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LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN AUGUST 1972 VOL. 41 NO.8 THE COVER-Attorney General, Richard G. Kleindienst. See page 17. LAW ENFORCEMENT BULLETIN CONTENTS Message From the Acting Director 1 FBI National Academy Graduation 3 Forensic Odontology Today-A "New" Forensic Science, by Lowell J. Levine, D.D.S., Consultant in Forensic Dentistry, Office of Chief Medical e Examiner, New York, N.Y. 6 Trailers Are Tempting Targets for Thieves 10 "The Image of Law Enforcement," by H on. L. Patrick Gray, III, Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation . 14 New Attorney General 17 Published by the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION A Law Enforcement Officer Looks at Sentencing, by Insp. fohn B. Hotis, Federal Bureau of Investiga- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE tion, Washington, D.C. 18 Washington, D.C. 20535 The Police Legal Unit, by Edwin D. Heath, Jr., Di• rector of Police, Criminal Justice Interface Divi• sion, Police Department, Dallas, Tex. 22 Nationwide Crimes cope 31 .. Wanted by the FBI . 32 ONE OF THE GREAT FAITHS of a democratic discharge of its duties will provoke harsh criti· society is its belief that it can protect itself without cism on both sides. forfeiting individual freedom. Frequently ex• pressed fears over the simplicity of this proposi• The FBI, particularly, over the years has tion are not misplaced, for the balance between drawn much attention to its role in a democratic freedom and the essential maintenance of law society. Some have viewed FBI jurisdiction as and order in a democracy is necessarily delicate. expansive and encroaching on individual free• , And, it will always be so. doms. Others, just as vocally, have argued for programs which would cast the FBI along the Without order, the scales of fr~edom would lines of a national police force. There is no reason certainly tip toward anarchy. Unreasonable re• to question the sincerity of either position, for straints on freedom would surely encourage a each mirrors the proper and continuing public ft toward totalitarianism. The delicate balance concern over the protection of democracy's deli• • ween freedom and the essential restraints to cate balance--on the one side from excessive establish order must be zealously guarded lest police power and on the other from irresponsible r- one override the other. freedom. Order is governed by observance of duly FBI jurisdiction is in fact carefully circum• enacted laws, while freedom in a democracy can scribed by specific legislation and directives that only be limited to the legitimate and responsible define its duties. The FBI will not, under my aspirations of the individual. The two must grow direction, violate the boundaries of its authority, together with a mutual respect for their im• nor will it become the equivalent of a national • portance in our country's heritage. police force. In this intent I can do no better than Law enforcement has a vital role in maintain• my distinguished predecessor, J. Edgar Hoover, ing the delicate balance between freedom and who throughout his remarkable career was recog• order. It must protect both without favoring nized by friend and foe alike as a steadfast either. This is a significant responsibility, but not opponent of proposals which could have easily an enviable assignment. More often than not, no reshaped the FBI into a huge agency with un• matter how careful and correct, law enforcement's limited investigative powers. MESSAGE The centralization of far-reaching police au• effective performance in the pursuit of national thority has no place in a democratic society. goals. Our framework of city, county, and State gov• Cooperation among law enforcement is the best ernments has developed a network of dedicated guarantee that alien concepts of centralized police law enforcement agencies that are responsive to power will never gain a foothold on these shores. the individual needs of their communities and are The FBI is unalterably and enthusiastically com• mitted to cooperation in all law enforcement accountable to the elected officials of those efforts. Only in this spirit may our profession jurisdictions. Together with Federal law enforce• serve society with reason and concern for its ment these local departments have, through co• democratic legacy and with the ability indispens• operative programs, provided efficient and able to its protection_ 1. PATRICK GRAY, III AUGUST 1, 1972 Acting Director Senator Hruska Speaks FBI National Academy Graduation "It IS vital that effective law enforcement continue to improve in this and our sister nations if we are to continue to call ourselves 'civilized' peoples. " T he FBI " ... National Academy learned of the latest in police tech• has been a principal means by which niques and about the resources avail• there has developed a close working able to you at the national level, but relationship and understanding among you have come to see how many others all levels of law enforcement in this are meeting and solving problems nation." common to all professionals in your Acknowledging the importance of field. This knowledge should serve the Academy's role in law enforce• you well. It will serve your communi• ment cooperation was the Honorable ties well, also. It is vital that effective Roman L. Hruska, U.S. Senator from law enforcement continue to improve Nebraska, in his address to the grad• in this and our sister nations if we uates of the 89th session of the FBI are to continue to call ourselves 'civ• National Academy on June 7, 1972, at ilized' peoples." Washington, D.C. Highlighting "outstanding and Noting that the Academy's pro• notable historical events" that oc• grams since its beginning in 1935 have curred during the graduating class been a "great success," Senator training period-the death of former Hruska continued that he knew"... FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, the this class will add measurably to this appointment of Mr. L. Patrick Gray, Senator Roman L. Hruska. excellent record. Not only have you III, as Acting FBI Director, and Pres• _gust 1972 3 ident Nixon's visit to the Soviet He continued that "[l]aw enforce• Union-Senator Hruska endorsed Mr. ment in the United States is primarily The FBI is " ••• fully Gray's selection as an "outstanding a state and local function-a state and aware that one of the choice." "I know," said the Senator, local responsibility." " ... [F]ederal strengths of our society . •• "he will see that the Bureau continues participation has been designed to lies in the quality of the its record of exemplary service to the confine itself within the major propo• law enforcement effort on the local level." nati{)n." sition of primary responsibility for Senator Hruska then asked rhetor• law enforcement in the hands of state ically if the recent negotiations and and local authorities," said the graduates that their ". personal agreements by the President with the Senator. standing among your fellow citizens Russians had compromised Mr. In conclusion, Senator Hruska told is vital to your effectiveness in carry• Hoover's lifetime convictions on the the graduates that their "... train• ing out your duties. You must com• "wickedness" and "evils" of com• ing . has been geared to improv• mand respect. Respect that is earned munism. It was his view that they did ing your capacity to fit into the sys• through knowledge, competence, un• not, for as he noted: ". let us tem of law enforcement based upon derstanding, and commitment to your remember that President Nixon also state and local efforts . [and] profession. In this way you can . has a long record of one who has . is a continuation of a process count on the solid support of your studied and learned about Commu• whereby you can employ fruitfully fellow citizens." He also assured them nism. He has fiercely battled it here and effectively that additional knowl• they would have the support and co• in America. He has lost none of his edge together with your previous ex• operation of the FBI which is ". keen awareness of its goals, missions perience so as to fit in this vast and fully aware that one of the great and dangers against America and the important pattern of law enforce• strengths of our society . lies in free world." ment throughout the United States." the quality of the law enforcement Out of the President's visit to the Senator Hruska, as the principal effort on the local level. We want to Soviet Union and the resulting delib• speaker at the graduation ceremonies, help in enhancing that quality for the erations with that country's leaders, was introduced by Acting Director benefit of all citizens of this land of Senator Hruska saw progress "... Gray. Mr. Gray also counseled the ours." being made toward a world which will witness the settlement of national differences by negotiation, not by force--a world in which nations will learn to live with their differences, so that their sons will not have to die for those differences." Referring to another position steadfastly held by Mr. Hoover dur• ing his lifetime, ". that a national police force or foundation or sug• gestion thereof would be unaccept• able in America," the Senator said he shared this ". profound and cor• rect interpretation of the constitu• tional concept which is the foun• dation for our government in America...." "Law enforcement in the United States is primarily a state and local function• a state and local respons• Insp. William L. Hart, Detroit, Mich., Police Department, receives his diploma from Acting ibility." Director Gray as Insp. Thomas J. Jenkins, now Assistant Director of the FBI Training Division, looks on. 4 FBI Law Enforcement Bullet. Lt. Col. Archie Van Winkle, presi• dent of the National Academy grad• _ ting class and Director of Security "We, the members of the 89th Session of the National .dLaw Enforcement for the U_S.