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NEW YORK STATE POLICE 1913 " :,'(', i I ;fl " , " ' o " '" ,,:J " :'7 J' Superintendent William E. Kirwan Annual Report ',,t.',:' r, ~ - .~ NEW YORK STATE POLICE ~I ..;... ~' ,J .. , ,-i For the Year 1973 _,r .. Shaded by skyscrapers, troopers .... ., march in a parade celebrating the opening of New York City's new police headquarters. For many city o viewers it was their first glimpse of gray-clad State police since the only uniform troopers normally working in the city are those assigned to the Motor Vehicle Inspection Unit. l pHOTO BY INV. ROBERT J. LYNN ( . "'.f< ;e In ", [) Governor Malcolm Wilson ,\ Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller RESIGNED DEC. 18. 1973 ., il A Summary Of .': The State Police The Cover In Its 56th Year record number of .:; 9, 142 can did a tes A turned out for a written test for the position of trooper given on March 17 he productivity of the State at 18 locations. Tl1e cover Police as measured by traffic picture was taken at the T and criminal cases rose during Middletown Junior High 1973 although the Division's police Sch~ol. The test followed an intensive drive to attract ethnic minority strength remained virtually unchanged. applIcants. And for the first time women were permitted to compete This continued the pattern of recent fo~ trooper appointments. From scores on the written test and a later years when heavier work loads have agility test an eligible list of 4,527 was established. been met without corresponding ';': : increases in personnel. CONTENTS Thirteen new police positions were authorized bringing the total to CAPITAL NEWSPAPERS PAGE PAGE 3,476. While 91 recruits began field BY PAUL D. KNISKERN duty in February and 135 troopers A car trunk is checked during massive SUMMARY 3 THE AIR FLEET 34 were appointed in 'September, actual manhunt for the knife-slayer of a 1973 record in bri ef. The Division's lofty arm. strength was down 180 at year's end camper near Speculator. NARCOTICS 6 PUBLIC RELATIONS 36 compared with 194 a year earlier and Arrests at new high. Informing the public. 188 at the end of 1971. a written entrance test in March. The THAFFIC 10 THE SUMMER JAM 38 test followed an intensive campaign to Accident totals drop. Gathering of rock fans. The September appointments interest members of ethnic minority included five women, the first to be groups in a State Police career. Among DHUNKEN DHIVING 13 BOMB INCIDENTS 41 admitted to the Division police ranks. the candidates were 1,307 Black males More offenders caught. Handle wi th care. They had been among 9,142 who took and 372 women. ON DUTY DEATHS 15 MOUNTAIN MANHUNT 44 Tpr. Semrov-Inv. McCully. Search for murder suspect. THE FIELD 17 BLOODHOUNDS 48 The BCI and Unifonn Force. The nosey troopers. Troopers salute at COMMUNICA TIONS 23 PERSONNEL 51 traditional Memorial Day Computer uses grow. Report on employees. rites honoring deceased members. Ceremonies like .' THE ACADEMY 26 THE SCUBA TEAMS 54 this one at Troop F in'" Recruit training lengthened. Underwa ter assignmen ts. Middletown take place at THE LABOHATOHY 30 SP MANHATTAN 57 all troop headquarters and New jobs cut backlog. Outpost in the Big City. at the State Police HITCHHIKING 32 PISTOL PEHMITS 58 Academy. Criminal ncts no rari ty. Reposi tory of gun data. For Statistics See Appendix MIDDLETOWN TIMES HERALD-RECORD BY MANNY FUCHS 1 'I -3- -2- .....r.. I; Two troopers died in the performance of duty. Trooper Robert M. Semrov, 27 years old, was shot fatally Jan. 27 after pursuing a speeder ." ~ d ~ to his home in' Otsego County. " til ." -d til Investigator Bruce B. McCully died ~ 0 '" 'i:; ~~ CD~ Sept. 30 of infectious hepatitis "p., :.0 .... c 0 contracted during a drug investigation. ~." UJ ~ Among those injured on duty was p., w" '"0 Zone Sergeant Paul A. Richter who "r... suffered a paralyzing bullet wound in c ."c tIJ the neck while checking burglars. :3 ~ d; tIJ .,. 0 .... .... 0:> ,~ tIJ C 0' '" OJ .~ .,;" ~ '" - '".... '" 0' '" '" "" .,. " tIJ ~ '" -- '" - --- '" '" '" ~ ~~:g - '" The shortage of gasoline had a >~ ..-. ALBA\JY FIRE DEPARTMENT oS wholesome impact on traffic. The :., BY J. H. WINCHELL .0 tIJ lower speed limits set in November ." 'j;" .... 0 .,. 0 '" '" '" '" OJ A trucker, his l.qg broken, is [reed by tIJ '" - and the reduction in travel were main "0 1i '" trooper and firerw?n after (! crash at U factors accounting for a decline of 16 midnight on Thruway near Albany. '" percent in accidents investigated by ." tIJ C ~ ~ ~ tIJ troopers in November and a drop of fI) tIJ C" New BCI cases requiring ~ .,;" UJ 28 percent in December compared investigation totaled 58,824, up 13.9 ~ ~~~" >. .0 with the same months in 1972. For percent from 1972. These included ." UJ the year, accident investigations were 51,137 criminal cases, 5,711 e ~ <II " 0 down 4.6 percent. Traffic arrests rose noncriminal cases and 1,967 cases U. 0;'" 5.7 percent, from 464, 677 in 1972 to which investigation proved to be '" 491,137. Noteworthy were the arrests unfounded. The new case total in ." C ." ~ -"'."'''''''m.,.'''--'''o .... ''''''~.'''o''''''om for drunken driving which rose 15.5 1972 came to 51,622, comprised of tIJ ~ .,;" til -'" "''''''' 0"' .... "'_ "'''' "'0'" 0 '" '" - '" oo~'" percent. These totaled 12,385 44,991 criminal cases, 4,991 "- ,~ ~ <II :;; compared with 10,726 in 1972.• noncriminal cases and 1,640 p:: ~ til ~ 000 - C'l 0" " 0 '" :.:~ 0;'" r... CD ." " ~ ';;" fI) C .,;" tIJ 'to"tJ .~ ~ <II 0 :;; A Vascar unit in patrol co 'C ~ " "p., tIJ car s how s t raffi c 'CD- moving at 50 mph top " 0 'a" :a 0 speed set in November c ;; p., r... to save gasoline. " Moderated speeds and reduction in miles traveled produced sharp drop in auto accidents. NEWBURGH NEWS BY RICHARD WHITMIRE -4- unfounded cases. The BCI closed 32,613 cases by arrest in 1973 t- "'1' _ "1 .,. ""n..,. 0) '" '" compared with 29,964 in 1972, an C','" '" increase of 8.8 percent. The volume of cases handled by 0 0'" '" 0) '" the Scientific Laboratory was up 8.8 '" '" percent, rising from 11,435 in 1972 to 12,424. The addition of 14 employees on ..,. in September enabled the unit to t- ~ O> <0 <0 '"..,. .,.'" reduce the backlog of drug c~\ses below 1,000 for the first time in 18 months. ....C', .,. ..'" ::;: Offenses known or reported to '":::: the State Police came to 607,328, up 38,685 or 6.8 percent from 1972. ,~ <0 Arrests totaled 538,195, a figure 4 - .... !':: oO '" percent higher than the 517,302 a year '" 0 0..,. ... earlier. Convictions were obtained in 420,996 cases compared with 365,247 4'1 ..... 0 <0 0 ,~ "~ o'" in 1972. For cases adjudicated, the MIDDLETDWN TIMES HERALD-RECORD ....'" ~ 0)'" :::: :::: conviction rate was 86 percent, down BY PAUL UPDIKE from 88.1 percent in 1972. A ball and a chi/d's hat are held by trooper surveying skid marks made by C', ..,. <0 on ;Xl Fines, fees, the value of rrloton:~t in attempt to avoid accident '"on '" '"on fatal to S-year-old boy. "" "" recovered property and proceeds from the sale of used equipment totaled $6,034,583 from the 1972 total of ...,. $ 1 9,070,323, an :increase of '"0 $13,035,740. • 0 '" C', 0 0 '" '" A barrier of 56 years 'rI{as lifted in September as five women were admitted l_ ...Cl C'l ..... to the ranks of trooper. vne left soon after basic training began but the a the r s persevered through the 17 weeks of arduous schooling and went on to field assignments. They are shown here with Superintendent Kirwan at exercises held as basic studies ended. x -5- 19<t Pounds Of "Grass" Intercepted On Thruway narcotic investigator, Theodore O. Rerun, and a federal agent car with Texas plates was were mingling with patrons at a Washington County tavern when stopped on Sept. 11 by a A a suspected drug pusher accused the agent of stealing his helmet AT hru w ay trooper on and demanded that he open his car trunk. This was refused since en tering New York from equipment in it would have exposed his undercover role. In an ensuing Pennsylvania. The operator had argument and fight, the suspe"ct aimed a pistol at the agent. Investigator a title certificate in another Rehm immediately grabbed the gun, but in the struggle began to loose Texan's name, but contended he his grip. Fearing for his life and that of the agent, Rehm fatally shot the had bought the car two days suspect with his service revolver. During'the fight, a bystander sunk a before. Unable to find title knife in Rehm's back.