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CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR " . .. the rapidly growing role of the computer in our society has created a uniquely challenging field of criminal activity." POLICING SPECTACLES: COOPERATION, COORDI• NATION, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, by John D. Swift. 3 A VIABLE POLICE RESERVE, by Paul H. Bohardt, Chief, Administrative Division, Dade County Pub• lic Safety Department, Miami, Fla. 9 RAILROAD CRIME: OLD WEST TRAIN ROBBERS TO MODERN-DAY CARGO THIEVES, by Thomas W. Gough, Staff Assistant to the General Director, Security and Special Service Department, Union Paciflc Railroad Co., Omaha, Nebr. 16 ENTRY INTO PREMISES FOR THE PURPOSE OF EX• ECUTING AN ARREST WARRANT, by J. Paul Bout• well, Special Agent, Legal Counsel Division, Fed'eral Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C. 27 WANTED BY THE FBI 32 THE COVER The photograph featured on this month's cover highlights the role of of• ficers who protect our railways from criminal acts. See related article begin• ning on page 16 of this issue. Message from the Director. IN THE FOREFRONT OF MAJOR technological of some administrators not to report such crimes advances has been the computer. Its uses in busi• through fears of disclosing existing vulnerabili• ness, industry, government, and other areas have ties or creating other forms of adverse publicity. dramatically expanded, generating countless ben• Based on recent studies, this type of white• efits. There is every reason to believe that this collar criminal generally appears to have several remarkable proliferation will continue in the characteristics that set him apart from other law• future and receive additional impetus with in• breakers. Typically, the offender is a highly intel• creased availability of minicomputers.
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