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- JULY 1970 VOL. 39, NO. 7 THE COVERThe FBI National Academy Seal. See article on 35th An- niversary of Academy, • page 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN CONTENTS Message From Director]' Edgar Hoover 1 I- Change Through Training 2 Good Public Relations Is Good Business, by Lt. Jack W. Johnson, Police Department, Burlington, • Iowa ~ '" Insurance FraudA CRIME, by W. G. O'Neal, Chief Investigator, orth Carolina Department of In- surance, Raleigh, N.C. 8 An Electronic Wonderland, by Harry C. Huskisson, Chief of Police, Knoxville, Tenn. 12 The Forty Thieves (Part l) 16 Crime and the Credit Card, by Milton Lipson, Vice " Published by the President, Corporate Security, American Express FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Co., New York, .Y. (Conclusion) 20 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Wanted by the FBI 32 Washington, D.C. 20535 • MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR • • • . To All Law Enforcement Officials THERE I~ SOMETHING DISTRESSING about free barrier between society and the criminaL How• people having to restrict and alter their daily ever, history dating back to Biblical times teaches pursuits and activities because of brazen us that high walls as such do not necessarily pro• criminals. vide sanctuary. If we are to find relief from crime, we have to shore up our legal walls to pre• Is it right that bus passengers in many metro• vent lawbreakers from slipping back and forth politan areas must always have the exact fare through loopholes to prey on the public and then because busdrivers cannot carry money to make hide behind legal sanctions to avoid just and ade• change without being robbed? Is it right that quate punishment. If we are to contain the spiral• motorists in some cities must buy gasoline in ing crime rate and bring a higher degree of amounts for which they have exact money, or use security back to the law-abiding citizens, then we a:redit cards, to keep station attendants from must make justice swift and certain. In spite of ~ eing held up by thugs? Is it right that downtown what some courts and legal theorists may pro• merchants in some areas should lose their cus• claim, justice is all-inclusive; it means justice for tomers, and perhaps their businesses, because the victims and the public as well as for the citizens are afraid to venture into crime-infested accused. streets? " Soon, we will have to stop granting conces• Let us face it. Are we, as a free society under the sions to marauding criminals and stop reshaping rule of law, shaping our own destiny, or are we our lives to conditions thrust upon us by exces• being pushed and boxed in by those who defy the sive crime. I am fully convinced that one of the law and have no respect for the rights of others? most effective moves we could make to combat The truth of the matter is that more and more crime in the 1970's would be to speed up and of our Nation's total energy and effort is needed improve our judicial processes 0 that the time to protect people against crime. For instance, element between a criminal violation and its more theft-prevention devices are being installed disposition in court is sharply reduced. The old in new automobiles. More homes are being truism notwithstanding, it would appear that not equipped with bigger and more complex door all criminals and their attorneys today believe locks. Banks are taking action to reduce the that "ju tice delayed" is "justice denied." amount of cash exposed to bank robbers. In some Let us stop reacting aimlessly to the pressing cities, police patrol school corridors and grounds demands of the lawless. Rather, let us start ap• to keep troublemakers from disrupting classes plying the legal remedies and safeguards of the and as aulting students. The list goes on and on. law which is meant to penalize those who break We are a ttempting, in effect, to erect a protective it, not those who abide by it. JULY 1, 1970 35th Anniversary of FBI NA- Change Through Training. In the true sense, training is a requi• site of preparedness. Thirty-five yea ago, Director J. Edgar Hoo. in appraising our fast·changing, com• plex society and the rapidly rising crime rate, recognized that if law en• forcement was to be even minimally The Bulletin is pleased to salute the FBI National prepared to meet its responsibilities, ' Academy on its 35th Anniversary. It is significant to note, professional training was imperative. as we glance back at the outstanding accomplishments of With the cooperation of local and the FBI Academy in the past, that the key to its success State law enforcement officials, the .. has been its forward-looking, progressive programs to FBI, under the leadership of help achieve effective law enforcement throughout the Mr. Hoover, laid the groundwork for country and the free world. While there is still much to a "Police Training School" which • be done, the Academy and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, would, so far as possible, provide an who launched the training school on July 29, 1935, can be answer to every problem normally proud of its record of service. arising in law enforcement work. After month of planning and prepa• ration, 23 police officers from agen• cies throughout the country a sembled ... at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 1935, to attend the opening session of what today is known as the FBI ational Academy. The 12-week course was free. Trans• portation and subsistence while in .. Washington were the only expe_ 2 FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin An aerial view of construction progress of the new FBI Academy. going the course of instruction, will "There is nothing more permanent than change, and return to their communities equipped nothing that m~ets with more resistance. Yet nothing to inform their respective depart• ments in the new things learned con• stands still. Everything either moves forward or falls cerning crime problems." backward. Man has progressed through the centuries In so stating, the Director pin• because man has had the intelligence to meet change with pointed what has been a primary ob• change. Individuals, too, must heed that lesson of the race. jective of the Academy over the years. And, of course, men can master change by training today Since it is not feasible to accept and for the opportunities which new conditions will open train all law enforcement officers in tomorrow. It was good advice a generation or so ago, and a 12-week course in Washington, the it is even better advice today." FBI strives for the next best thing. Jacob M. Braude It endeavors to qualify every gradu• ate as an instructor or administrator. On May 27, 1970, graduation cere• the attending officers had to pay. To• ment level to practic al application of monies were held for 99 officers of day, all expenses connected with the enforcement duties. the 85th Session of the Academy. This training of the student officers are Commenting on th e opening of the brought the total number of officers paid by the FBI. training school in h is message to law who have received this specialized The curriculum of the opening ses• enforcement officials in the August training in the past 35 years to 5,734, sion of the Academy covered a broad 1935 Bulletin, Mr. Hoover stated, "It including 183 officers from 40 foreign ~ e of subjects from the manage- is hoped that the D1en, after under- countries. Some 28 percent of the July 1970 3 The Academy dining room begins to take shape as seen in this view from the road which separates the Academy site from the ~ FBI flring ranges. e graduates still active in law enforce• to 200. In addition, 1,000 other offi• Change has been a constant factor ment hold top executive positions in cers can be handled in shorter, spe• of the National Academy agenda. their agencies. Consequently, over the cialized training courses. From the outset, the police training years, the FBI has trained a nucleus The spacious and modern training has been tailored to the needs and of carefully selected officers in the complex underway at Quantico is a desires of the agencies requesting the II latest methods and trends in crime tribute to the continuing efforts of training. The curriculum of the first detection and investigative proce• Director Hoover to professionalize session was drawn up by the FBI dures. Thus, when the officers return law enforcement and to his firm belief with the assistance of a committee of to their various departments, they are that brains, science, and hard work police chiefs. Since that time, every prepared to organize and set up their are the most effective weapons against succeeding curriculum has been own police schools and make avail• crime. closely examined, revised, and ex• .. able to their fellow officers the knowl• Upon completion, the multiple• panded to meet the needs of the times. edge and practical experience gained building training center will feature at the Academy. two seven-story dormitories contain• Advanced Studies ing 356 bedrooms accommodating New Facilities two men each. The classrooms will Currently, in addition to the prac• have the latest and most advanced tical and specialized subjects, officers ... Currently, new training facilities audiovisual teaching and training are trained in such advance fields as which will greatly enhance the scope aids. This giant stride forward in sociology, psychology, criminology, and capacity of the National Academy training facilities and equipment is police-community relations, police are being constructed at Quantico, Va. truly in keeping with the spirit of the ethics, police management, public With completion date set for 1972, FBI ational Academy and the ag.