for duty, with graduation scheduled 557. Sixty-five civilians were appoint­ 1978, while a third cl&ss will be ready operators courses to sharpen driving for February 1979. ed during the year, 30 to permanent for field duty in February 1979, safety skills of 398 troopers through positions, 15 to temporary positions, making a total of 429 new troopers crash avoidance and defensive driving. Two hundred seven members and 20 to temporary part-time posi­ who were processed at the Academy were promoted or designated during tions. Another 37 were hired under during the year. For the third consecutive year, the year as follows: three staff inspec­ the provisions 0 f the Comprehensive ( the Academy played host to 100 tors, five majors, I I captains, 13 Employees Training Act and five I, Governor Carey addressed two underprivileged boys 9-12 who in lieutenants, one technical lieutenant, CET A employees resigned. There were I packed-house commencement cere­ four one-week sessions in summer used 27 senior investigators, 76 investiga­ 37 resignations and six service retire­ monies at Albany's Convention Hall, the Academy as their home for an tors, three first sergeants, 17 zone ments for a loss of 43 during the year. in which he extolled the excellence educational vacation. The State Police sergeants, 44 sergeants, and seven Seven civilians were granted maternity I of State Police training and lauded the Summer Program (SPSP) was initiated technical sergeants. leave. Twenty civilians werE' promoted, II \ ~ organization for its outstanding per­ by the Superintendent. six reinstated, and 35 reclassified formance on behalf of New York's The attrition among law en­ during the year. The attrition rate for citizens. Graduating on Feb. 3 were In all, outside agencies conduct­ forcement personnel totaled 187, in­ civilians was 8.59 percent as compared 148 probationary troopers, followed ed 50 sessions during the year at the \ cluding 87 service retirements, 14 to 8.96 percent in 1977. by 161 on July 7. In t~aining at Academy and were represented by State Police disability retirements, year's end were 120 recruits. 1,832 participants. 12 accidental and State Police dis­ The overall attrition for all ability retirements, and one accidental Division employees was 6.08 percent In addition, the Academy was Outside of the Academy com­ disability f(!tirement, 67 resignations, as compared to 5.70 percent in 1977. the site for such varied programs as: plex, troop instructors provided four deaths (three off duty, one on four two-week training sessions pre­ 43,446 man-hours of field training, duty), and two dismissals. Fou r During the year, 712 members sented by the Drug Enforcement of which 23,815 were devoted to members were reinstated during the and 31 civilians were injured on duty, Administration for 269 state and training of other police officers in year. The attrition rate was 5.70 an increase of 42 from 1977. _ municipal law enforcement officers; cooperation with the Municipal Police 18 weeks of training for seven German Training Council. _ -24- -25- A chemist describes equipment at the Newburgh Regional Laboratory to Asst. Dep. Supt. Jerome J. McNulty and Dep. Supt. George L. Infante.

agencies which the Laboratory also serves-to conclude cases that might arrests surged from 1,399 to 1,506, otherwise have remained unresolved. but fatal accidents declined by 31 to 292 and murders dropped from , .. ~ 94 to 80. "'",.~ ~"...... ~"'*' While the heavier caseload served A ceremonial cake-cuttmg. marks the openI Intg. of Ltthe nf)bertState PoliceW Horn, Laboratory's regional in part to reflect field investigative • .I'r.' t N b rgh From ef are . h. • first regIOnal oJJlce a, . ew u. . 0 the M,,-I-HtJJson C;,,!m:: Control Planmng initiatives, another contributing fac­ As it has nearly every year for more than a decade, the single statis­ Board'director; SuperintendentRobert K. CorlIss, Connelle,. dl.rectoc~ apt.f Stark Ferriss, SP Laboratory director; tor-which promises to make an even and Chief Harold Brilliant, chairman of the Mid-Hudson Board. larger imprint in the future-was the tic to dominate the Laboratory Fall opening of the Laboratory's report was drug analysis. The swollen on a welcome mat next to a door first regional opera tion. A one-story caseload of 4,401, comprising a rise covered with pry marks. Laboratory brick structure at ::>tewart Airport, of 656 over 1977, was brought about TSh.e t-f • ., analysts required several weeks. of Newburgh, was opened Oct. 5 to partially when the statutory decrimi­ cleo I le"J" difficult examination to determme serve the six-county Mid-Hudson re­ nalization of marijuana brought on a that two matches existed: the metal gion. Much of the initial funding proportionately larger influx of cases Laboratory chip was linked to the screwdriver, for eqUipment, renovations and a staff involving unlawful possession (less and the pollen from the tulips ac­ of 10 was provided under a federal than 25 grams) than in prior years. A suspected burglar, picked up counted for the stains on the jacket. LEAA grant, supported by the Mid­ shortly after a residential break-in That enabled investigators to cement Hudson Crime Control Planning The Firearms Section noted a in Waterloo, said only that he'd str~ck their case against the intruder. Board. In its first three months of 12 percent increase in cases and a a dog. In his car were a screwdnver operation, the office attracted 485 like rise in major crime categories cases. with a broken tip and a stained jacket. This case was one of 10,196 such as murder and assault, and Investigators sent the two piece.s of (excluding drug destruction cases) conducted 5,553 more examinations evidence to the State Police Labora­ handled by the Laboratory, a sharp Two areas of Laboratory con­ than in 1977. In one case, an empty shotgun shell found near the body tory together with some tulips that increase from the 9,08 cases logged cern which have registered upswings ° of an auto parts dealer was micro­ had been crushed near a cellar window in 1977. Many enabled the law en­ throughout recent years again climbed. scopically matched with a misfired and a tiny fragment of metal recovered forcement community-including local Analyses of arsons spiraled by 74 to 303 and suicides rose by eight to shell known to have been chambered in the suspected murderer's shotgun. -26-· 216. Tests based on drunk driving The misfired unit was recovered in

-27- a field 70 miles from the murder then identified several hairs and a On Dec. 31, there were 674 ,395 scene where it had been discarded half-inch brown thread adhering to Central pistol license applications on file , by the weapon's previous owner a the undercarriage, resulting in a including 30,510 licenses issued during year before the slaying. Even though confession by the car's owner. Records the year. The total record of firearms the killer had dismantled the gun now on file is 3,433,337, which after the killing, and police recovered The Criminalistics Section cited A new Division Headquarters includes 213,634 new records filed only the barrel, that was enough for an increase in arson cases for its rise in Section known as Central Records during 1978. Pistol Permit responded State ·Police firearms experts to 87 work units for a 1978 total of 614. was established during 1978. The new to 4,515 inquiries concerning weapons cement the murder case. In one case, two vandals who ransack­ section, a consolidation of Pistol and licensees during the year. During ed a municipal building left behind Permit, Accident Reports, and Sound­ 1978, a total of 51,537 amendments The Documents Section lists several footprint impressions on pieces ex, was formed due to complexities to existing pistol licenses were issued 4,048 examinations for the year, of paper thrown about that were so of federal and state laws and regUla­ by the various licensing officials and an increase of 391 from 1977. One perfect that when two suspects were tions concerning criminal history in­ were received for filing. of these trapped a forger working in arrested, sneakers and shoes submitted formation and dissemination, issues a sheriffs department, who cleverly for examination were immediately of privacy and security of records, During 1978, Soundex received submitted a series of bills under matched. The prints left behind were and the requirements of various 93,274 investigative reports and sup­ fictitious accounts which he paid even better than test impressions "Sunshine Laws." It was determined plementals for filing. A total of 867 to himself by way of cash and checks. made at the Laboratory. that the necessary administrative con­ req uests for verification of lost or The one mistake he made, which trol over State Police records could stolen property were received and was discovered by the documents The Toxicology Section, whose be established only if the complete processed for various insurance com­ examiner, was that he reinserted workload increased 203 units to 883, function were centralized. panies. During each month, over 1,600 checks in the typewriter after they noted that its backlog on Dec. 31 was requests for information from autho­ had been signed by the sheriff; type 256 units compared to the backlog a Some of the more pertinent rized agencies concerning files kept faces did not line up properly, leading year earlier of 620 units. sta tistics concerning the record keep­ by this section are processed with to his downfall. ing fUnctions of the Division are: appropriate responses made. _ About 40 percent of Laboratory The Serology Section listed 202 cases originated from these areas: sex crimes among its 451 cases (about law enforcement departments other the same as the previous year). In than State Police, state agencies, PLANNERS EYE SECOND LABORATORY GRANT one case, a fatal hit-and-run, metallic federal offices, and outside labora­ blue paint on a road sign led investi­ tories. Lab personnel testified at The Planning and Research Section, which was instrumental in securing a gators to a suspected car. Serologists 145 trials in 1978. • $250,000 federal grant funnelled through the Law Enforcement Assistance Association for the first State Police regional laboratory at Newburgh which opened in ~ 978, was awaiting a word of another fund approval as 1979 dawned. AN ODD DEATH BY FIRE 11~e green light from Washington would signal establishment of a second regional A 70-year-old man was found burned to death on his kitchen crune lab to be located in Binghamton to serve the 10 counties of the Southern floor. But only his body, a chair, and the floor beneath him had been Tier; projected opening is late summer or early fall. consumed by flames. Laboratory analysts, handed the unusual case, first ruled out suicide or the presence of drugs and poisons by examin­ In November, planners dispatched a computerized version of the "Distri­ ing his blood and organ specimens. A negative carbon monoxide level bution of Personnel Report" throughout the Division, to be followed by bi­ \ in the blood indicated the oldster had died from fire, not inhalation monthly updates resulting in SUbstantial savings. of smoke. A blood alcohol test of .41 then enabled the medical exam­ iner to rule death by accident by piecing together this string of events: DUring the year, the Division and Department of Motor Vehicles entered the victim, who had been drinking heavily, staggered against a hot i~to a joint federal grant program for a "Traffic Law Enforcement and Disposi­ stove. His pajamas burst into flames, and as he fell to the floor, his tIon D~monstration Project," involving a statewide traffic ticket program to be fiery clothes set fire to a chair and the floor beneath him as he lay tested 111 the Troop E area in 1979-80. helpless. He died almost instantly, before he had a chance to inhale detectable monoxide. The members manual revision team was looking toward completion of its task by Spring of 1979. - -28- -29- ~------, i ""'----- I Aviation :1 State Police aviators and scuba clivers engage in a join t train­ :1 ing sessioll at Lake George. 'I Photo by Inv. P. R. Knapik. Unit I A big game hunter scaling a 1! steep cliff of the Shawangunk Moun­ III tain range slipped and his rifle dis­ charged, sending a bullet into his 1\, thigh which left him in shock and was able to snatch a badly hurt 17- run away. After a lengthy ground bleeding badly. It took other members year-old girl from the bottom of a search proved fruitless, a copter com­ of his hunting party an hour to reach 150-foot cliff in Rotterdam. menced a low-level scan and found the a phone. State Police at Ellenville ~ infant playing a mile from home. alerted the Aviation Unit at Stewart Two ice fishermen who fell Airport and moments later a State ilI, through thin ice on Oneida Lake Another type of missing person Police helicopter was en route to the A State Police helicopter prepares and could not be reached by would­ is the prison escapee. Two who fled site. to joitl in the search for a palsied be rescuers were saved from drowning and were tracked to a house near 13 year old missing in woods ou tside by two helicopter pilots who effected woods were kept at bay by a circling Buffalo. He was spotted from aloft Recognizillg that an attempted and rescued. a tricky tactic: while one pilot held helico pter while ground forces re­ land rescue over rough terrain would the craft in place, the other aviator captured them without incident. almost certainly prove fatal, the stood on the skid and used a rope copter pilot opted for a dangerous lifesaving maneuvers credited to the in assisting the anglers to pull them­ Often, aviators become involnd evacuation while hovering over a rocky 11 pilots who respond to calls across selves into the copter. with criminal activity. With two ledge. First he picked up a rescue the state from airports at Albany, troopers aboard as observers, a pilot squad member who was lowered onto Syracuse, and Newburgh, flying three A different example of missions followed a leased tractor from Buffalo the mountain where he performed Bell Jet Ranger copters, a Bell bubble of mercy flown by State Police pilots to a residential area; when ground first aid and prepared the victim for helicopter, a Huey helicopter, and a involved the transporting of a criti­ forces moved in, they arrested two a risky transfer tc the craft by strap­ fixed-wing Cessna. cally-ill patient from Ellis Hospital men with a cargo of $120,000 worth ping him securely to a stretcher. in Schenectady. SuffeIing from gas of stolen cocoa powder. Another Another flight over impenetrable gangrene, the stricken woman had to pilot-ranger team located a harvested With great care, the stretcher Lewis County terrain led to the be placed in a hyperbaric chamber to marijuana field from on high, leading was elevated by rope to the copter removal of a severely injured snow­ stabilize her condition, and the closest to the seizure of 90 pounds of drying and the injured Nimrod was on his mobiler from a snow-blanketed, deso­ hospital with that equipment was Mt. grass and the arrest of the two grow­ way to a Kingston hospital, where a late area to an amb ulance waiting Sinai in New York City. The patient ers. One of three burglars managed surgeon said the difficult rescue had nine miles away; the victim was placed and a medical team were flown to to escape a dragnet and flee into saved his life. in a plastic air bag for protection. In NYC's Central Park directly across woods. A copter flew overhead and another instance where ground vehi­ from the hospital in 80 minutes. by calling the thief's name and direct­ This was but one of many cles were frustrated, a copter pilot Another team wheeled her across ing him to come out effected his the street for immediate treatment; capture, precluding a time-consuming . >:.,:', doctors concurred she could not land search. \ A LOST PILOT GETS HIS HEARINGS have survived an ambulance trip. A vehicle submerged in a river, A dramatic rescue of a student pilot who was lost in clouds near Missing persons are often located which could not be located by divers, Albany required the ingenuity of two copter pilots. First they managed from the air. A motorboat was lost on was pinpointed from aloft when the to establish radio contact and to give directions on the use of naviga­ Oneida Lake, and copter pilots quickly pilot reported sighting an oil slick. tional equipment. They then managed to find him through his vague found the lone sailor; he was maroon­ The swift current had carried the car description of the area. By flying in close proximity to the wandering ed on an island after the vessel had with its deceased driver far down­ craft, they then led it to a safe landing. become inoperable. An 18-month­ stream from where it had missed a old Tivoli tot chose Mother's Day to curve and plunged into the water._

-30- -31- Troop B divers recover the bodies of a couple who wellt fishing in the St. Regis River atld failed to rerum.

easily. During the show the drivers and arrested for leaving the scene of were whisked away to find a drowning an accident. victim 40 miles to the north. On their way back, they were detoured again, Stolen items that could incrimi­ this time 80 miles to the south where nate thieves are frequently tossed they recovered three drowning victims. into the state's waterways. Recoveries by scuba details often lead to arrests Another diving team searched as occurred when Troop A divers A sneaker that served as evidence in a rape case is held by two Troop G divers after its for three days to find the body of a recovery in a Menands sewer. Photo by Tpr. L. E. Moyer. checked the frigid waters of Cone­ woman who drowned in the St. wango Creek in winter to come up Lawrence River after a hit-and-run with property tossed away by a team Scuba Divers speedboat struck her vessel broadside. a shoe, suitcase, clothing, broken glass, of burglars. In two other winter Three others were rescued, and the One of the most difficult-and and twisted metal, and finally a body. dives, the Mohawk River yielded culpable navigator was tracked down dirty-recoveries of the year from the The car was secured to shore with a stolen safes to Troop G divers. _ state's waters was made by Troop G line, the body was delicately removed divers who felt their way through through the driver's window, and the debris-laden slime to come up with a vehicle, which was a navigation hazard, valuable find: a sneaker. The needle­ was removed with extreme difficulty. in-a-mudstack find, made by groping in a sewer in zero visibility which These are but two of many precluded the use of underwater unusual cases to confront State lights, secured evidence that cor­ Police underwater operatives who roborated a woman's story· that a become detached from normal patrol rapist had first removed her sneakers duties when the occasion demands. All and tossed them into a storm drain. troops except the Thruway have teams , of about six divers. A challenge of another sort faced Troop D divers who found a The Troop K scuba team, which car on its side in the barge canal in one nighttime dive in subzero which rocked and threatened to weather recovered two drowning vic­ roll over in strong current. By feel tims, gave one public diving demon­ in near zero visibility, divers identified station which spectators won't forget A Troop F diver retrieves a stolen lzatldgull from Cold Brook. It led to tile arrest of two youths for a residerltiai burglary. Port Jervis Union-Gazette photo by Bob Couture. --32- -33- Bloodhound "Rastus," who elurirlg six years of service to Troop D cOllducted 192 searches, of which 88 were successful, and who was one of the mrun attractions at the SF exhibit at the S tate Fair the past five years, died July 8.

They will be on duty at the 1980 Olympic games at Luke Placid. * * * It's graduation day for seven Gennan shepherds following 18 weeks of trrurzing. The bloodhounds, meanwhile, continued to demonstrate their un­ hiker who was rushed to a hospital. canny knack of following scents. A A New York City patrolman, Troo p D sniffer was set on the trail vacationing in Tompkins County, be­ The sheperds, all donated to of three culprits who split up and came lost three miles from' his cabin State Police, are the first canines to fled through woods after sideswiping in freezing weather. lIe might have be trained entirely by troopers. They Tpr. J. J. Curry, who has charge of the a patrol car. He found one hiding dietl of exposure if it hadn't been join three original State Police shep­ State Police shepherd program, places under a log, continued the trail across for "Big Boy Brummer," one of seven herds who are bio-sensor dogs raised a badge around the neck of "DO/mer" a swamp and flushed out another ctr Dep. Sllpt. George L. Illfa1lte hamls Gennan shepherds who only the week by the Army. Unlike the State Police behind a tree, then wended his way the diploma to the pup's hatldler. Photo until he nosed out the third at the before, on Nov. 10, had graduated blood hounds that are kenneled at by Bob Miazga. from 18 weeks of State Police training. five troops, the shepherds live at bottom of a ravine. home with their handlers whom The year-old pup, trained to they accompany on normal patrol state. (One of the SP-trained shepherds "Max" and "Dobie" of Troop sniff out explosives, protect VIPs, and duty; they are available for assign­ went to work for ENCON at Water­ A led their handler 10 miles from track criminals and lost persons, led ments throughout their troop areas town; he was additionally trained to Steuben County Jail to an abandoned his handler directly to the benumbed and in emergencies anywhere in the sniff out illegal venison.) shack where an escaped felon was \ recaptured. And "Ike" of TrcJp H ',1,' During 720 hours of training, beat a trail from an abandoned stolen SHE THREW IN THE TROWEL the dogs learned obedience to hand truck over farms and through residen­ liloodhound "Bonnie," a young hound on her first case, sniffed a and verbal commands, agility for tial areas to the home of the thief, mason's trowel used by a burglar to break a window. She started climbin.g ladders and scaling walls, who readily admitted his crime. trailing behind the house, then with a wind shift reversed her tracks and protection of their handlers and went right up to a neighbor whom an investigator was interviewing. others, tracking with and without Bloodhounds are kenneled at When Honnie "identified" the neighbor as the thief by sitting directly scents, locating every type of ex­ Troops A, H, D, G, and K for use in front of her and placing a paw on her leg, she immediately confessed plosive known in the country, search­ around the state. They participated and also admitted to several open arson cases. ing buildings and mountain rescues. in nearly 200 cases in 1978. •

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SP has completed the law en­ system, interagency law enforcement forcement mobile radio implementa­ operations channel permits direct tion of all land mobile vehicular communications with other law en­ mounted transceivers to the new forcement agencies similarly equipped. five-channel standard in nine troops. SP has been designated the control The statewide distribution of 1,680 agency to enable a statewide radio vehicles possess the capability to system capable of providing an avail­ transmit on the basic four SP station­ able emergency channel to more to-car and car-to-car channels, and a than 10,000 police vehicles to address fifth channel identified as the inter- mutual law enforcement services._

Manhattan~s dramatic of 142 felony arrests to confront the State Police's New York Anniversary City-based office, which in 1978 A convict serving 25 years to celebrated its 25th anniversary. SP life for the slaying of a parole officer Manhattan, as it is referred to within Dep. Supt. Warren B. Surdam presides at the annual NYSPIN Advisory Commit­ sawed through his cell bars and climbed the organization, has been a tenant tee meeting at the SP Academy. On the rostrum are, from left, John B. Camp­ out of Ossining Correctional Facility on the 58th floor of the World Trade bell, assistant director of SP Electronic Data Processing; Lt. Lorin Scott of using knotted bed sheets. He was soon Center the past four years; previously Colonie PD, committee chairman; and Staff Sgt. Richard J. Martino of SP reported seen around his former it operated from a Broad way address. Communiccations Terminals Operations. hangouts in Brooklyn, and the State memory banks in Washington and Police investigators at Manhattan set The detachment is led by a Speedy Data Phoenix. The national hookup enabled up roving surveillance. Two weeks captain and consists of 27 BCI men, Michigan State Police to be aware of later he was spotted, but managed six troopers, and seven clerical work­ An Onondaga County youth the fleeing culprits. to escape after a shootout in an ers. In addition, during 1978 two who fled to Pennsylvania to escape abandoned apartment house. investigators were added to the At­ State Police scrutiny during several The NYSPIN system, which torney General's office at the World burglary investigations returned with a processed over 96 million transmis­ Five days afterwards he was Trade Center raising the SP contingent friend and went on a thieving spree sions during 1978 (a daily average of seen again at a housing project, and there to five. in three communities. They also stole 263,000), stores and disseminates such a large force of State and New York a car which they wrecked, then information as stolen vehicles and City police surrounded the structure The varied work at SP Man­ after narrowly escaping a police plates, nationwide driver and registra­ hoping to snare the killer who had hattan ranges from the serving of department, stole a second car and tion information, stolen guns, boats, vowed he would not be taken alive. warrants and conducting background didn't stop till they reached Michi­ articles, securities, and wanted and First, all tenants were notified by investigations of prospective troopers gan. However, an entry into the missing persons. Department of Motor phone to lock. their apartments and and potential high-echelon govern­ NYSPIN system alerted midwest au­ Vehicles license and registration data stay inside. Electricity serving eleva­ mental appointees to difficult criminal thorities, and after a chase the pair is accessed by NYSPIN. tors was cut and stairways were cases such as the one involving the was captured carrying six weapons. sealed off. Officers entered the build­ escaped killer. Liaison with the many \ One youth ended up in a hospital A breakdown of NYSPIN traffic ing and on sighting the escapee law enforcement agencies-federal, when he dove out of a courthouse shows a daily average of 19,529 ordered him to freeze. Instead he state, and local-centered in New York window trying to escape, but in time stolen property inquiries, 16,180 Na­ drew his revolver and ran down an City frequently leads to significant both were extradited to New York. tional Crime Information Center in­ "L"-shaped corridor. When he came joint undertakings, such as a raid quiries, 25,284 Department of Motor to a dead end, he stormed toward which netted 10,000 pounds of pure The bulletin which led to their Vehicle license and registration in­ the detail; he managed to squeeze Colombian marijuana salable at over arrest was carried over the State quiries, and 7,901 Department of off two rounds before he was killed $4 million and an assault on a gam­ Police-operated statewid(, computer­ Criminal Justice Services wanted and by a shotgun blast. bling network on Superbowl Sunday ized teletype network that links mort1 missing persons inquiries. which shredded a $200 million opera­ than 643 law enforcement terminals This was perhaps the most tion. - within New York with ties to national * * * -37- -36------~------

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.. ~: " .rlt .t"'::,,'~~~~ .'., ...... ~:J Superintendent Connelie presents a trophy to the winning team at.--.'.~'" the annual Division Open Golf Tourney, from left, TISgt. Charles Mataraza, TILt. Dick 7110mas, TISgt. Tom Griffith, and Insp. Joseph Gillespie. Athleties With the focus on three Olym. pics and a new police marathon, State Police flexed its athletic muscles during 1978.

In April, ground was broken for a $3.8 million State Police facility at Ray Brook, Essex County, to serve as Captain Robert B. Leffler, a State Police a security and public safety structure marathoner, completes the first Police for the 1980 winter OlYmpics at Lake Chase at Newburgh. Photo by Newburgh Placid. Evening News.

held on Long Island, came away with State Police is charged with coordinating state and federal security an astonishing 64 medals. Twenty of arrangements to assure a safe Olym­ the medalists then participated in the International Police Olympics in San pics, and the 49,000 sq uare-foot Diego in August, capturing 16 medals building will be the nerve center. in competition with 2,000 law en­ Following the OlYmpics, the structure forcement officers from four coun­ will be converted for use as the new tries. headquarters of Troop H, serving the counties of Franklin, Clinton, In November, two troopers-Jim Essex, St. Lawrence, and the northern portion of Hamilton. Kelly and Len Hauer--organized the \ first annual New York State Police Chase, a lO,OOO-meter event at Stew­ At the end of June, the largest art Airport. A total of 216 officers delegation ever to represent State representing state and local depart­ Police at the annual Police Olympics, ments from six northeastern states competed. 711ree State Police gold medalists are seen in action at the state's Police Olympics on For the second year, Superin­ Long Island: Trooper William P. Crandell, ¢ swimming; Investigator Michael G. O'Rour­ tendent Connelie hosted a Division ke, decathlon, and Trooper Carl L. Sum­ Open Golf Tournament at Colonie merlitl, 220-yard dash. Photos by Trooper Golf Course. _ Charles E. Stuart. -39- Court Case 3. Eliminate standards on test­ The Division of State Police was ing procedures which had non-job involved in a trial before Chief Judge related adverse impact on minorities James T. Foley, U.S. District Court or females. for the Northern District of New York, during 1978. The key issues Candidate evaluation was begun in this litigation revolve around al­ in September 1975, using the results legations by the U.S. Department of of this analysis. Recruitment prior to Justice that Division hiring practices, that time resulted in over 23,000 per­ past and present, are discriminatory sons participating in the critical against minorities and females. A evaluation stage, a written exam­ decision from the District Court is ination. When the evaluation process " expected early in 1979. was completed, an eligible list of · h for bravery is presented by Superin- over 3,700 candidates was established. The Brummer Award, the highest Stante pollc]e wOtld' and Tprs. j"fichael J. Clark, Donald J. . t fi m left Sgt lomas. ar, Division efforts to expand mi­ Despite the effort involved and e.(pen­ tendent Conne /Ie 0, ro ~. d W'/liam H. Bender. Boyea, Scott C. Saunders, LouIS}. Lang, an I nority members representation date ditures of over $1.2 million, disap­ . .t Eleven members received Super- to the late 1960s with greatly in­ pointingly small numbers of females 1\. war d Sa,.... intendent's Commendations Awards, creased activity from 1972 to the and minorities placed high enough chosen from among superintendent's present time. This increased activity to be offered appointments in the The highest State police award commendations for outs t an dlllg· per- stemmed from internal realization that traditional manner. for bravery-the Brummer Award-was formance during 1977. Among them minorities appeared underrepresented shared by six uniform m. who .;mbe~s was Tpr. Richard F. Soluske, who also and that the role of women in the Appointments numbering 225 participated in actions lllvolvlllg an received the annual Fathers and Sons State Police must be researched. were made from this list during the accident in which a woman w~s Alumni Award for dragging two un­ Additional impetus carne from com­ first nine months of 1977. The Justice rescued from a burning car, a fire III conscious men from a burning apart­ munity interest and amended pro­ Department moved before Judge which 30 persons were saved, an~ a ment house. The others were: lnvs. visions of the Civil Rights Act of Foley, in September of that year, shooting in which a trooper's restrrunt George P. Rebhan and Michael G. 1964. to have the Division restrained from nearly cost his life. O'Rourke, T/Sgt. Anthony P. Peters, further hiring, alleging that State Late 1972 saw the first mi­ Police hiring practices were discrimina­ In the highlight of a series of Sgt. Brian S. O'Connor, and Tprs. Robert P. Metcalf, James Dolan, nority recruitment effort begin. This tory. An order enjoining the State presentations at the second annual William J. Mante, Gerald J. Long, project and accompanying publicity Police from further hiring without Awards Day at the Academy June. 7, drew the greatest number of persons Court approval was issued by Judge . hared $3 000 representlllg Gordon E. Cole, and Albert E. Doney t h e SiX s " . ever applying for the State Police to Foley, after arguments, on Oct. 25, income from a trust fund established Jr. that time, including the first female 1977. The trial of this action brought in 1968 by the late Bertram F. Brum­ Recipients of the George. M. applicants. During the period 1973 by the Justice Department was held mer and his wife, Susie. Searle Memorial Award for contnbu­ to 1975, the first female members during June and July 1978. tions to training went to Sgts. George were sworn in and minority repre­ The winners: G. Loper and Robert Uuchholz and sentation was increased. Hiring under control of the Court took place in 1978, with two Tprs. Louis J. Lang and Scott C. TjSgt. Henry M. Michelin. - During this same period, the classes of recruit troopers being Saunders, who extricated a woman Division contracted with the U.S. trained. The modification orders from a flaming, smoke-enveloped car Civil Service Commission to conduct which permitted this hiring sub­ on the Thruway. a professional analysis of the trooper stantially increased minority and fe­ position. This analysis project was male representation by mandating ap­ Sgt. Thomas J. Ward and Tprs. intended to: pointment of predetermined numbers Michael J. Clark and Donald J. Boy~a, 1. Define selection criteria or from these groups. who led 30 occupants of a flamlllg standards. Malone apartment building to safety. 2. Develop a competitive can­ Minority representation as of didate evaluation process which was Dec. 31, 1978 was: 33 black males, Tpr. William H. Bender, who ~ psychologically sound and would meet 22 white and two black females, 27 intervening in a landlord-tenant diS­ A woman climbs out of her hospital applicable federal guidelines. Hispanics, and eight other minorities._ pute in Fishkill was wounded by a bed to thank Brummer Award Wln~er shotgun blast when he refrained from Tpr. Scott C. Saunders, who WIth -41- another trooper pulled her from her using his service revolver for fear of burning car. striking bystanders. -40------

CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA

Persons Arrested' Felonies Misdemeanors Lesser Offenses Il ('fPrrl'ci Arl'C'sLl'd DislIIl""l'rJ 10 *P('rC'pnt or C'Dl1vlC'lC'ci or rn11111~' ('on\'IC'lC'd SUlJlmlllH'd .\c'<]u I ltprJ Court

AI('ol1o I Ie I\l'v"rn~p Con Lml LillI' I1H 5" HI 10, Ar$on 15fj 57 ~1 """"uIL/<& H('C'klt,,,,, Jo:nelan!-lNntl'nL-l'l'l, (j,IO ~!l<; I Hi IiO ""7\' :\"""u I t.." & \Il'ck II''''' 1·;ndan~ernt('nL-\II"d. 17S0 noo 50:\ Ins 51. Burglary (lnC'ludC' nLt"mp'" & bur!-llnr'" Lool,,) r,anq :lOll I ~)a Inl:) <;7. .' Crlmlnnl 'l'r<'''I'II'''' (Ilulldln~" only) 1:\1 Ii {lHI :\

! Criminal ~llsC'hll·f ~OI:l 071 17~ 510 7~. \: Criminal TnI1l1Jt'ril1l{ 7n ,Hi (\ :l ,0, nnn~rrou" Drug Lllw" :HiO{l :\70:; 15!l1 ~:!') i\. \ DI/;orciC'rly Condu('L "/ld IInra""IIll'nl ( (I';xC'<'l't I'h)'"I('nl CDnlllC't. ,\tll'lIlpl" & ThrE'ItL.,,,) :157:\ 1:I:!(i ')10 (\a, Fln'Mm/; nnd \\\'lIpon,.: «('rlml''') IOI:! ;;:\(i :27:2 O(i o!).

\: F'llrgf.'r~ nllt! ("oullll'rr('ilin~-Slllll' LI\\\~ <;nl I III 101 II 75. I \,'rau,h, ,\nel (,hc'fit,,: Ilnd Ch,'ch" ~tl7H 1307 7:;1 ~o ot" \. (1nl11i>lln~ ~:l:\ I~:\ H~ HI. \ IIllra"sntc'nl (l'h,I'"lclIl ('onLltcl. ,\ll<,mpl" .:\: Thr(,I1\") 1501 oa:\ ,j{\() HI ;}.) . I" Ilornlcide' (C'rlrnirllti ;\<,~liL!t'nC',·) :!I Ii i, I i<;, 1I0rnlC'ldl' (~Iurd<>r lind ~llIn"ll\lI!.(hl"r) (10 1:\ 1:\ I i~, I) \ LIlrC'('n,\' t E~C',·pl Grotnd Lllr('('n)' I ",t, 1'", L.\\\ E'IFORCE\IK\T STATISTICS , EIJII,,';,:-:lplJIC'nl and \I"lor \'('hl('I,',,) r,i~ I :.!I~B 1:I!la !Hii i\' Lnrc<'Il)' t~ltll(lr \'c'hlt'I,,) "ni .111 I I):.! 7iJ. CALE~DAR YK.\R 1978 \ L(lltNlng L,' n:.! H:\ :Lj n~, I~ \\('nl\('ln~ ~;j:2 in 101 51. I'ro"\iWlitlllOff"n,,,'" :.!O II :! "5, ~lil<'R Tnwl,\t·d j: I I'llbl Ie Inltl~lcIlLi"n I I ;) 17, ~Ion<'~'s Rec'('lv<,d nnr! Ih'mitL('d 10 SLnl<' Trl'll"ur~ H,\I'<' 11(\ iii Ii n!. , (F~cs for ('ople" of 1l('('idenL reporLs flnd ph olograph" , \ II"hh,'r~ :!n:l l:l:\ I:.! i', "lnll' \'<,hle,I,' "n('id"nl (·llllm "C' lll('n1('nL", :r Offl'n"<,,, lE~C','pl Traffi(,\ nnll :\10:\ I :ln~, (I,ll 7 ;), Fin,'" il,.ntllLl'd lo 'l'n,":

\: Vehlel", nnd TraffiC' Arrests nll!ln:\ :;01:\11 7:27'0 \7, - - !' 'I'll til I - ,\II ,\rn'",l": (iq';(iI :,:l I 10:, ,:\Oi:, \H. k 'rOIlI'/n/.loll alld dismissal ('O/'"I1I1S ill(,/Illie pnsolls arrt'slcd ill pre1'io'IS Nears, Per('elll nonl'ic/pr/ is basf'd on ca8P8 prO('(188(Jd In ('O'irt in l!Ji8.

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II CRIMINAL OFFENSES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1978 I"'ndinl-\ al Pl'ndin" al B(',Ldnlling l\no\\,11 or FaIOl" or (' IPllrpd hy Clm",,,<1 I>~' IIl'porll'd I~nd of Pt'riod UnfllUndl'd ,\ rrl'"l Invl'",li/lIlLion Orfl'n""", of P"riod

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TOTAL 7755 1492 41745 107860 9352 6758 16188 41524 15379 59908 8581 1162 VIOLATIONS HANDL8J) BY NYSP - II 96 1 4 60 6 36 REPORTED BY OTlllm AGI~NCn~S \ TOTAL - ALL VIOLATIONS 7755 1492 41756 107956 9353 6758 16192 41584 15385 5994.4 8581 1162

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NONCRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1978* Pending Pending Matters False or Converted to Closed by Classi fication of Investigations Beginning End of Reported Unfounded Criminal Case Investigation of Period Period Accidents: Airplane 1 84 33 1 50 1 Hunting 2 75 1 2 71 3 Navigation 1 32 3 3 26 1 Train 36 36 Miscellaneous 24 1255 15 45 1205 14 Animals (No Crime Involved) 5 8124 52 1 8076 Applicants (Oivision Only) 144 344 470 18 Death, Natural 7 876 12 2 853 16 Drowning 2 66 7 58 3 Firearms and Weapons (No Crime Inyolved 15 209 4 1 203 16 Fires, Floods, Other Disasters 4 897 73 2 823 3 Lost and Missing Persons 31 4847 167 34 4644 33 ::, Property - Lost and Found 42 3788 68 8 3706 48 Suicide (Include Attempts) 7 668 87 6 571 11 All Other 103 27233 552 18 26691 75

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Total' 388 48534 1074 123 47483 242 \1 I' 'Vehicle and Traffic Data Reported Separately I1/ INVESTIGATIVE ACTION SUMMARY, CRIMINAL AND NONCRIMINAL * CALENDAR YEAR 1978

Pending at Known False Cleared Closed Con verted to Pending at 'I'ypl' or Activity Beginning Reported or by by Criminal E:nd or P.-riod or Rcct"ived Unrounded A rres t Investigation Case or Period Criminal Violations 9247 149712 16111 57776 75329 9743 Noncriminal Investigations 388 48534 1074 47483 123 242 Investigations For Other Agencips" :l358 3358

TOTA L ACTIVITY 9635 201004 17185 57776 126170 123 9985

'V"hicle and Trarric Pelonies "nd Misdempanors reported separately ""Includes both Criminal and Noncriminal Matters

< SUMMARY - UNITS OF WORK

Criminal ('asps Reported 149712 Vehicle and Trarric Cases 644963 Noncriminal Investigations 48534 Vehicle and Trame Investigations 60605 Investigations Fer OUHlr Agencies 3358 Total Units or Work 907172

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VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DATA

Hazardous Violation Arrests Peroent of All ViolaUon Number of Arrc'Sts Hazardous Arrests Alcoholic Beverages 1889 0.4 Backed Unsafely 1528 0.3 DWAI Drugs - Misd. 107 0.0 DWAI Drugs - Fel. 4 0.0 OWl - Misd. 12085 2.6 OWl - Fel. 328 0.1 Drove Median Strip 1313 0.3 Motorcycle Equipment, Infraction 1403 0.3 MOlor Vehicle Equipment Infraction 9237 2.0 Equipment - Misd. 297 0.1 Fail To Comply 636 0.1 Fail To Dim Lights 740 0.2 Fai I To Keep Right 5937 1.3 Fail To/Improper Signal 1408 0.3 Fai I To Stop/Railroad 81 0.0 Failed To Yield Right Of Way 4846 1.1 Following Too Close 2285 0.5 Highway Law 55 0.0 Hitohhiking 1625 0.4 Illegal Turns 3135 0.7 Improper Lane Usage 2717 0.6 Improper Passing 7133 1.6 Inadequate Brakes - Misd. 33 0.0 Insecure Load - Misd. 142 0.0 InsufficIent Lights 22111 4.8 No Red Flag - Lights 260 0.1 Obstructed Vision 1592 0.3 One-Way Traffic 545 0.1 Parking Infraction 4677 1.0 Pass Red Light 4850 1.1 Pass Schoo I Bus 424 0.1 Pass Stop Sign 5632 1.2 Pedestrian Infraction 52 0.0 Reckless Driving - ~lisd. 1036 0.2 Speeding In fraction 323801 70.5 Speed ing/Conditions 4275 0.9 Speeding - Misd. 13 0.0 Unsafe Tires 26650 5.8 Other Hazardous Infractions 4364 1.0 Other Hazardous/Bicycle 78 0.0 Other Hazardous/Me 18 0.0 Total Hazardous Violations 4593.2 100.0

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viii Accident Causes Nonhazardous Violation Arre s ts Personal Property Percent of Principal Causes of Accidente Fatal Injury Damage Total Total Violatlor. Number of Arreste Percent of All Non- hazardous Arres te - HUMAN- Emergency Lighti~ Infraction 773 0.4 Alcohol Involvement 119 2355 2379 4853 9.82 Inadequate Signal 'qulpment 6340 3.4 Baoking Unsafely 4 156 1927 2087 4.22 Insurance/Misd. 20807 11.2 Left Scene Accident Infraction 1556 0.8 Driver Inatten tion 15 989 1680 2684 5.43 Left Scene AccidentiMisd. 252 0.1 Driver Inexperienced 10 441 495 946 1.91 License Infraction 21373 11.5 License/Misd. 161 0.1 Drugs (Illegal) 1 9 8 18 0.04 Litterin~ 2335 1.3 Failure to Yield R.O.W. 23 1651 2703 4377 8.85 Muffler nfraction 9562 5.2 Excess Noise 5 0.0 Fell Asleep 33 579 555 1167 2.36 License Suspended - Revoked/Misd. 8287 4.5 Following Too Close 2 103f) 1621 2659 5.38 Registration Suspended - Revoked/Misd. 56 0.0 Oversize Vehiole 1814 1.0 Illness 4 41 17 62 0.13 Overwei~ht Infraction 10704 5.9 Lost Consciousness 2 59 25 86 0.17 No Perm t Size Weight 43 0.0 Registration Infraction 31284 16.!) Passenger Distraction 65 69 134 0.27 Registration I Limit Use Vehiole 23 0.0 Passing/Lane Usage Improper 63 1301 2646 4010 8.11 Registration/Misd. 37 0.0 Reglstratlon/Fel. 3 0.0 Pedestrian Error/Confusion 41 530 23 594 1.20 ~~xcess Smoke 358 0.2 Physical Disability 10 12 22 0.04 Vehicle Inspection Infraction 52605 28.3 Vehicle InspeC'·I"'n/Mlsd. 25 0.0 Prescri ntion Medication 12 9 21 0.04 Repair Shop Y - a.tIon 5 0.0 Traffic Control Device 10 291 316 617 1.25 Other Nonhaza aous 137 0.1 Other Nonhazardous/Misd. 17 0.0 Turning Improperly 4 298 803 1105 2.24 Local Laws - Ordinance 306 0.2 Unsafe Speed 120 3675 5399 9194 18.62 Bast Hudson Parkwa Authority Rules/Regs. 649 0.3 Public Health Law/~1 Isd. 10 0.0 Other Human Causes 27 928 2152 3107 6.30 Transportation Law 6875 3.7 Thruway Rules/Regulations 2225 1.2 Total Human 478 14426 22839 3774:1 76.38 Thruway Toll Violation 439 0.2 Thruway Dr!ve Flat Tire 5 0.0 Thruway Unsafe Vehicle 12 0.0 Thruway Towing Violation 20 0.0 Thruway Damage Property 43 0.0 Thru~.al Prohibit Intoxication Personal Property 214 0.1 Principal-Causes of Accidente Fatal Percent of '1 'uck ~ ileage Tax Law 6261 3.4 Injury Damage Total Total

Total Nonhazardous Violations 185621 100.0 - VEHICU'.AR - Accelerator Defe/cti ve 45 36 81 0.16 To tal Traffi c A rres te 644963 Brakes Defectiv\! 2 147 267 416 0.84· Headlight Defective 5 7 12 0.02 Vehicle and Traffic Arrests Other Lighting Defects 13 55 68 0.14 Pending Total Closed by Pending Percent Con- Oversize Vehiole 3 59 62 0.13 Beginning All Convictions Dismissals End of victed,Cases Investigation Steer Failure 1 2~0 of Period Arrests Period in Court 116 123 0.49 Tire Failure/Inadequate 1 256 496 753 1.52 228808 644963 504311 '72789 29347 267324 87% Tow Hitch Defective 1 8 79 88 0.18 Windshield Inadequate 6 6 0.01 ·This includes 9754 dismissals - Notice of Correction - Lights - which accounts lor 13% of dismissals Other Vehicular Causes 2 25ft 805 1063 2.15 Accident Anolysi s Total Vehicular 7 849 1!!33 2789 5.64 Personal Injury ~operty Year Total Accidents Fatal Accidente Damage --. Accidents Accldente 1977 4900!! 454 165/lB 31969 Personal Property Peroent of 1978 4941l1l 492 Principal Caus",; of Aooidents 16712 321118 Fatal Injury Damage Total Total

Speeding Arrests - ENVIRONMENT~L - \ Total Percent Percent Percent Animal's Action 1 533 5266 5800 11.73 Year Radar Speed of Total Computer of Total Patrol of Total Glare 43 67 110 0.22 Sveed Sveed Speed Lane Marking Improper/lu",uequate 3 12 15 0.03 1977 299169 254729 85.1 1090 0.4 43350 i4.5 Obstruotiot) IDebris I 112 485 1.21 197/l d2/l08Q' 285250 87.0 118 0.0 . M'~ - 42721 i3;O Pavement Defeotive 33 52 85 0.17 (Speeding represen led 5 I % of aU V&T arres ts In 1978) Pavement Slippery 3 52 I 1151 1675 3.39 Shou,aer... 'lefeotive/Improper 12 3t 43 0.09 Intoxicated Driver Violations Traffio COIll.rol Devioe Impror"r/ Total Chemioal Teste Nonworkint! 8 7 15 0.03 ./ Total Total Convictions Conviotions Convlotions Year DWI Refusals DWI J- View Obstruoted/Limited 1 100 219 320 0.65 Breath Urine DWAI Less')r Arrests Blooa I Charge Other Environmentai Causes 1 72 156 2~9 0.46 1977 10840 9196 I, 570 I 1226 4088 4329 2633 Total Bnvironmental 7 1437 .7446 8890 17.98 1978 12413 9784 622 I 1462 4284 5219 2454 Total Causes 492 16712 :12218 49422 100.00 " Convlct'oll COlumn:; Include perso.,. 'tied In preVIous years. x IX " Accident Arrests Accident Arrests for Prlnoipal Causes of Accidents This Violation Percent of Total Speed/Too Fast for CondlLlons 3790 12.1 Failed la Keep Right 3377 10.8 Failed to Yield R.O. W. 3191 10.2 Following Too Close 1565 5.0 Improper Passing 1647 5.2 i i Baoklng Unsafely 803 2.6 I ' Had Been Drinking 3339 10.6 , I Impl'oper TUrning 737 2.3 I Unsafe Equipment 430 1.4 Unsafe 'rires 1271 4.0 Improper Parking - Slopping 293 0.9 } I Pedestrian Violations 25 0.1 Reckless Driving 427 1.4 Passed Stop Sign 418 1.3 Defective Brakes 23 0.1 Failed to Signal 88 0.3 Lights - Improper Use - Defective 160 0.5 Passed Red Light 300 1.0 Driving While Impaired (Drugs) 27 0.1 Other Hazardous Violations 176 0.7 Nonhnzardous Violations 9293 29.4 Total 31380 100.0

Road Check Statistics (Road checks required by Section 390, Vehicle and Traffic Law) Total Cheokpolnts Held 1978

Road Check Arrests: V&T 27544 Criminal 64.0 Total 28184

INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITY - VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC

NUMBER TYPE OF INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED Dept. of Transportation (re traffic signals, speed zones, other controls) 2267 Suspension & Revocation Orders for Department of Molar Vehicles 8424 Fatal Accident Scene Review 492 Total Investigations 11183

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