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LEAA grants $9 million to put out the flames: .

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Chicago s acting chief hopes to
Fed arson effort heats up t3i^0 over the reins permanently
The Law Enforccmcni Assistance Ad- attempt to improve arson idcncincation as The acting superintendent of the Chica- to bury them in Chicago," he said they’re
ministration is pouring $9 million into a well as arrest, prosecution and conviction go Police Department, who has been runn- only aswc think they are. Wc let
strong as
multifaceted program designed to help rates. ing the force since last spring, is setting them be strong. But they won't have any
douse the nation's growing arson problem The New Jersey Department of Law and his sights on taking over the city’s top-cop movement in Chicago, can guarantee you I

with a brigade of 35 state and local Public Safety is receiving $583,564 to add spot on a more permanent basis. that. Wait until we start rolling.”
projects. resources to the state's recently created Joseph DiLconardi, a 24-year CPD vete- On the problem of street gangs, the
"The money will be used to support Arson Task Force. Included in the plan is ran, told United Press International last lawman observed that 205 such groups arc
programs to improve the investigation and the development of a statewide fire inci- month that both his position within the de- roaming Chicago. "We don't mind them
prosecution of arson, data collection, dent reporting system, upgrading labora- partment and his rapport with Mayor Jane belonging to gangs if they're not engaged in
analysis of evidence, and efforts to stress tory facilities, the development of a state- M, Byrne are progressing smoothly. unlawful activity,” he commented. "When
arson prevention and stimulate public wide enforcement plan, and personnel "Am going to get this job? I'm opti-
I
I was a youngster, I belonged to a gang.
awareness of the crime," an LEAA an- training in detection, investigation and mistic.” he said, "the mayor's been ex- Call it a gang or call it an athletic club;
nouncement noted. prosecution. tremely supportive of every move I make. call them the Menard Hornets. Our efforts
Nine states will get the lion's share of Maryland plans to use the $529,350 it She 'You 're running the police de-
said; were directed towards playing baseball.”
the funding, with the Connecticut Justice receives from LEAA to provide arson de- partment.’ and 1 admire her for that.” Since taking over as acting superinten-
Commission and the Massachusetts Attor- tection training for volunteer and career But the acting chief, who acquired the dent last spring, DiLconardi has directed
ney General's Office each receiving firefighters throughout the state. An im- nickname Joe D. while serving in the dc- his effortstoward making the department
$600,000. Connecticut will establish six proved anon reporting system will be in- pannient's homicide division for 21 years, more efficient. On August 15 he made
local arson task forces, while providing the stalled along with an improved system for indicated that he would not be too disap- 45 changes in the force's command smic-
investigative units with training and foren- analyzing evidence oboined from fire pointed if the superintendent’s job docs rure. and he is considering several more.
'* A
sic support I he state's arson miuimation .iwcncs not come his way. "1 did it
'
T-.'iisc / knew some of the
management system be expanded and will In Illinois, the state's Department of "Whoever gets the job. I'll be a Chicago things that had been going on for years.”
local prevention projects will be developed. Law Enforcement will create a Governor's cop until retire.” he declared. "I’ll work he declared. “Wc had a disease
1
called
Massachusetts' program is slated to be Arson Advisory Board that will oversee a for whoever's in this chair but I'd like Peter's
it Principle going on in some areas
equally ambitious, calling for the establish- $483,209 statewide arson control effort. to be an insider.” where people reach a certain level of
ment of a "comprehensive arson preven- An arson advisory committee will also When she came to office last spring, productivity and for some odd reason,
tion and enforcement system for the be established in Delaware, where officials Byrne expressed a desire to place an out- they’re promoted above that.
state," according to LEAA. The insurance said they will use their $481,472 grant to sider at the helm of the CPD. indicating Citing one example, the acting superin-
industry and community groups will be enhance both state and local capability to that her first choice was Police Foundation tendent noted that the department’s motor
asked to participate in an array of anti- investigate and prosecute arsonists. The President Patrick V. Murphy. But wrangl- pool "was run like a grammar school
arson efforts under the program, which will Continued on Page 7 ing within the city’s political structure put lemonade stand.” at the time he took
a damper on her plans, and the permanent command of the force.
superintendent's up for —
Trigger safety device puts grabs.
position is still “Standardsit’s the only way to go,"

he observed. “I spent 37 hours with the


In spite of the temporary nature of his most beautiful guy I've ever met in my life,
the finger on a cop kidnapper assignment, DiLconardi has apparently our Holy Father [Pope John Paul II on his
jumped into the role head first, giving con- October visit to Chicagol. He talked
A
policeman’s gun turned out to be an in the Daytona Beach area were contacted. siderable thought to how he might im- about three important things - church,
informer in the recent capture of an Kirvan said he spotted Turner sitting in a prove the department during his tenure. family and community.
escaped convict who had abducted two stolen Toronado in the parking lot of a The chief is aware that the force's re- “And that’s where I come from, There’s
Medina. Ohio police officers, stealing their shopping center, where he was arrested putation was somewhat tarnished during only one way to come out of this chair
service revolvers in the process. after a brief chase. the prohibition days of bootleggers and
and that's straight. Period.”
According to the Akron Beacon Jour- According to the sergeant. Turner was gangsters, “You away from the
can’t run One of the problems DiLconardi secs
nal, the convict, Robert Lee Turner, armed with a .38 caliber pistol, and the stigma of Al Capone,” he said. “Our great from his acting superintendent's chair is
escaped from a Michigan jail last Septem- guns he allegedly took from the Medina concern is corruption. We’re always on the a reduction in police manpower from an
ber, allegedly kidnapping a pair of Medina found alert for police officers not disciplined
officers were- in the stolen car. A authorized strength of 13,203 to about
cops in late November, and surfacing in search of the suspect’s motel room turned enough, who use that badge to gain some- 12.450. But he cited the Pope’s visit as an
Florida in early December. up police badges and radios that had been thing for (thcmsclvcsl example of how well the force can be run
Turner, 25. strolled into a gunshop near taken from the abducted cops who were But DiLconardi noted that his top two despite the shortage in tniops.
Daytona Beach last month and told the releasedunharmed. priorities are narcotics enforcement and "We've done it with the Pope. Look
gunsmiths that his .357 Smith & Wesson Joseph E. Smith, who invented and gang control at the present time. “We're what we've done with the Holy Father," he
was jammed. The suspect didn’t realize markets the Magna-Triggcr device, praised going after those dealers who are turning said. One observer described the CPD's
that the police gun was equipped with a the Medina the minds of our youngsters our
police for having had the in handling of the Pope’s visit as a "model of
special safety device which permits firing foresight to equip schools," he said. “Yesterday we made a
all of their officer's police planning and discipline.”
only if the shooter is wearing a magnetized handguns with the safety unit. "Their bust — one million dollars in cold cash in Discussing general philosophy
his
ring. $3,000 investment was returned many fold (the Chicago suburb ofj Winnetka. These toward law enforccmcni. the 47-ycar-old
Sergeant John Kirvan of the Port upon the capture of this felon," he told two people who were arrested were carriers lawman debunked the Kojak image of a
Orange police noted that the gunsmiths Law Enforcement News. into the schools, the grammar schools and hardboiled cop. "You can’t be a hardened
became suspicious after one of them Commenting on the kidnapping. Smith the high schools in our city. person in homicide.” he said. "To work in
removed the handle of the revolver and contended that the officers’ lives might Expressing his feelings about the state homicide, you must possess the compas-
discovered the device, which is known as have been saved because they agreed to of the city’s drug scene, the chief described sion for the survivors of the homicide to
the Magna-Triggcr Safety. They contacted hand over their safety-modified weapons to the confiscated cash as "blood money,” get the story. To be a tough guy you’re not
police and supplied a description of Turn- their abductor. noting that “it i.>,tilc me nauseous just to going to get anything.
er.
"The old rule of teaching an officer look at it." "I think every police officer must pos-
The description was run through a ‘never give up your gtin’ should be re- DiLconardi came down just as hard on sess this. Otherwise, you're going to flip
police computer and all police departments Continued on Page 7 organized crime syndicates. “We’re going your cookie as a police officer.”
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Prosecutors cook up team sideration will include domestic violence, as a staff associate in the Safety Division
sexual abuse of children, and long-range
effort to spoil crime's broth of the Automotive Safety Foundation
NEWS architectural design and planning.
Washington. D.C.
EVIDENCE Federal, state and local prosecutors wilt
be ganging up on offenders under a new
Hancwicz. an associate professor of
criminal justice at Michigan State Univer-
in

A graduate of Michigan State Uni-


cooperative pact worked out last month by
versity, the new institute director holds

ENFORCEMENT
TECHNICIAN the Justice Department, the National Dis-
trict Attorneys Association (NDAA) and
sity, said that the initial phase will run

six months and then be evaluated by his


for both a bachelor's and
in criminal justice. He
has served as a
a master’s degree

research team from MSU and the sheriffs

PROGRAM the
General
National

Speaking
(NAAG).
Association of Attorneys office,

calls related
which receives between 15 to 20
to mental health each month.
consultant and director on various traffic
safety research projects and has parti-
cipated in the development of serveral
at an inauguration ceremony The police and service agency represen-
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MANUAL held at Justice Department headquarters.


Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti
tatives have been meeting with Hancwicz
for the past year and a half to develop the
publications related to the highway system
and its components.
saidhe hoped the agreement would help re-
In announcing the establishment of
interaction policies. Officials involved in
duce duplication of efforts in prosecutions
the new institute. UNF President Thomas
the project include the county directors for
By Joseph L Peterson G. Carpenter noted that initial staffing
and enhance a variety of law enforcement of
public health, community services, com-
and James H. Jones the program would begin as soon as Arend
efforts. munity mental health, and social services;
takes charge this month. The institute's
Civiletti, who was joined at the kickoff the prosecutor, and the directors of the
The utilization of scientific methods ceremony by NDAA president Robert W
staff is expected to draw upon the uni-
local United Way campaign.
for the examination of physical evi- W. Johnson and NAAG president
versity's academic faculty, particularly
J. D. “The project is one of the few of its
8 dence recovered in the course of crimi- in the areas of political science,
MacFarlanc, noted that uncoordinated public
kind in the country," Hancwicz observed.
nal investtgations has become administration, criminal justice, sociology,
a criti- criminal justice services lead to inefficien- "Its aims may seem generalized, but there and transportation, Carpenter said.
cally important function of the na- cy. "They arc a disservice to a public that really is an unlimited scope in what the
tion'slaw enforcement agencies. This Several similar programs are conducted
expect maximum effectiveness from all of policy team can deal with over time." around the countr}’, the university presi-
manual examines the role of police us," he said. “No one part of the Federal,
officers and civilians charged with the
dent added, but the UNF program will be
state and local systems should dominate
responsibility of searching the
New police traffic institute the first in the southeast.
crime others, But it makes obvious good
scenes for physical evidence and sense to maximize our effectiveness and
makes debut in Jacksonville
returning it to the forensic laboratory our ability to prosecute successfully." The University of North Florida
Florida HP slashes cruising
has
for analysis. These individuals, often The agreement is linked to the past given a green light to the creation of a
in half over mini gas crisis
referred to as evidence or crime
scene implementation of 42 Fcdcral/Statc/Local traffic management centerthat will offer The Florida Highway
technicians, are on the staffs of Law Enforcement Committees throughout Patrol is having
most courses to police officers on the school’s
urban police departments today. Many gas pains, having been forced to reduce
the country. Under the plan, an Executive
Jacksonville campus. squad car cruising last month due to a lack
agencies now train evidence techni-
Working Group will be created to coordi- UNF’s Institute
cians to be specialists who devote their
of Police Traffic Man- of funds to meet the rising price of auto
nate the activities of the regional panels agement is scheduled to provide training fuel.
total professional attention to the and encourage their expansion. programs
search for physical evidence. Through
in traffic accident investigation, FHP director Colonel Eldridge Beach
The firstcommittee was formed
local selective traffic law enforcement, super-
specialization, told the Associated Press that the shortage
it can be expected that by the Justice Department in 1972 to vision of police personnel, and police use
crime scenes will be searched with less
had developed because the state legislature
coordinate the investigation and prosecu- of radar as a speed-measuring device.
delay and gWater «*^)ertise than iri^ had rejected the patrol's estimate that it
tion of automobile and cargo thefts.
The ^ Russell J. Arend was selected ISst month ‘might have
to pay up to $1.10 a gallon for
situations where patrol, detective or panels are now involved in a wide variety
to direct the new training center, which gasoline during 1979. The lawmakers had
crime laboratory personnel have of cases in 35 states. will operate under the auspices of UNF’s
shared responsibility for recovering the appropriated a funding level based on 80
A Justice Department spokesman noted research unit, the Training and
evidence. Service cents per gallon, failing to anticipate the
that the new working group will develop Institute.
soaring price at the pumps.
exchanges of information in such areas as The former director of training at While Beach did not adopt an ayatol-
Five important aspects of develop- enforcement resources, differing ap- Northwestern University’s Traffic Insti- lah-you-so attitude
ing an effective evidence technician toward his agency's fuel
proaches to prosecutions, legislative propo- tute. Arend has substantial experience crisis, he noted chat
program are discussed in this manual. patrol car usage had
sals. training, and Federal financial
aid. in the planning and management of been cut by nearly
The key element is the selection and 50 percent in early
"One priority concern will be how to police and traffic safety programs. The
training of
December, and that the situation would
competent personnel who solve conflicts arising from Federal and lo- 4 1 -year-old educator has served as a remain that
will become evidence
way until additional funding is
technicians. cal authorities having jurisdiction over
the police officer and a traffic analyst, and allocated by the state lawmakers.
Next in importance are tools, kits and same crimes." the spokesman observed.
vehicles which are used by the techni- "Another priority will be development of
cian in processing crime scenes. Also cooperative approaches in such areas
as
discussed is the need for a strong or- whiic<ollar and economic crime." I jHlf Law Enforcement News is published twice
ganizational
****** monthly (once monthly during July and
commitment to the crime The 18 members of the working group
scene search function, the implementa-
tion of actual field operations, and
will be named at a later date,
with six ENFORCEMENT August) by L.E.N. Inc. in cooperation with
the Criminal Justice Center of John Jay
coming from the Justice Department, and
finally, means for evaluating an evi- six eachfrom the NDAA and the NAAG. NEWS College of Criminal Justice, 444 West 56th
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in $600G Michigan county push Managing Editor Michael Belton

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The project, which
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Address Eugene Schvwrtt, Darrel Stephens; Nebraska: Kenneth
project director W^^jne B. Hancwicz noted. Bovasso New Jersey: Dorothy Guyot; New York: Ann
F. D'Amico. Alan P, Kaplan Philip
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VMIIiam Parker. Oregon: Ron Willis; Pennsylvania:
three-year program designed to develop a Zebulon Casey. Tom Landeis. Rhode Island:
GNnford Shibley; South Carolinar WiHram Mathias. Tennessee:
pattern of improved coordination among Michael Braswell; Texas: Joe
Schott; Virginia; Tom Spratt: Washington.
Larry Fehr. Wisconsin; Oen King.
public service groups. Future areas of con-
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^ tax laws handcuff drug investig ators

Fed crackdown I
Narcotics traders are high on profits on the mob
l^ntaxcd profits from illegal drug
traf- that thenormal economy of an area is dis-
ficking are approaching
ly, according to a top Justice Department
$25 billion annual- rupted by the high doUar flow.
areas of narcotics,
collar crime and public corruption,
oiginucd crime, white gets results
"Moreover, drug dealers, in search of
official, who told a Senate
subcommittee
The reform measure, which is A LAW
ways to launder their funds, designed Justice Department crackdown on
last month may choose to protect the
some instances Congress
that in
CO invest in legitimate businesses,
privacy interests of tax- high-level organized criinc figures is
with po- payers. was blasted by the be-
is makingharder for Federal agents to
it Justice Depan- ginning to
tentially
adverse impact on cither make inroads in reducing mob
trace the flow of "narco those ment official for
dollars" to drug- businesses or their competitors.” undermining direct co- activity in such areas as labor racketeering,
trade kingpins. he ob- operation between the IRS
served. "Even worse, money and drug en- interstate theft and illegal
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not invested firearms and


Last year alone, the Federal Govern- forcement agents. narcotics trafficking, according
in legitimate businesses, is to a recent-
ment available to Citing
seized heroin, cocaine and marijuana four major flaws in the ly released repon from
finance other, and potentially more law. the agency's Crimi-
which would have retailed on the streets Nathan said that the IRS nal Division.
of dangerous, criminal activities." is "unable to
our country at approximately $3.2 advise us adequately of the
bil- Commenting on the cases on which In announcing the report's findings.
NEWS
"direct and imme- working." that
lion." said Deputy Assistant Attorney
It IS
it has become "unduly Attorney General
diate" impact that he says Benjamin R, Ovilerti
General Irvin B. Nathan. ’This, the drug doUars difficult" to obtain
of course, have on the criminal justice financial information cited a "series
of notable successes" in
represents only a small fraction system. Nathan from the tax agency, that
of the un- noted that the it is "extremely recent major organized crime
detected cash flow. The Internal
money
used to corrupt is
difficult"
prosecutions.
Revenue for the service to provide "The convictions resulted from
government authority, while allowing evi- careful,
Service (1RS| conservatively drug dence on non-tax criminal violations,
estimates that dealers who and thorough work by both investigative
arc caught to “make even agen-
the untaxed profits from illegal drug the that cmical time delays
traffic highest bail"and to bribe juries.
in investigations cies and prosecutors." he noted. 'They
approaches $25 have resulted due to the
billion each year. The measure's restne- represent significant results by the January

Because of our concern about these Cnmmal


National Narcotics Intelligence tions.
Consumers' Division under Philip B.
disruptive consequences and
because we Ileymann."
Committee estimates that in 1978 I believe that the major problem with The report, which focuses 7.
retail simply must take the financial on the work
sales of incentives the statute the signal
drugs were about $58 bil-
illegal is it has sent to the of the division’s
out of this industry to deter potential
Organized Crime and 1980
lion. and arc rising annually." service." Nathan declared. "This message
entrants. Racketeering Section (OCRS)
Federal narcotics
law enforce- over a four-
Nathan, who testified before the appears to be that the service month period, noted that OCRS's
ment is to mini-
is placing increasing emphasis
upon com-
Senates Permanent Subcommittee mize its role in non-tax law plement of 26 Strike Forces
on In- cash flow investigations and enforcement is having "a
vestigations on December the forfeiture and devote
7. noted that the of illegal profits and the fruits
of those pro-
itself to enhancing the volun- substantial impact m certain of organized
drug sale rnega-bucks "pose grave tary tax-coUcction system.
dangers” fits." the deputy assistant From our per- crime's most insidious
activities."
for both the nation’s attorney general spective. we believe this
economy and the observed. a critical loss to
is Outlining the derails in one
major OCRS
cnminal justice system. He the Federal Government’s
said that the However, Nathan complained law enforcement prosecution, the report noted
that at that 66 labor
money IS generally unreported. creating capacity." officials and shipping
a least one Congressional executives in Miami
action, the passage
S4 billion to $6 billion tax revenue Backing his argument with Justice De- and other Atlantic and Gulf
va- of the Tax Reform Act of 1976, has Coast ports
cuum. that the cash has a negative partment statistics, the atromey said that were convicted of extortion,
effect tended to handcuff investigators kickbacks and
on America's balance of working in 1975 his depanment made 1.816 income tax evasion. The
payments, and in the interrelated, in- proKcutonal
high-financial crime Continued on Page 5 windfall included the convictions
Investigatin g of two
an investigation in Prince George’s: top officials of the
International long-
shoremen's Association.

Faults found in ‘death squad’ Another labor-related cleanup


resulted

A
report in the jailing

three associates,
of Anthony Provenzano .md
who were found guilty of
number ofinaccuracies have surfaced exhorting about $J million
DeGennaro noted. from a major
in a Maryland State Police report that not back off from the general
The original report conclusion steamship company. Provenzano.
accused
to which DiGcnnaro of the state's full repon but who was
several Pnnee George's County he conceded president of the largest Teamster
was
a 40-pagc summary of a longer local in
police officers of arranging a series that "written clarification" was
of 1967 document warranted the country, was sentenced
which charged that a small on several points that were to the maxi-
convenience store robberies in which contained in mum of 20 years imprisonment and
two group of county officers had had infor- denied
suspects were killed. the summary.
mants hire individuals to commit the rob- bailpending appeal on the ground that
"We he
ArthurDiGcnnaro, the public infor-
F. were in agreement concerning
beries, and then had the locations staked rcprcscmcd a significant economic
wrtain inaccuracies." Grant told threat
mation officer of the county force, Manhall. to Society.
last out to arrest the perpetrators.
month provided Law Enforcement News “and we agreed, too, that certain
stated Other major cases in which
The summary, which was made public conclusions were not fair
tlic OCRS
with a thfce-page dispatch from representations was involved resulted in the
the state last October, said the "major discrepan- convictions of
police which was addressed to of our findings when taken
the State's from the • Howard
cies" existed between the state
investiga- summary
T. Winter, who wiili Im
Attorney for the county. rather than read and undemood associates fixed over 200
tion and a county probe of the so<allcd horse races
in the context of the full report.”
"This repon depicts the inaccuracies, throughout the country-,
Prince George's police "death squad."
and misrepresentation that was made in At the time of the summary
report’s • Frank Ammirato,
the which had exonerated the officers involved release,
who had been
original report concerning Manhall had indicated that the manufacturing
the alleged of any wrongdoing. illegal firearms and import-
'death squad' that was compiled State Police investigation was based
by an in- pri- ing illicit drugs;
In a dispatch to State's Attorney Arthur marily on the accounts of
vestigator of the Maryland State informants who. • George Boylan. who extorted more
Police," A. Manhall Jr.. Major Gary R. Grant did
Continued on Page 1 than SI million in a construction union
Out of the red, into the dark: racket.
In applauding his OCRS staff. Ileymann
stressed that cooperation
In-house darkroom cuts photo costs the program's success rate. "I believe
that
these significant convictions liear eloquent
was the key to

'Tk- r\
The . _ . . .
Ocean Qty, Maryland Police De- testimony to the professional efforts
items as a sink, couter tops, plumbing by
partment has clicked on a cost-efficient and developed Citing cost factors, he said
carpentry work, a New Omega tJiat the Strike Force Attorneys, the Federal
way to process its photographic evidence CS-SO en- photographs are printed from the pro-
larger. photographic paper, chemicals, and Bureau of Investigation, and the Federal
by constructing cessed rolls only if an officer
a low-cost
darkroom facili- needs them investigators from all of the other
other accessories. co-
ty in headquarten building.
its forcourtroom or investigative purposes. operating agencies." he said.
"We wanted to use just the basic
According to the Maryland Coasi Since the department opened its
Press. dark- According to the report, the Strike
materials that arc needed in a darkroom."
the processing lab cost the city room last October. Gambrill observed, Forces worked to convict 450 suspects
approxi- Gambrill told in
Coast Press reporter Greg
mately $1,100, a price that matches officers no longer have to wait for days to organized crime cases during fiscal 1979,
the Fisher. "So far. it is paying off." receive their needed photos. "Before,
annual amount that the department scoring
was The Ocean City
it a conviction rate of over 90
force relics on a used to take us three or four
spending to get
developed and film days to get percent.
its
veritable arsenal of photographic equip- film processed and longer if wc needed
In addition, the OCRS staff
printed through a local pharmacy. any secured indictments of approximately
ment in completing its cvidcncc-coliccting 770
Police photographer Thomas enlargements." he said. "Now, 1
Gambrill. can get defendants, many of whom arc currently
chores. Almost every patrol car is equipped film developed
who now doubles as a darkroom techni- and printed lo any size that awaiting trial
with a Kodak X-15F Instamatic camera.
cian. estimated that as soon we need in one hour." Wc
as the start-up 126 film and fiashbars.
in the Oiminal Division are acutely
cost ahxirbed. the In addition to its role in processing
is new facility would For cases in which more sophisticated
aware of how much work remains to be
save tHc police from photographic evidence, Cambrill’s photo-
60 to 70 percent on equipment done in our efforts to contain and immo-
is required, the
department graphic services section also works with
their processing costs. the bilize
stocks large-scale cnminal organizatioro."
a pair of 35mm cameras equipped crime prevention unit, creating slide
In an additional saving for the
city. with an
pre- Hcymann said "We arc also aware of the
assortment of lenses and flash sentations and
Gambrill and his colleagues managed illustrating pamphlets for severe difficulties which investigators and
to units, a 4x5 press-type camera,
a video tape public distribution.
shave $700 off the
$1,800 that had proKcutors face in developing and proving
unit, and two Super 8 film cameras.
originally been Currently the Ocean Oty police photo
budgeted to convert a their cases, in measuring the impact of
Gambrill noted that during the
depart- lab works only in black and white, but
^'^'xlS' room into a police darkroom, in- ment's busy period from April their cases and in preventing the resurgence
to Novem- Gambrill is optimistic that a color capabil-
cluded in the final cost tally were such of corruption even after convictions have
ber between 25 and 50 rolls of
film are ity will be added in the coming yean. been obtained."
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CS-18 Polica Promotion Coune (One Volumel $10.00 C^06 Jail Guard 8.00 C-1810 Senior Addiction Specialist 10.00
CS-24 Q & A on Drug Education 8.00 C-1329 Jail Matron 8,00 C-2525 Senior Bay Constable 14.00
CS-2S Correction Promotion Course (One Volume) .... 10.00 01331 Jail Training Supervisor 10.00 C-2S29 Senior Building Guerd 8.00
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C-229S Building Guard 8.00 01688 Park Patrolman 8.00 C-2S31 Senior Narcotics Investigator 12.00
C-2260 Campus Security Officer 8.00 0572 Perking Enforcement Agent 8.00 C*793 Senior Parking Enforcement Agent 10.00
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C-2120 Chief Institution Safety Officer 10.00 01847 Police Communications & Teletype Operator 8.00 C-732 Sergeant, Bridge 6i Tunnel Authority 8.00
C-1401 Chief Investigator 10.00 C-2266 Police Dispatcher C-733 Sergeant. Police Department
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C-214B Chief of Police 12.00 C-1383 Police Inspector C-794 Sheriff
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8.00 10.00
C-1181 Chief Police Surgeon 17.96 02441 Police Officer, Los Angeles Police Dept. (LAPOl .8.00 . .
C-748 Special Investigations Inspector 8.00
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C-1182 Chief Process Server 8.00 01739 Police Officer, New York Polica Dept. (NYPO) . .8.00 . .
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C-2421 Compliance Investigator 12.00 0597 Police Trainee 8.00 C-1503 Supervising Court Officer 10.00
C-1767 Coordinator of Drug Abuse Educations Programs. 10.00
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0598 Policewoman 8.00 C-1666 Supervising Deputy Sheriff 10.00
C-165 Correction Captain 10.00 C-602 Postal Inspector (USPS) 8,00 C-1667 Supervising Housing Sergeant 10.00
C-956a Correction Hospital Officer (Men) 8.00 01386 Principal Addiction Specialist 10.00 C-2S13 Supervising Identification Specialist 10.00
C-dS6b Correction Hospital Officer (Women) 8.00 01791 Principal Investigator 10.00 C-2106 Supervising Investigator 10.00
C-166 Correction Lieuienem 10.00 01427 Principal Probation Officer 10.00 C-2143 Supervising Parking Enforcement Agent 10.00
C-1219 Correction Matron 8.00 C-2259 PrincipalProgram Specialist (Correction) 12.00 C-782 Supervising Parking Meter Collector 10.00
C-167 Correction Officer (Men) 8.00 0618 Prison Guard 8.00 C-2299 Supervising Professional Conduct Investigator. . . . 10.00
C-I6B Correction Officer (Women) 8.00 02462 Private Investigator 10.00 C-2205 Supervising Security Officer 10.00
0957 Correction Officer Trainee 8.00 02677 Probation Assistant 8.00 C-1766 Supervising Special Officer 10.00
C-16S Correction Sergeant 10.00 01981 Probation Counselor 10.00 C-1750 Traffic Control Agent 8,00
C-9S8s Correction Youth Camp Officer (Men) 8.00 0980 Probation Consultant 10.00 C-812 Traffic Control Inspector 8 00
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C-9S9 Correctional Treatment Specialist 10.00 C-1428 Probation Employment Officer 10.00 C-1689 Traffic and Park Officer 8.00
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C-1762 Deputy Warden 10.00 C-1921 Safety Coordinator 8.00 C-1995 Urban Park Officer 8.00
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0332 Housirvg Captain 1000
0338 Housing Guard 8.00 Sub-Total
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(Please Print)
Supreme Court Florida drug busts have police
patrolling in high style
P«gc5

By AVERY
0 ELI OKIN proceeded to pat
a
down
Police administrators
tooling around in a Cadillac patrol car
about having expensive airplanes, speed-
who dream about
or
gear into use.

nard
Willc’s special
F. Schulz is
projects manager.
working on a
Ixo-
project
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all the patrons boats and spons cars at ihcir disposal may
During the weeks following the Thanks- while
that IS indeed special - the selling of a
the other
officers conducted a consider a move to Southern
gmtig recess the Supreme Court agreed to thorough search of the premises.
Florida, 60-foot luxury boat. "I’m looking
to ad-
where a multitude of drug busts has led ENFORCE.MENT

review two eases, one of which appeared to vertise that one in yachting magazines,"
During the pat-down, the officer the confiscation and subsequent deploy-
on the 5000 Series. The 5000 Series is he said.
the felt on the defendant what he described as ment
designation given by the Clerk of the Court
of some uncharacteristic patrol Although Honda law
"a cigarette pack with objects in
specifics (hat
it." equipment. when
to those eases which have been filed hy Rather than removing the suspicious object seized loot
auctioned off. the pro-
is
As reported
last month by the Associ- ceeds go to a county’s general fund,
itiiligeiiis. Many of these cases are filed pro the officer conducted a search of all of some
NEWS

the ated Press, a Florida statute allows


se. that
ij. hy the petitioner a sher- sheriff’s believe that a 1978 statute
himself with- other patrons. With this completed, he re- gives
iff to take possession of
out the benefit of legal counsel When seized vehicles if them the right to place the money m
the turned to the defendant approximately their
he gets court approval to do so. The agencies’ coffers.
Justices of the Court feel that the issue 10 minutes after the first search and again effect The state attorney gen-
of the law, combined with the high volume eral's office has asked the legislature
raised in such a case is of national impor- frisked him. The officer relocated the of drug smuggling arrests that are made
to
tance the Court will usually appoint a dis- by clanfy the law. which may prove
cigarette pack which was seized and found to be a
sheriffs in the southern part of
tinguished attorney to prepare supporting that state, windfall for law enforcement in
to contain six tin foil packets southern
of heroin. has been a boon to the equipment com- January

documents and orally argue Florida.


the case. Following the subsequent indictment plements of local law enforcement agen-
Among other actions, the Supreme for the unlawful possession of a
Roy D Lundy's office in (iladcs
Sheriff
controlled cies-
Court delivered a full text plenary decision substance,
County recently auctioned off a pair of 7.
a pretrial motion was filed • Sheriff Dale Carson of the Duval
which rs expected to provide increased dir- which sought the suppression of ail the confiscated DC-3’s for $64,000, and
Lundy
County patrols the streets of Jacksonville 1980

ection for police officers in the area contraband seized, based on the conten-
is now taking fiymg lessons, presumably
of in a sleek, dark blue Cadillac.
search and seizure A review of the plenary so he can patrol in the agency's
tion that the search was unlawful, The mo-
•The seven deputies of the Glades new
decision as well as the issue raised in the tion was denied since the trial coun con- $40,000 Cessna.
County sheriffs office fly a $40,000 patrol
5000 Series case granted review follows. cluded that the search had been conducted In Brevard County, along the state's
plane.
Search and Seizure cast coast, deputies have seized
under the statute in order to "prevent the a$65,000
• Daytona Beach police patrol the coast- Convair,
The Supreme Court has declared that disposal or $10,000 Aerocommander, a
a
concealment of the things line in a pair of high-powered speedboats
the Eourth Amendment was violated when 68-foot shrimp boat valued at $65,000
particularly described in the warrant." and
and use a $10,000 sports car in undercover
police without probable cause, searched a an assortment of trucks. "These smugglers
The judge in the non-jury trial found investigations.
bar patron during the execution of a war- have the best equipment and vehicles."
the defendant guilty of possession of • The sheriff's office in Palm Beach said Lieutenant Mike Robinson, chief of
rant for the search of the bar and one heroin. The Illinois Appellate Court upheld County is considering taking out ads in
specified employee. the county’s narcotics unit. "It’s usually
the conviction on appeal. In affirming the all
yachting magazines to unload
With this 6-to-3 decision - a 60-foot deluxe stuff,"
the first non- verdict,the appellate court reasoned that cruiser.
unanimous full text plenary decison of the The smugglers apparently have the
the search had been constitutional since Throughout Florida, which has become money
1979-80 term — the Justices attempted to to buy the best, and they don’t
the six packets of heroin could easily have the primary intake valve on the seem too concerned that some of their
balance the State's interest in curbing the nation’s
been concealed. As further support for up- narcotics pipeline, authorities are seizing vehicles, boats and aircraft arc being
distribution and sale of illicit drugs with holding the search the appellate court turned
a vast array of cars, motor homes, trucks,
the citizen’s right to be free against them after seizure. Ironically,
from unreason- noted the search was "conducted in a one-
yachts, trawlers, speedboats, and aircraft. authontics suspect that some of the con-
able searches and seizures. The Court also room bar where it was obvious from the
As a result, a smuggler’s luxury sedan fiscated equipment winds up back
gave police officers, as well as those who complaint . . in the
that heroin was being sold
.
has become Sheriff Carson’s official car in hands of the drug dealers.
draft state statutes, a revised view of just or dispensed."
Jacksonville.The Cadillac has been further Leonard Schulz of Palm Beach Oiunty
how far a search auihorized by a warrant When the Illinois Supreme Court denied decked out with sirens and flashing lights recalled the county’s first auction of seized
may go. a petition for review, the defendant’s
coun- behind its classic grille. Carson indicated smuggling boats. "Some guy pulled
Under an Illinois statute which provided sel appealed to the Supreme Court. After a a
that the car serves as a deterrent, noting brown paper bag out of the seat of his car
the framework for this case, law enforce- careful analysis of the competing interests,
that it works as "sort of a message to some with $18,000 to buy the boat. That
ment officers were permitted during the the Supreme Court reversed the judgments sur-
of these dealers.”
execution of a search warrant to ‘‘reason- of the lower courts and remanded the case
prised us a bit. We took his picture."
Sheriff Richard Willc of Palm Beach
ably detain to search any person in the to the Illinois Appellate Court for further
County takes a different approach to the
place at the time: (a) to protect himself proceedings.
loot his deputies haul in - trinkets which New York Institute of
from attack, or (b) to prevent the disposal Justice Stewart, writing for Justices have included 62 vehicles. 11 boats and 18
or concealment of any instruments, articles Security and Polygraph Sciences
Brennan, White, MarehaJl, Powell and planes, in addition to $341,000 in cash.
or things particularly described Stevens, noted that Day Classes
in the when the search war- Willc traded two confiscated aircraft for
warrant” Rev.
M-F; 9-5, 7 weeks commencing Feb4,
111, Stat.. ch. 38. S108-9 rant was issued there was no probable
a $30,000 Cessna patrol plane, a motor 1980. For Information
(197S). The issue to which cause to believe that anyone except the call; John
the Court home for four cars and two seized speed-
addressed Fitzgerald. (212) 267-3838. 17 Bat-
itself was whether the applica- bartender would be violating the law. The
boats for a $28,000 patrol boat, managing New
tion of this statute to the facts in this
tery PI.. York, NY 10018.
Continued on Page 16 to put an estimated $300,000 wonh of
case violated the Fourth and Fourteenth
Amendments.
The case arose nearly four years ago
when a special agent of the Illinois Bureau
of Investigation presented a ''Complaint
Tax laws said to thwart drug enforcers
for Search Warrant” to a judge of an Illin-
ois Circuit Court. The warrant request was Continued from Page 3
Nathan. vantage in drug enforcement, he noted that
supported by a reliable informant's state- formation requests to the IRS, while dur-
But appears that while Congress takes
it it"represents a potent tool for prosecuting
ment that carher that year he had observed ing a six -month period in fiscal 1979, only
away with one hand it gives with the other. narcotics conspirators and depriving them
15 to 25 tin foil packets of heroin in the 124 such requests were filed. The deputy assistant attorney general of their illicit income and assets"
possession of the bartender and behind the The IRS’s track record in court appar- praised Federal lawmakers for the enact- The Bank Secrecy Act "could also prove
bar at the Aurora Tap Tavern in Aurora, ently has also suffered because of the Tax ment of such laws as the Continuing Cn- increasingly important" in investigations of
Illinois. Item 4 of the warrant request Reform Act Nathan observed that the minal Enterprise statute, the Racketeer drug dollar flow. Nathan said. "These sta-
specifically stated that on March 1976 Drug Enforcement Administration submit- Influenced
1, and Corrupt Organization tutes and implementing regulations require
the bartender would have in his possession ted the names of 868 Class I tax-offense
(RICO) statute and the Bank Secrecy Act. banks to maintain written records and file
heroin for sale. suspects to the service under a special pro- which he described as "effective legal tools reports of major cash transactions and re-
Based on the strength of the complaint, ject, and that only six, or less than one to attack the financial assets of sophisti- quire individuals to file reports of inter-
ajudge issued a warrant on March. The spe- percent, had been convicted. cated drug trafficking organizations." national currency transportation and de-
cific wording of the warrant, which des- The Administration is moving to rectify Commenting on the criminal enterprise tails of their foreign bank accounts."
cribed the place and person to be searched, what it believes are faults in the reform bill measure, Nathan said that the law permits Hut in concluding
his testimony, the
authorized the police to search for and in an effort to get the IRS back the imposition of a life sentence
in the drug on a attorney indicated to the committee that
seize “evidence of the offense of possession enforcement ballgamc. A series of meet- person convicted of being the manager or (he nation’s drug woes could not be legis-
of a controlled substance." ings. attended by represenutives from the organizer of a large drug organization.” He lated away. ‘To deal rationally with this
When seven officers arrived at the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, the added that 35 such indictments were ob- increasingly serious problem, we must also
tavern later that afternoon, they an- DEA, the IRS. and the Treasury Depart- tained last year. focus attention on the nature of the de-
nounced their purpose and advised rhe ment, are being conducted to consider a Although the Justice Department of- mand for these substances and sensible
patrons that they were’ going to conduct a Cicncral Accounting Office report on the ficial acknowledged that tht_‘ racketeering approaches to rrspond to, and hopefully,
"cursory search for weapons." One officer measure’s .negative impact, according to statute has yet to be tsed to its full ad- minimize the demand.” he 'tdmmcnted.
British revive WildWest with
anti-IRA fort; Sweden gains as
drug-seller’s market; Italy
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sees red in war on terrorists INTERNATIONAL NEWS


enforcement

$6.6M concrete outpost sparks IRA in Nonhern Ireland, and, like the
protests by local residents others, it probably be christened with
will

a local nickname. One fon in what is


Bmiih soldier* stationed in Northern known as
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the "bandit country" of south
Ireland arc attempting to hold down the Armagh is called
"Fort Alamo." and is
fort against Irish Republican Army terror- accessible by military helicopter.
only
ism hy constructing a reinforced outpost,
The Western motif in fort construction Russian-made RPG-7 launchers.
similar in design to the calvary forts of the
To protect 8.5 million citizens, and the heroin users
apparently carries over to the type of against such heavy
Old West, on the outskirts of an area
bombardment, the forts arc reportedly becoming younger because
in amiterrorist operations that are staged by are equipped with wire nets to catch the
© Belfast teenage affluence creating an easy mar-
that is reportedly an IRA stong- the British West Belfast, the
troops. In
is
missiles and with concrete bunkers to
» hold. soldiers spend most of their time secured in
ket for strcct-lcvd dealers.
shield the soldiers from the blasts.
Capable of holding up to 100 men and forts, making an occasional patrol through
“Kids are starting on heroin at around
In the streets, survival is more of an
. their armored vehicles, the S6 6 million 15 or 16. while they are still in school,”
Andersonstown to check for what they individual matter for the soldiers.
fon is being built near Andersonsiown on Over 300 Johansson said.
describe as "hostiJes." British troops have been killed by snipers The Swedish
the side of Black Mountain, a peak which is But the Old West analogy ends in regard lawman's figures were
and by carefully hidden land-mines, and
one of five strategic points in what the backed by Robert Fddkamp. a spokesman
to the types of weapons the soldiers have they arc told that the ghetto streets of
British soldiers call "Injun country.” for the U.S. Drug l-inforcemcnt Adminis-
at their disposal. They cruise in Saracen West Belfast are dangerous as those of
as
According to United Press International, armored
tration, who said that heroin traffic had
cars, jeeps or Ferret scout can an earlier frontier town.
the outpost consists of an outside wall of
equipped
become a serious problem in Sweden dur-
with turret-mounted machine While the forts arc designed to keep the
corrugated tin backed by thrcc-foot-thick ing the last 12 to 18 months.
guns, and arc armed with the latest NATO- antiterrorist force secure, their looming
concrete walls. Observations towers at each
issued automatic nflcs.
presence has done little to stabilize the
New wave of guerrilla attacks
comer arc manned continuously by armed The weaponry of the locals is at times overall situation in forces Italy to get tough
guards. Northern Ireland. The
somewhat less sophisticated. Mobs of IRA outposts arc often built on land originally
At one Andersonstown resident
least Responding to a new wave of terrorist
supponers will occasionally surround a fort set aside for playing fields or parks in
has complained that the shadow of the fon anacks, the Italian government has
and hurl bricks and bottles pro-
at the soldiers Catholic areas and are
IS blocking out the population's sense of situated close to posed a scries of get-tough measures di-
inside. Usually, they arc driven away by houses and schools. The new fort in Ander- rected
freedom. "It's the wild west ail over
toward urban guerrillas, including
cavalry-type sonies from within the sonstown was the target of
again,” Catholic
a protest cam- broad search and arrest powers for police
counselor Bemic Mc- walls. paign by politicians and residents because and stiff sentencing standards for terrorists
Donagh said. ‘They arc in the fort and we However, the danger is real for the anti- the British used special authority to obtain
arc in the reservation - convicted of assaulting government
except now it is terroristsquads. Guards stationed in the and law
the site by dosing factories in a district enforcement officials,
called a housing complex.” observation posts arc often the target of which has a staggering rate of unemploy- As reported by Reuters
The outpost is not the first to be con- IRA snipers and the terrorists have been last month, the
ment. measures
structed in Britain’s attempts to thwan were drafted by the Italian
the known to mount rocket attacks, using
Indian police note revival in Cabinet after a nationwide terrorist spree
which was marked by the killing of four
ritualistic thuggery practice
policemen and the shooting of 12 other

EUROPEAN liIRMN'Iiil!)!
Thuggery
Delhi, India,
is again on the
and detectives there arc trying
to crackdown on the ritualistic
rise in New persons.
The general tone of the proposals,
imiCIKK practice, which are expected to be approved by the

POLICING which involves the robbing and


individuals in the
The Associated
name of
Press
religion,
killing of nation's Parliament,
which gives police
is voiced in a measure
the right to hold
reported last suspects without formal charges for up to
month that four young suspects have been
The arrested and chaiged in several bizarre
48 hours. A related act would allow law
enforcement personnel to question sus-
Law Enforcement News crimes this past fall. The
aged 20 to 25, admitted to robbing pedes-
alleged thugs, pected terrorists ivithout the presence of
an attorney.
Interviews trians of cashand jewelry before dispatch- In a section on sentencing, the legisla-
ing them with crude homemade shotguns, tion proposes that all crimes of subversion,
investigators said.
edited, with an introduction by including robbery and kidnapping to fi-
Police learned from one of the suspects nance political offenses, should be subject
Michael Balton that he and his accomplices first offered
to increased prison terms. Terrorists con-
their loot to a statue of the Hindu goddess
Preface by victed of murder would automatically
Kali, the symbol of destruction, before
receive life sentences, while anyone found
P.J. Stead fencing the merchandise.
guilty of killing magistrates, public officials
In this book, ten
European law enforcement executives discuss Heroin turned back by U.S. or police officers would also draw a life
the term.
in France. West Germany. Italy, finds a new Stock-home
rwl*“u^T
Denmark. i“!i and
Irela^. England. Conducted by Michael Balton Specifically, the bill calls for severe
and iL Sweden is losing ground in war
coUeagues on Law Enforcement News, its punishment for "those who associate in
the conversations reveal how against international drug traders,
Eiwpean police are recruited and trained, who arc military form, and employ arms to attain
how they interact with using the Nordic nation as a dumping
“d what contemporary problems con- ground for heroin they find hard to sell in
political ends.”
The get-toughpolicy urges die wider use
of the executives had the United States as the result of increased
visited theUnited States, their comments on of preventive detention sentences, calling
American problems like drug enforcement by American police.
punishment crime rates, and Juvenile'del^^el:^' for SO percent increase in jail terms for
In an interview with
United Press Inter-
are often thought-provoking and conviction of ’‘terrorism, subversion and
controversial. national. Detective Inspector Hans Johans-
causing grave social alarm.” Bail would be
Pa^rto^d son of the state police narcotics division
J2.95 restricted and could be withdrawn
_ said law enforcement resources can no senior magistrate deems such an action to
if a

To: The John Jay Press longer handle the increased flow of drugs be fitting in specific cases.
444 West 56th Street into Sweden, which currently has only Suspected terrorists who arc released on
New York. New York 10019 330 lawmen working full time on narcotics bail would be subject to a strict form of
assignments. surveillance until trial under the proposals.
please send me copies of European Policing at Sweden’s drug problem has had its ups In the past, many
$2.95 each. suspects have taken their
^closed IS my payment in check or money order
for $ and downs over the last decade, with bail privileges as an opportunin* to go
heroin replacing amphetamines as the underground and escape prosecution.
Name addict’s choice during the mid-1970’$. The The main opposition to the legislation
Address projected heroin deathtoll for 1979 is 60. comes from the small, civil righes-oriented
but Johansson noted that the actual figure Radical Part)-, but thebill has a broad base
City is much higher. of support from the large Communist Part}'
There
are an estimated 20,000 to and from several political groups toward
30,000 hard-drug users among Sweden’s the right of the political spectrum.
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Many of the local projects will use their Headquarters.
statewide project also involves
the forma- federal funding to expand their gram with the area's Integrated
existing • Bolingbrook, Criminal
tion of a central data bank on Illinois will pump
arson-related anti-arson efforts- its Apprehension Project
information and the creation of public $94,780 into an existing Juvenile Ftresetter
edu- • Tampa. Flonda's
• Omaha.Nebraska will receive Intervention Program, which has
$145,844 project
cation campaign concerning deter- LAW
the crime. $180,000 to improve its arson bureau will analyze arson detection, investigation
The Horida Department of Insurance/ 'sin- mined that 68 percent of the village's arson
vcstigativc capacity. and prosecution techniques in conjunction
l-ire Marshal losses can be attributed to youths
is receiving S412.941 to sup- with the area's Arson Task Force.
•A S194.000grant will allow San Fran-
port personnel training, purchase • Dayton. Ohio's $185,000 gram • A $1 J7.16U grant will
arson evi- asco to add a prosecutor, a will
be put to work
dence analysis equipment for the state photographer, permit the city to hold monthly
lab- computer analyst and an additional arson task m Tucson. Arirona to expand coordination ENFORCE.MENT

oratory. and increase public awareness investi- force meetings, tram police and
gator to its ami-arson force.
fire offic- among the city’s police, fire and prosecu-
about arson. ials. increase its arson unit by four persons,
• New Albany. Indiana plans to use torial agencies.
A statewide arson investigation team $101,898
its and establish a local regional enme lab. In some program funds
in LEAA money to hire and • An $85,000 piece of the program pic
localities, will be
will be formed in Arizona under a utilized to break fresh
train two additional investigators ground in their local NEWS

S374.782 project that and to will go to Sioux City, for improved


will be operated by establish a local arson laboratory.
train- arson enforcement, Milwaukee. Wisconsin
the State Justice Planning Agency ing. equipment and data collection
there. • Officials in plans to funnel $191,000 into a compre-
Two Newark, New Jersey will • Syracusc-Onondaga.
innovations in the Arizona effort in- New York will hensive program that will focus
use part of their $200,000 grant
to hire
on rapid
volve the establishment of an arson
hotline
get $175,000 to provide advanced training response by police and investigators,
and train seven additional arson and
and the implementation of investiga- to arson investigators, increase
a program de- its crime use a task force to handle training and
tors and to coordinate public and pub-
signed seek legislative changes in the
to private lab's capabilities and operate a public edu-
efforts against the crime.
lic information, Jersey City. New Jersey
state’s arson laws. cation program.
will also initiate its first JanuAfy

Rhode Island
• In Broward County.
Florida. $120,105 • Officials in Spnngficld.
ami-arson effort m
also plans to create a Missouri plan the form of a police and fire department
has been earmarked for the creation
statewide arson control strike force and of a to utilize part of their $154,877 grant
to to coordination program and a public aware- 7.
Mutual Ami-Arson Task Coordination coordinate
help revise state anti-arson statutes with the city's arson-fighting pro- 1
its ness campaign.
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a public education program and the
im-
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Looking back with Brooks
An interview with
Pierce R. Brooks,
NEWS retired chief of the Eugene, Oregon police

Pierce R. Brooks retired as chief of the Eugene. Oregon


lecture on this throughout the country and it takes two
Police Oepartment earlier this month after heading the
hours to talk about the case. It's a book and a movie that
ENFORCEMENT

220-membcr force for the past two years.


I'd like to sec every police officer read and sec.
The lawman entered the enforcement field
S7-ycar-old
LEN: You have served as a consultant to a number of
over 3 1 years ago as a beat cop in Los Angeles. During his
movies and television scries dealing with policing? What
21-year term of service there, he worked as an investigator
was your role in those productions?
LAw
and became involved in the Onion Field case, gaining a
BROOKS; started out with Jack Webb in the “Dragnet”
1

reputation os one of the top detectives in the world.


scries and then from there wc went into "Adam-1 2.” One
Serving as a top police administrator for over a decade, of the things I'm going to do now is write a film script for
Brooks was chief of the Springfield, Oregon force from
j a training film dealing with a major crime investigation —
1969 to 1971. when he became the director of public
primarily geared to a homicide investigation. It will be
safety ofLakewood, Colorado. He left the post in 1977 to made into a training film and it will be based on the next
980
head the Eugene force.
1 book that will write which will follow the format of my
I

7. A graduate of the FBI National Academy and the first book [Officer Down. Code
Three].
holder of a master's degree from the University of
LEN: How would you respond to the contention that
Northern Colorado, Brooks has lectured throughout the
Jimury police shows and films inspire violence, particularly in
country on the subject of police officer survival, an area
younger people?
which is detailed in his first book, .Officer Down, Code .

BROOKS: I think that has probably happened in a very


Three.
few cases. I think that it is an exaggerated thing. Some-
The former chief no stranger to the media, having
is
body that is prone to violence is going to commit violent
served as an expert consultant and writer on such tclcw-
acts whether or not he or she secs a program Anyone who
sion scries as "Dragnet" and "Adam-12.”
studies the history of the world knows full well that
This interview was conducted for Law Enforcement Attila the Hun and some of those other folks were not
News by Michael P. Balton. watching television and going to movies when they started
doing that they did. I think that that son of thing is, un-
fortunately, a pan of human nature in some people and
LEN: Vou recently retired as chief of the Eugene. Ore- Pierce R. Brooks
they may get a certain idea because they watch a film or
gon, police force. What would you cite as some of your lot sooner. a television show. I think it's a latent thing that's there
major accomplishments during your time there? LEN: Was there any sense of disorientation in starting a and perhaps in some cases the film and show brings it out.
BROOKS: This is really the fourth deparment I've been new force like that from scratch? LEN: As a consultant, do you find that Hollywood pro-
in. Before Eugene was in Los Angeles, Springfield, and
I
BROOKS: You can do a lot worse than start from scratch. ducers have an interest in portraying the police role ac-
Lakewood, Colorado. In Eugene my tenure was high- There arc of things that have gone wrong for a long
a lot curately?
lighted by a major reorganization of the department, and time that you want to change, and any kind of change is BROOKS: My experience is no. except for a very few
the implementation of a lateral cniiy program of bringing always disruptive to a degree. The secret of making a instances. Joe Wambaugh is a classic example of a produc-
experienced officers in from throughout the country. change managing and getting
is it all the people involved. er who wants to portray it exactly as it is. Of the few
We've employed about 40 officers in the last three years You must also understand that you can never please critics that 1 heard who were critical of "The Onion
on a lateral entry program. We arc now an ICAP [Inte- everybody. Field.” that's what they were critical of. They simply
grated Criminal Apprehension Program) department, LEN: Do you secany advantage to the public safety type didn't understand what he was trying to tell. The televi-
which I think puts us into the 21st century as far as crime of set-up as opposed to the separation of police, fire sion shows wc sec today arc very entertaining, but for the
analysis and resource planning go. have established what
1
and emergency services? most part they’re fantasy. watch them -
I they're some-
thing I can't stand. I watch others and I enjoy them but
*Hie secret of making a change is managing it and getting all they're fantasy.
LEN: Can the police leant anything from watching such
the people involved. You must also understand that you can dramas?
BROOKS; They can learn probably more of what not to
never please everybody.’ do than what to do.
LEN: The “Dragnet” series and ''Adam-12” seem to be
1 call a "cop team" — which 1 also did in Lakewood — BROOKS: I do not subscribe to the public safety ap- more realistic as far as the day-to-day routine is con-
which is a small group of officers who are assigned to a proach. I think that the police service and the fire service cerned-
particular neighborhood or a sector of the city. Their job . are so specialized today that it would be impossible, in my BROOKS; Those were more realistic because there was a
is to get closer to that part of the community, and they're -
opinion I know there is some disagreement about real attempt to make them more realistic, by the produ-
alsti involved in policc/communiry relations and crime this - for a police officer to know everything he has to cers and the directors and. of course, by the police
prevention. know and to do everything he has to do, and at the officers involved. think they were vcty accurate.
LEN: Did you
I
Of
any complaints when you brought
receive same time know evctything a firefighter has to know. I course jack Webb took dramatic license and many times
in officers from outside the Eugene Police Department? just don’t think that is possible. Now there arc some one of his stories was a composite of several. When
BROOKS: No, I didn't have any in Lakewood and got things that can be merged. Perhaps communications can
I

!
was working with him I wrote some of the stories which
none in Eugene. be merged; there could be a central communications cen- were converted to script and when I read them later on
LEN: And you think that lateral entry is the way to go? which would of course be 911.
ter, Any kind of records I noticed there were some changes but I understood why
BROOKS: Well, the way to go is to get the best possible could probably be merged for the special services in a fire the changes were made.
personnel that you can.1 think if you restrict yourself to department. Perhaps in some cities a public safety director LEN: Essentially to make it more entertaining?
the immediate locale, then you're not getting the best who administratively manages the budget could help both BROOKS: Sure.
possible people. the best personnel are from the home
If
departments, but I still think that there has to be an LEN: You’re one of the pioneers of the field of police
town, then they're the ones that should be employed, but operational fire chief and an operational police chief. officer survival techniques. How did you get interested in
1 don't sec anything wrong with going outside.
Both those functions arc so specialized today that don't I that area?
LEN: Do you harbor any regrets about leaving active po- think they could be merged unless it was a very very small BROOKS; I worked homicide for 10 of my 21 years in
lice service as an executive? department. the Los Angeles Police Department. When 1 started homi-
BROOKS: I've been in the police service 31W years; I LENi How docs that work Lakewood?
in cide was one of the first officers put on what they called
I

think that's long enough. BROOKS: In Lakewood the police service and the fire the shooting detail - a special team of the homicide dUi-
LEN: You were the director of public safety in Lake- service were not together. sion that responded citywide to all officers off-duty. If
wood. Colorado. Did you sec any difference in the per-
LEN; You played a major role in the LAPD's ‘Onion someone got hurt, we went.
began to notice that when a I
sonalities of the two forces or in the problems they had to
Field’ Investigation. Could you outline the details of that police officer was either injured or killed, what really
face?
case? happened when you dug down to find out why it
BROOKS: Lakewood was a new deparrment and Eugene BROOKS; was the investigator,
I yes. As for the outline happened was that the officer had made an error. The
was a department that had been in existence for a long
of the case. I think that the best source for that - and to officer hadmade an error not because he was ignorant or
time. Lakewood was almost beginnng from scratch. That’s
help Mr. Wambaugh make a living - is to read his book stupid but because he was human, he has emotions. But
where really got involved in the lateral entry program
1
and sec his movie. (He’s a friend of mine and 1 understand when a police officer makes a mistake it could prove to be
because we just couldn’t wait in that
department to hire he is doing quite well.) fatal- I started talking about these cases within the de-
new people. Recruits with no experience would have to go
The incident occurred in 1963. It’s a true story and 1 partment at toll call and at the training academy. Other
through a training program of four to six months before
think Joe did an excellent job of research and writing the officers in other
wc could put them departments found out about it and they
in the field. So we had to bring m book and making the movie. I was involved .and I know wanted me to talk with them. Gradually it spread to
experienced people in order to put them in the field a that it was very accurate. It's a very tragic story. I do Continued from Page 9
‘It seems that in many cases officers wearing [builetproof vests feei that they’re aimost in- ^
]
There are officers getting kilied,
vincible. being shot in the head or in the side, who are
weanng those vests. You stili have to be carefui.’
Continued from Page 8
they do not proceed following good response.
LAW
tactical that if we have a problem, if there was an error, that we
where started lecturing.
I 1 lectured from Alaska to the They expose themselves and they may get killed. The have to admit the error and do what we can to correct the
Virgin Islands and even in England at the Police Staff officers forgetsomething they've been trained to do or error. We don't have to stand up on a soapbox and tell the
College and that, of course, eventually led to the book they do something they were trained not to do and they
whole worid. "llcy, our officer was wrong and that's why
OfficerDawn. Code Three. wind up getting hurt or getting killed. I would say in the ENFORCEMENT

he got killed." But wc can ccnainly do it internally in the


LEN: Could you describe some of the common errors that majority of times - certainly not every time but in the department. When an experienced officer gets wounded or
officers might make that would put them in jeopardy?
majority of times - probably somewhere between
SO and killed in a gun fight, it is unfair to the other officers in that
BROOKS; Probably the biggest error that police officers 75 percent of the officers who get hurt or killed made depanment. if there was an error made by the officer in
make is that after a while, like any occupation, any job some kind of an error and set themselves up. have done 1 the field, not to
the other officers about ii to preclude
tell NEWS

becomes routine. But unlike most occupations, that that a number of times myself but I’m one of the lucky
funher erroR. That's what I'm saying, and the reception
routine could be very deadly. A police officer cannot ones. There arc a number of times that escaped being I to that has been very good. I think it has been very
think that he is going to make a routine traffic stop. If he seriously injured.
positive and. of course, one of the signs is that there has
makes a traffic stop and cites someone and the violator LEN: You mentioned court decisions. Do you think that been a significant reduction in the number of police
drives away, then he can think it was routine. So, getting court decisions regarding the police use of deadly force officen' deaths every year since the book has come out.
into an apathetic type of a mood of routincncss would be might be helping to reduce the aggressiveness or alertness It's going to be higher this year than it was last year, and
one of the Sometimes the police arc offended by
things. of police? January
1 think the reason for that is that police survival impact
some of the court decisions and things that they hear, so BROOKS: think there are many
I occasions where people, training impact - is son of lessening and people are
they sort of pull back on making a good search of a cither because they're naive or they don't understand or forgetting about it. It was kind of like a fad and wc have 7.
person they are taking into custody, or they place them- they don't know the facts, it is beneficial to them to to get back into This
it. is training that has to occur every
bad positions -
1980
selves in they’ll stay in the car and the
let criticizethe policeman after there has been an officer- year, a refresher course every year on police officer sur-
violator wander around. There's a case that occurred not involved shooting and someone has been killed. They try vival. sothe officers who may have read the book or seen
too long ago in which officers were shot while they were to second-guess the officer. I've heard such weird talcs,
the training film or discussed this ilucc years ago are now
inside the car. The violator got out of the car. One of the like why didn't the officer try to shoot the gun out of the back into a routine again.
officers went back to the violator’s The violator came
car. person's hand, or why didn’t the officer shoot the person LEN: (s there anything in the way of police equipment
back to the officers' car with a gun. The officers should in the leg. or why did they fire six shots instead of one. that might help an officer m this regard, such as fail-safe
not have been m
the police car. Police officers have to be Those kinds of things arc ridiculous. In all honesty, there holsters or a magnetic ring that's needed to fire the gun?
aggressive persons; I don't mean hostile - asssertive would are most probably some police shootings that could have Are those valid things?
be a better word than aggressive. When something been avoided and occurred because the police officer's BROOKS: I wouldn't want to say unless we experimented
happens, when bank robbery or burglary in pro-
there's a tactics were improper. 1 would doubt seriously if there arc and evaluated such things in a department. I think that
gress, the police officers duty is to go - but sometimes police officers anywhere - of course, there might be one the vests are probably the pnmary equipment in saving
or two who are mentally unbalanced - who go out on officers' lives. Although there's a problem with that too,
patrol looking for someone to murder. I just can't believe because some officers are being killed with those vests on.
that. It seems that in many cases the officers weanng the vests
I think sometimes, though that police get themselves feei that they're almost invincible, There are police of-

‘Probably the biggest error that police officers make is that


after a while [their] job becomes routine. Uniike most occu-
pations, that routine could be very deadly.’
involved lin a shooting) because the uctics aren't really ficers getting killed, being shot in the head or in rhe side,
good and the training isn’t good; but of course that's a who are wearing those vests and there is no protection
problem of administration and command, that's not there. You still have to be careful. Just because you're
necessarily the own officer’s fault. People have to talk wearing a vest doesn't mean you can’t get killed. But un-
to him about when not to shoot. They him instruc-
give doubtedly those vests have saved a number of lives.
tions on the firing range as to how to load a gun and how LEN: Would you say that the vests shoud be made
to shoot it, but they don’t tell him, for the most part, mandatory for patrol officers?
when to shoot and when not to shoot. I think it works BROOKS: In the Eugene Department wc talked about
both ways but I sometimes think people arc supercritical that and what we're going to do is initially all the officers
of police officers who have to make a split second deci- are being issued vests and they arc being told that this is a
sion in a half second or less, and then people look at that piece of equipment that they must have with them at all
for weeks and weeks. Newspaper reporters go over it for times, just like your hardhat, but that they don't have to
months and months, and then some court sits in judgment wear it unless they want to. Most of them, wc find, arc
for months and it goes 5-to-4 deciding whether the officer wearing them
was right or wrong in doing something in which he had LEN; Some police depatiments are moving away from the
one second to make up his mind as to what to do. don't I use of special investigators. Is there any advantage to this
think that's fair. concept?
LEN: One of the things in your book is that after an BROOKS: 1 think there's a cremedous disadvantage. Let's
officer is killed - after the investigation - there tends to make sure wc'rc talking about the same thing. If you have
be not a coverup. but the officers tend not to show that a homicide - a multiple homicide - you walk into a
the officer made a mistake in gening shot. 1$ that still home and a whole fami|y has been massacred including
a problem? a bunch of little kids. Are you telling me that there are
BROOKS: That’s why
wrote the book. was trying to
1 1 some police who say that the first police officer on the
tell the officers of America that we've got to make sure Continued on Page 12

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Management guide sharpens administrative ENFORCEMENT

The Police Manager: Professional Leader-


other writers o ten me
often mcloHe
include, ^
skills
u c, thus
rh...
t us dooming problem solving, decision making
ship Skills. By Ronald G. Lynch. Holhro«L
Lvneh. Holbrook makinu and man-
man*
themselves to failure in these Lynch
i
is careful, however, to
Press. Boston. $13.95. areas or agement by objectives. The management take
NEWS
boring more sophisticated cognizance of the fact
The rcaden who process, according to Lynch, is an that a police
stated goal of The Police Manager integra-
already possess greater technical manager cannot be a one-man army.
Profeisional Leadership Skills is "to skills dun tion of all these factors in order to achieve "The
pro- many of these authors. police manager." he cautions,
"must recog-
vide selected step-by-step procedures stated objectives.
to The book divided quite effectively nize that delegating tasks is
help
is
In his
one of the
police administrators execute discussion of the behavioral
their into four sections,
the first of which most important functions he
aspects of police management. performs in
duties and responsibilities more efficiently, Lynch cites
provides an overview and comprehensive his job. By distributing
work, he is able
effectively, and analyzes the theories on to
and productively.” The work history of the pnnciples and organizational effectively use the
philosophies time allotted to him. January

meets this goal and goes beyond behavior expounded by Herzberg.


it. of modern management. In noting The police manager should realize that
the second that "Police managers will find
providing a broad management that when
encyclope- section Lynch goes on to time IS one commodity available to
discuss the all 7.
dia of current major management theoncs. the hygiene needs arc satisfied,
dissatisfac- people.
behavioral aspects of management,
includ- Time cannot be stockpiled, nor can
And. although addressed to police tion and work restriction 1980

manag- will also be


ing organizational environment,
leadership
It tc recycled. And unlike money, material,
ers. this volume is equally reduced but that the individual
effective and behavior styles and will have and ideas, docs not increase with
management communi- little desire for achieving a superior
it
.iddcd
useful for managers in all public service perfor-
cations. responsibility."
positions. mance. If. however, the police
Planning, manager In many
problem idcnnfication and instances. Lynch observes,
Author Ronald Lynch prefaces his emphasizes satisfaction of the moDvator .t

work decision making, management by police man.igcr "could be supervising or


objec- factorsand allows the individual officer to
by noting that the "book does
not tives, fiscal management and management possible even doing the work of his
pretend to be a complete source for grow and develop, then he will witness an
all the of time arc all addressed in a third section, subordinates." Management
improvement in the officer's productivity personnel, he
management information necessary to suggests, should carefully
op- while the implementation of these assess each
manage- as well as in the quality of his task
erate a modern police department." work." that tliey perform to be
It ment techniques is the focus of part four. sure that they are
should be read, he advises, Various styles and types of behavior
"along with a This includes discussions of not doing a job that could and
number of other excellent books in the management of designed to effect organizational should be
fast conflict, labor, organizational change,
connol done by a subordinate.
orga- arcexamined with regard to their relative
growing field
of criminal justice manage- Thanks arc due to Mr. Lynch forgiving
nizational development and a chapter on
ment literature.” He enhances the force advantages and disadvantages, and
of transacuonal analysis that is adapted
Lynch us The Police Manager, which is
form at once a
this book by the planned omission carries the discussion to its logical
of Eric Berne’s best-seller Games People end with comprehensive management tool and a
certain technical Play his analyses of goal-setting, problem recog-
and specialized areas that clear, easy-to-read guide for
and Thomas H. Harris's I'm OK - Youre nition and analysis, and priority- and The volume
all managers.
OK.. well meets its stated goals.
decision-making.
Directory In analyzing the police
manager's role.
Lynch states that: "Police departments
-R.N. Ukos
are
lists white beginning
emphasis
to reorganize with a stronger
upon the reduction of levels
between the top of the department -
collar units chief of police - and the
the
an
organization —
bonom of the I
ing
Lawmen who
white collar
arc concerned with
criminals may
collar-
typical
the
pyramid hierarchy that
police officer.

we have
The
anti-corruption I
wish to
buttonhole a
which lists the
copy of a new directory
makeup of and the proce-
been accustomed to in the
past
beginning to flatten out. and
is slowly

this trend
MANUAL I
dures used by established
economic crime
units throughout the nation.
seems to be one that will continue,
m the immediate future."
at least
I FOR i
Published last month by the National
Lynch
cess as a
describes the
combining of technical
management pro- I ADMINISTRATORS ^
District Attorneys Association, the Direc- factors,
behavioral or psychological factors
tory of and
Economic Crime Project Units pro-
functional factors. I i
vides a profile
on each unit, specifying
infomiation about such factors
as con-
clude those
Technical
skills that arc common
factors
to
in-

all I LAW ENFORCEMENT |


police agencies, including
sumer complaint processing functions, the ability to
fel- investigate crimes and accidents, to per-
ony filing procedures, budgets, and areas of
form preventive patrol and other by Richard H. Ward, University
special expenise. routine of Illinois
The
procedures. Behavioral factors
involve the and Robert McCormack. John Jay College
directory is an outgrowth of the of Criminal Justice
circular flow of verbal
NDAA’s Economic Crime and nonverbal
which Project,
communication and other factors
was established in 1973 to help dealing Corruption has in recent years become
pmsecutors phenomenon in a national
with human interaction. Functional government :md biwmess; to police, it
and investigators in local district fac-
has been an historical and
attorney's tors. meanwhile, arc those involved in persistent problem The result of three
offices cope with the complexities of white years of research and study, this
producing desired results and assisting book IS a manual designed to assist police
collar crime. Funded by LEAA the
grants, the manager in controlling his create or maintain integrity within
who wish to
administrators
program has grown from its original 15 organization,
a department or agency or must
offices to a current tally of 72 ECP units.
including planning, organization,
control. ^
anti-co^ption management program against
illegal admin-
An NDAA announcement noted
each of the squads is described
in detail in
that
Youth resource T
mann which provides management
manual
attempted to develop a
practical
techniques and specific advice to
el^inatmg corrupt behavior and in handling
the new book. "The experience
developed within these units is an
and skill guide available o^^atmt^^problems resulting from anti-corruption
polilicaJ and
asset to efforts.
each jurisdiction as well as to all law
en- The National Network of Youth
forcement officials who specialize in fight- To: The John Jay Press
Advisory Boards is offering a free reference
ing white collar crime." the 444 West 56th Street
announcement guide which lists 80 criminal justice-related
stated. "The hCP hopes the director)' will resources from 25 states. New York. New York 10019
be a valuable resource to connecting
these Available to government officials and
people to information that will Please send me
help youth program directors, the resources can copies ui
cwj/ics An /imi-Lorrupiton
of etn Anti'Corruption Manual for
avoid duplication of prosecutorial Administrators Law Enforcement at $4.95 each. Enclosed is my
in
and provide assistance in such areas as em-
investigative efforts throughout the coun- ployment. juvenile justice, education, drug
payment in check or money order for $
try."
and alcohol abuse, and child abuse.
To obtain a free copy of the listing
For a free copy of the guide, send
Name
a
book, write. The Economic Crime Project,
stamped, self-addressed envelope to- The Address
The Nation^ Distnet Attorneys Associa-
National Network. P.O. Box 402036,
tion. 66d Nonh Lake Shore
Drive. Suite Ocean View
aty State
Briihch. MiamV Reach. FL . Zip
1432. Chicago. IL 6061 1. 33140
Brooks discusses his active
Continued on 9
pacroL I still would have been a sergeant or a lieutenant;
scene - a six month rookie - is going to handle the case? I 'd just put on a uniform
I think they are going to The salary would have been the same.
need a team approach in the department. J think that’s a case for aspccialiied in-
LENi So it's just a matter of two separate functions?
vestigator.
BROOKS: Well, they’re two separate functions
LEN. A Rand Corporation study several years
back included that the police should to a degree but they certainly have
to work together.
distnbute the duties of detective throughout the force.
How do you respond to LEN: You plan to wntc a case study on homicide
their research? investigation. Could you give us a
sneak preview on that?
ENFORCEAiENTNEWS

BROOKS: 1 don’t necessarily agree with the inference made in the Rand study. BROOKS: The book, the first chapter of which wUl be
There were many things said in the Rand study that weren’t true. made into a training film
What happens MTI T deprograms, is entitled "First Officer on the
produced by
inmany instances is that patrol officers in some departments were allowed Scene.” In many
to be- instance in a homicide
come involved in any kind of investigation. you just have the first patrol officer
to arrive, thinking
In our department in Eugene 1 think what
are they supposed to do.
there has to be a good balance. I think that patrol officers who respond
In the book that I will work on. that wUl just be the
to a call first
LAW and can conduct a preliminary investigation and complete chapter It will stan out with the basic premise that
the case on-scene should a homicide investigation is a
be allowed to do it that way. But if it is a te^ effort From
patrol officers to detectives, a great
specialized case - it could involve organ- number of people are in-
ized crime, or a series of neighborhood rapes volved m a homicide investigation. It’s not
a one man show or a detective
that extend all over the city or into an show or
ajoining city - to try to assign that to patrol anything like chat.
officers functionally improper in my
is
opinion. am The book will more or less follow a chronological sequence,
I a strong advocate of patrol officers becoming involved in preliminary not of one case
investigations and even completing
but of a number of cases. It wUl go into things done
e investigations if they can. but they still have a right and things done wrong in
»
9 basic duty to patrol. actual cases that I was involved in or know about.
^
think that, in some departments, having detectives
I 1 was involved in a number of
do all the cases where things didn’t come out right and
investigation was just as improper. What that’s the way you learn: you
I’m saying is that the detective can be used talk
about them and later on you have a debriefing.
for the specializedinvestigation and patrol officers can be used for The format of the book will be
those cases that similar to Offictfr Down: Code Three
3 can be taken care of on-scene or with followup in that there will be dialogue. 1 will
in the neighborhood. tr>' to
9 LEN: One thing the Rand Corporation said was that bringsome life into the book and get away from the
the television image of detec- old dry textbook style. I

tives is wrong or inaccurate that is, would hope to finish the book by February 1980.
one of a professional with a "sixth sense’’ about
his job. Would you say that there’s some
LEN: You're also working on a novel. . .
truth to that portrayal?
BROOKS: That’s true. But television does that in
BROOKS: I’m writing a script and this homicide investigation
other areas too. They make Billy
book and then I
the Kid a hero, and some of the old hope to start the novel in the latter part of
Western this year and that will be entirely
outlaws are made to be really fine dif^fcrcnt. That is something I’m really
fellows; most of them were a bunch looking forward to and it could end
of lousy back-shooters. But that’s the televi- up
selling 20 copies or 200.000 copies.
sion/enterramment business. If there was a true It depends on my ability
story of what Billy the Kid was to write. Of course
I hope it's the latter.
ready fike it probably wouldn’t sell. They’re
in the business of making money
LEN: As far as the separation of functions LEN: Is that going to be based on some team policing concept?
between detectives and patrol officers
concerned would you say that a trained detective
is BROOKS: It’s going to be a novel about police officers that
has a sort of ‘‘nose’’ for his job will have a lot to do
just from the fact that he is constantly with my own experiences, e.xperiences of
doing the same job? other police officers and some things chat
BROOKS: Sure. That’s pan of it. just as the patrol officer just think about. As far as the plot is concerned, nobody knows what the plot is
would have a "nose” for
his job.
don’t think a detective is any better
1
not even my wife. Nobody is going to know and if they want to find out
than a patrol officer. I think they they can
should be paid the same and I don’t think buy the book. '

detective should be a rank. I have always


been opposed to that. When I was a
detective in the Los Angeles Police Depan-
LEN: A third project you’re working on involves a report on police supervision
and
ment. I was a seigcant and later a lieutenant.
If I would have been
management. How is that taking shape?
transferred to
BROOKS: That, of course, is again down the road. IVegot to take these things on
one at a time. I have collected, from the schools
number of courses I’ve been to. the
and seminars I’ve attended, the ones iVc taught
and lectured at, an immense
Does the toughest job in America amount of matenal and made a lot of notes. would like
together into some kind of a text, again following
someday to put all that I

the same format - dialogue and


case studies - on different management techniques
have you down? and styles, some that work and
some that do not. I’ll go into a little bit of the humor
of management - and the
tragedy,

Take LEN for real relief.


LEN: You’ve travelled
you say that the face of
the nation lecturing to different police departments.
policing is changing in this country?
Would

The Law Enforcement News know that policing is no picnic.


editors of BROOKS: Well. would like to think so. You have to think positive and
I certainly

That's why every two weeks they put together be a little optimistic or else
you end up climbing the walls.
a prescriptive package
think there has been an attitudinal change.
I
that helps thousands of lawmen cope with
the growing pressures and The public is coming around. The
police have a lot to do with that - crime
complexities of their prevention programs and better selection
of personnel. think that
job. 1 is happening.
have a long way to go. The big reason We
for the downfall of police, if we’ve
had one. is the low image we had. But 1
think
LEN wc re coming out of it. There are a lot of problems and
puts your ever- a long way to go but 1 like
to think that its on the upswing.
changing role in per-
spective, giving you the
facts
ahead
you need to stay
of the
Prince George’s report reviewed
game.
Want to know the latest Continued from Page 3
“Obviously, if the informant was acting
findings on police he said, were looking out for their own as an agent for the police, he could not
stress? Read LEN. Want interest by testifying against the county have been charged with participating in
to see how your col- officers.
the robbery', '
the state police major said.
leagues are handling Grant’s dispatch seemed to acknowledge
A similar misunderstanding arose in the
pressure? Read LEN. that in certain instances witness testimony
summary report's contention that the po-
Want to get your hands was not up to snuff. He noted that in one
lice had provided a vehicle to criminals so
on the most current section of the report a former officer
that they could participate in an armed
listing of criminal jus- accused Joseph D. Vasco Jr., then a detec-
robbery. Grant noted that a car was actual-
tice job opportunities? tive and more recently acting chief of the
ly loaned to an informant and as such
Read LEN. Want to know about the laws, statutes, force, with providing an informant
with a
judicial decisions could not be construed as misconduct.
and educational programs that are changing the face gun and a police badge. The officer, who
of American law Grant’s letter of "clarification”
to
enforcement? That's right, LEN has them too, and was working with Vasco, at the time stated
more. Marshall outlined a total of 10
incidents
that the two police tools were to be used which were misrepresented in the summaiy
If the toughest job in America has you down, to kidnap a taxi cab driver.
you are not alone. But report, and the state police major
conceded
LEN IS here to help. Subscribe today
for relief.
Commenting on the integrity of the
that additional mistakes might have
accusation. Grant observed that been
the infor- made.
$14.00 (one year) D $26.00 (two years) mant "denied this happened, and he did 'There may have been other matters
CII $19.00 (one year foreign) O $38.00 (three
years)
not indicate deception during
of being examined on the
the course or examples in the summary which
wc
ploygraph.” knew were not fair representations of the
Name The officer who made the allegations, truth when taken out of context of the
en-
meanwhile, declined to submit to
Title _ — Agency detector test of his statements.
a lie tire report,and there may have been other
inaccuracies,” Grant declared. "It is. I
Address The summary report indicated
that a think, most unfortunate that we were not
police lieutenant told investigators
that his given the opportunity to correct the
City wlleagucs had allowed an inac-
State informant to curacies and to place certairi other matters
«capc. but Grant conceded ihat
no in proper perspective before the summary
wrongdoiftg was involved in
the incident. was made public.”
.

Arson, no new kid in town, burden s beat By OROWAY P. BURDEN


Pag<13

sears pages of history Six-year anti-skyjack program


(First of four pans)
fant city of Boston was plagued
by great
succeeds in grounding air pirates
Perhaps the most insidious and
elusive fires set by arsonists.
In 1676. 50 homes,
criminal is the ubiquitous LAW
arsonist. Al- warehouses and shops were burned down,
though the FBI docs not classify
arson as including the church of Increase
Mather, CTiimnal. aircraft hijacking remains
a major crime, grouping
it instead with the verj- low on the crime totem pole
religious ecalot. No one was appre- prospects tor success. ^ m its
drunken driving, forgery and vagrancy,
this hended. Three years later a man was seen
lethal offense shows consistent ENFORCF.MENT

increases setting fire to a tavern sign which, as he announced by the


FcJcII'I'a
Federal Aviation Admin, siration.
undoubtedly realized
it is certain that the number will be higher than
spread quickly to the eight attempts in 1978. FAA figures for the first six
JAY ROBERT NASH’S many buildings until
80 houses and several six anempted hijackings, two of which were
months oflas, year show
warehouses were reduced to cinders. luted as successful. But success
CRIME JOURNAL The rdaave. In one of the "successful"
hijackings, a Cuban defector
is

arsonist was not identified


but enraged forced a US NEWS

authorities proclaimed the death penalty ^


each year for any arsonist caught
mJr h m Joubt
in loss of property and life and in the future. York-to-^.cago Amencan Airlines flight
widespread Moreover, was diverted to Ireland by a hijacker
injuries. Last year more than at least a dozen suspected was back .o .he Ua,,cd S.a.c, ,hc „cx.
who
12.000 lives were arsonists were routed from their beds and day ,„d la.c, co„.,c,cd of a,,'
lost to arson, in addition
We count a hijacking successful if the ptcy
to more than $11 billion in property driven at gunpoint from the city, hijacker makes the airplane go
where
losses.
banished. us not suppled to." said an FAA spokesman.
Nearly half a million persons Bostonians were so on guard against By more standaTd meLures of
were ar- success, though, only one U
seriously injured in S. hijacking has really been January

1978 due to the work sonists that city fathers


compelled one and successful since 1973 when
«rccmng of passengers began at our airports.
of arsonists. all to swear an oath of allegiance every That occurred in 1976 when
fiv^
The problem with combating three months.
commandeered a Trans World Airlines plane, 7.
forced the pilot
lies in their erratic patterns,
arsonists
ToTvZTnstTi possession of a bomb, and
if they are negotiated iheir surrender ,n
• Roxbury, Mass., 1681: A slave named Ftlcc 1980

psychological torchers. or the lack of hard


Marja set fire totwo houses on July 12. Al- The airport screening program has provided some of enme
evidence in the case of professional prevention's
ar- though finest
a child burned to death in one
sonists. Further, in every major
city in the
building Maija, who had been quickly passengers to pass through
United States only a small percentage of wcapons-detcction devices, not a single
firearm or re.s1
apprehended, was not convicted of murder explosive has been smuggled aboard
fire and police personnel are even super an airliner in the U.S. The result
has been a
but arson and witchcraft, this being the dmmanc drop in hijacking attempts from a high
ficiallytrained to investigate arson (two of 40 1969 (33 of which were m
lime of the Salem mania. She was executed labeled successful by the FAA). More
percent of the state police and ten important, no innocent passenger has
percent been
in Boston on September killed or injured in a hijacking attempt
of the firemen in Illinois, for 22. burned at the in recent years
example). An stake before a huge gathering. In the Finding thcTOclves unable to sneak
historicallook at the problem of arson crowd real firearms past airport security,
hijackers
was Puritan witch-hunter Cotton Mather, have turned to fake bombs and
only reaffirms the ongoing dilemma facing crude weapons. FBI Dirctor William
H. Webster
who attributed the deranged woman's fate
noted. Time after umc we are finding
that the threatened bomb earned
today's hopelessly undermanned arson on board
to the fact that she did not have by a passenger was a fake and the weapons
squads. In the earliest acocunts of recorded "the fear used to intimidate airlines personnel
of God before her eyes" and was reduced to such items as nail files, pocket
arson, the motives for the great fires
appear
"insti- knives and. m
one case, a bottle of rum "
gated by the Devil." Even the Croatian nationalists, the last successful
to be largely rooted in political and hijackers, had to resort to
social deception. Their "bomb" was made of child's playdough. and their
unrest, or were perpetrated as acts
of mili-
• New York, N.Y. 1741: Scores of constructed of pots and pans.
weapons were
tary frustration. Here,
from the ancient blacks were labeled arsonists in March
past, arc but a few of the most notable acts 1741, when several fires broke out. Of the procedures may have
oreve^rr'V
prevented at least 75 hijackings and related
of incendiarism New York crimes since 1973. Over the past
population of 10.000, one-fifth seven
were who were the objects of suspi-
slaves
• Babylon. Mesopotamia, these weapons were not. of course,
538 B.C.; cion and distrust from the intended for hijackings, But in
white residents. a typical case
Invading Persians captured the city and, where authonnes believe screening
One did stop a hijack attempt, a man
slave named Mary, in an effort to save through a weapons detector with a .25
iZd to pass
in an act of vengeance over the stiff resis- caliber pistol broken down
her own life, began naming dozens of into three pieces
tance they met. set fire to the respondent and placed m different pockets. He
also had a clip with seven
blacks as
part of a conspiracy to rounds m a fourth
metropolis, destroying most of the build- wipe pocket. He was promptly arrested
for carryings concealed weapon,
out the white population through
ings, including the hanging gardens, arson.
one of Shc was readily believed by plot-fearing ^"1 on riicif laurels. Because bomb
the seven wonders of the ancient world. rhp^
threats remain a significant problem -
British authorities, upwards of 300 against airports and 1 000
who ordered wholesale against .rcraft arc recorded each
Thousands perished in the flames year - more law enforeement ^ent,
executions of so<allcd arsonists are being
that saw
• Alexandria, Egypt, 48-47 B.C.: 13 blacks burned at the stake, authority. In addition, hundreds of
18 more police rr
officers have taken an eight-day course in airport security at
Julius Caesar, besieged in the royal palace hanged, and 71 others deported. the
Transportation Safety Institute
with 4.000 men, ordered the Egyptian fleet • Lisbon. Ponugal. 1755: Oklahoma City, and 29 Air Force-trained
in
Following cxplosives-dctection dog teams have
burned. Flaming ships at dockside ignited been located near major airports.
a devastating earthquake and seismic
sea This K9
corps 'ncidcntally. is made up
piers and houses, the blaze spreading to the of expert sniffers; they have a
wave on November 1. 1755. in which 98 percent success
record in finding bombs, with
magnificent only a4 percent
rate of false alerts.
250-ycar-old Alexandrian Lisbon was all but destroyed and 50.000
Passenger screening devices are
library which, along with its priceless persons were either crushed, drowned
con«antly being improved, and research
manuscripts and ancient scrolls, was ut-
or under way m
new technology for inspecting checked baggage
at airports. A study
is

burned to death, authorities began is


to
terly destroyed. Caesar could have easily round up looters and hang them after
had the fire extinguished but allowed the summary hearings. Many of these were
pri- The air travel security picture is
not quite so rosy in other nations.
great library to be consumed, earning for soners who escaped from the city Passenger
jail when screening
himself the label of
is lax at some foreign airports, especially in
third-world countries The
arsonist. its walls collapsed and. who admitted to
commuting arson '"jacking, of foreign aircraft - at
Rome.• Italy. 64 A.D.: The mad in order to spread confu- Ic^t
lJL"t 28 of which could have
been prevented by bencr screening, according
sion and thus aid them to the
Emperor Nero entertained the notion of in their looting FAA. In the same two years, the United
States, which has nearly half the
One was identified by a reporter as Moor world's
destroying Rome in order to rebuild it on a a oir traffic, recorded only
13 attempted hijackings, none involving
grand scale,
who "confessed at the
gallows that he has smuggled past detection devices.
weapon,
^
reserving a vast area at the
set fire to the king's palace with his own
south end of the Forum for his personal- The FAA. however, is optimistic. Security has been
hand; at the same time glorying in stepped up by most foreign
ly-dcsigncd private palaces and gardens. He the ac- airlines,and. while the threat of terrorist
tion, and declaring with his
hijackings and sabotage remains serious.
ordered the fires set in the Circus Maximus, last breath, there are grounds for hope that
worldwide air travel will be safer than ever
that he had hoped to have burnt in the
and from that point the flames spread ail the decade ahead.
royal family."
rapidly across narrow streets. Within eight • • •
(Copyright 1979 by Jay Robert Nash
days more than 75 percent of the city, (Ordway Burden mtntes correspondence to
P.
his office at
Released by the Crime Journal Syndicate. 651 Colonial Bhd..
most of which was built of rotting timber, Washington Township, Westwood P O.,
2561 North Clark Street, Chicago NJ 07675.)
was destroyed, Hundreds died in the III
60614.)
flames, but Nero escaped the wrath of his
blood-lusting people by blaming the fire on
the Christians, thus prolonging about
their
continuing
mented Nero
persecutions.
"fiddled
That
while
the
Rome
de- Be a hit at your next meeting . .
burned" undoubtedly apochryphal. but
is

he may have plucked his favorite lute as he by providing the members of your criminal justice group with
. . .
free copies ol Law Enlorce-
watched, glassy-eyed, his city burning ment News. Copies of LEN con be obtained by notifying us at least
30 days in advance of the
.
• Boston. Mass., 1653. 1676, 1679: dote of your function. Please specify the number of papers
For alrnost iS years, beginning
required.
in 1653
when several home* were torched, the in-
Current job openings in the criminal Justice system
Crimiful :o«ice Facufiy. The School of Public Service
immediately, and rank and salary arc open, to be
It Grand VaQcy Slate CoUeges in Michigan may have two and be capable of teaching on the
commensurate with education and experience. undergraduate and
tenure-track positions to begin in graduate levels. Candidates with expenUe in criminology
NEWS
September 1980, de- Resumes should be sent by February 15.
pending upon budget approval. 1980 lot and criminal justice with broad scholarly interest and a
Clifford W, Van Meter, Director, Police Training Institute.
The post requires a Ph.D. in criminal justice or
first commitment to teaching, research and service are en-
Univeristy of
725 South Wright Street. Room
Illinois,
a related field, with an emphasis on corrections. couraged to apply. Salary and rank will be dependent
Spe- 341, Champaign, IL 61820. Telephone:
cialization in management, planning and policy develop- (217) 33J-2337. upon qualifications.
ENFORCEMENT

ment is desired. Forward vitae, copies of publications


Assi«am or Associate Professor. The Criminal and references
Responsibilities for both Justice to: Jerry L. Dowling. Chairman, Faculty Search
positions include teaching Sciences Department of Illinois State Commit-
and advising University in Nor- tee, Criminal Justice Center,
atthe baccalaureate and masters level Sam Houston State Universi-
in mal prefers an individual with a background in criminal
criminal justice. Salary and rank arc open and justice
ty. Huntsville, TX 77341.
administration and organization fpr this post.
LAW
depending upon qualifications.
The department has a nine-member faculty and
Send application, resume and credentials 300 Police Officers. Fairfax County.
to: Dr. Myron majors. A Virginia, a growing sub-
research center has been established
Mast. Acting Director. School of and fund- urb of the nation's capital with a
Public Service, Grand ing effons arc underway. county manager form of
VaUey State Colleges, Allendale. Ml A
proposal for a master’s degree government and a current population of
49401. Application program has been approved by the state’s Board 600,000. is seek-
deadline IS March 15, 1980. of Higher ing applications from persons
Education. interested in joining the
county police department's sworn
The position requires a Ph.D., teaching complement of 702
Instructor. The
Police Training Institute at the University experience and officers. The entry-level
9-
demonstrated research post require applicants with
a
abilities. Experience in
of Illinois requires a candidate to provide criminal high school or G.E.D., uncorrcctcd
instruction in a justice vision of at least
is preferred but not required, however,
comprehensive program of basic, advanced, specialized candidates 20/40, weight in proportion to height,
must meet age 21 to 31. and
r and technical law enforcement training. Specific
cligibaity requirements for graduate
faculty excellent character and mental and
areas of membership. Salary physical health.
is negotiable, determined by creden-
instruction will include breath-alcohol testing, crime
Candidates must successfully complete
tials. a written test,
prevention, emergency first-aid. law enforcement driving, extensive background investigation,
Apply by February physical agility test,
1980 by sending a resume, trans-
1.
physical skills and personal defense, and police
firearms.
medical exam, and polygraph exam. No
cript and three letters closing date has
of reference tO: Steven G. Cox.
The instructor will also be exfccicd to teach other been set for applications, and testing
general Ph.D,. Chairperson, will be conducted
Search Committee, 401 Schroeder
law enforcement subjects. every 90 days, For application
form or further informa
Hall. Illinois State University. Normal. IL 61761. Tele-
Applicants should possess a bachelor's degree, however, lion, write; Lt. James A. Covel.
phone: (309) 436-6849- Commander. Personnel
a master's degree is desired. Eight Section, Fairfax County Police
years of related law Department. 10600 Page
enforcement training experience is also required,
including Criminal Justice Faculty.
Avenue, Fairfax. VA 22030.
five years of
The Criminal Justice Center at
active police
experience. Curriculum
Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas Assistant or Associate Professor of
development experience and research ability is desired. has Criminal Justice. The
two tenure-track and one temporary faculty College of Criminal Justice at
The position will be offered on a ycar-toyear contract openings that Jacksonville State College
basis with potential for tenure. The job
will be available next summer.
m Alabama is seeking an individual to teach
undergradu-
is available Applicants must have a Ph.D. or
other terminal degree ate and graduate courses in the areas of corrections,
general criminal justice
and research. Student adrise-
ment will also be part of the successful candidate's re-
sponsibilities.
The chief requirement is a Ph.D. in criminology
or
Publicdtions of The John Jay Press criminal justice.ABD's will only be considered if their
degree will be completed prior to the
position’s appoint-

THE LITERATURE OF POLICE CORRUPTION: ment date of September, 1980.


Jacksonville State’s College of Criminal
Volume A Guide I: to Bibliography and Theory BS degrees in law enforcement, corrections
Justice offers
and forensic
science, and an MS degree in criminal
justice. Rank will
by Antony E Simp»on. John J»y Collage of Cfiminal Justice LiBrsrv be contingent on qualifications and teaching experience.
with Foietvo'd by
a
Albert J Relis. Jr . Yale Univtrtity Salat)' is very
competitive with excellent fringe benefits.
Submit vita, official transcripts and three letters of
recommendation Tom Barker. Dean. College of
to; Dr.
Criminal Justice. Jacksonville State Universit)’,
Jackson-
ville. AL 36265.

220p«g« Assistant Professor. Pennsylvania State University


is of-
Cloihbound: $10.00
fering a tenure-track, full-time, nine-month
position

TERRORISM: which will begin September. 1980. Successful


date will teach
candi-
courses in the area of administration
of
Interdisciplinary Perspectives justice.

A Ph.D. in criminal justice, law or a related


disci-
•UitfiJ t>v
pline is required at the time of
YeivUi At*j(ind«c. State Unlvef»iiy of
New York appointment. Appli-
and cants should have demonstrated research
competence
Seymour Maxwell Fiitga*. Oily Univexity of Naw York and be capable of quality teaching at the undergraduate
wllh a Foreword by
HantJ. Morgtmbau. New School of Sociel Retearch
and graduate levels.
The schools Ph.D., MA and undergraduate programs
seek to train academics and practitioners who arc familiar
with social theory, organizational behavior,
and research
methodology and who are commited to fostering
social
novelty «,d
"" «n..n.f«r„y ,.„or.*m o, unpree«,.n..d change in the development and administration of
Otemby ,o comribute a^nl.loently « ,h. «.u,.on of ietL'r." criminal
justice programs. Salary will be competitive.
360 pegs
j
Paperbwk:S5.»S A vita, supportive material and three letters of refer-
ence should be sent to: Chair, Recruitment
POLICE STUDIES Box N.
Committee.
Administration of Justice. The Pennsylvania
The International Review of Police Development
State University.
deadline is
University Park.
February 15, 1979.
PA 16802. The filing

the eereer or police, including recrultrrwni


iralnlno advann<n.«i
*''•’**• F*'*’'*' •f«J *ociaf lervtce; If your department, agency or educational
' l»w; police acienee and technology;
otgenizallont. eeademic reaeatcTi. and police police onionj anq
hinory. institution has any job openings in
the crim-
inal justice field, we
mar Dean of Ac«l«nic Studl« at
will announce them free
iL U.K. Poliw^Weie^.'ellTOhin! Snd'"'" of charge in this column. This offer applies to
administrative and teaching openings, civil ser-
Paparbound
vice testing date periods
S20.00 for law enforcement
To. Tht John J*y P,«,. 444 W 56iu N.w York.~N'7roor9 personnel, and notices for Federal
Si .
Name .
agents. The
position annormcements should include
Pl*»st wno m. TERRORISM G
T'lE LITERATURE OF
AOdreu
cription of the job. the needed
a des-
CORRUPTION, and «nttr my chano tubicaoiioo
qualiftcations.
tor POLICE STUDIES Encloogd itmy MyrntM of
8 City
— and filing deadline. Writer Jobs. Law
Siaip .2tp Enforce-
ment News. 444 W. 56th St., NY, NY 10019.
February 1-29, 1980. Progrim
for Man
agemcnr. Command and Supervisory Per
sonncl. Presented by the New England In F«gel$

suture for Law Enforcement Management


^Urch 10-12. 1980.
at Babson College in Wellesley.
Managing the Secu-
Massachu nt> Function, A program presented by the
setts, Fee- $725. For
further information
Administration of Justice
contact- John T. Mowiand. P.O. Program. Penn-
Drawer E Jylvami State University. F„r
Babson Park, Massachusetts funher
02157. Tele mfomijtion. consult March 3-7
phone: (617) 237-1724
LAW
• • •
February 4-6. 1980. Workshop
in Anti- March 10-12. 1980, Managing
social Behavior. To be held at the Stress
Urban Course, To be held in Washington.
Life Center. Georgia State D.C.,
University. Fee; by Theorem
by Harper & Row Media. For more details, Institute. Tuition $350. For
ENFORCEMENT

S50. For further information,


contact: G. consult: February 5-7. more details, see
LaMarr Howard. Social Work. February 6-8.
College of February 27-29. 1980. Annual
• • • Southern
Urban Life, Georgia State University, • • •
GA. February 18-28. 1980. Introduction Conference on Corrections. To
be held at
Telephone: (404) 658-3526. to March 10-21. 1980. Basie
Tallahasce HUton Hotel. TaUahasec.
• • •
Police Operations & Leadership.
Presented Flor-
cidcni lnvc«45at,on
Traffic Ac NEWS

by Lake County Area Vocational ida. Sponsored by the Florida State Program. To be held in
Technical Uni-
February 4-8. 1980. Scheduling Richmond. Virginia by the
Work Center. For further information, versity School of Cnminology. For regis- Transponation
Shiftsand Days Off using Microcomputers, conuct- Safety Training Center.
Ray Newman. Coordinator. School tration information, please contact Virgin,. Common-
Programmable Calculators, and of Law wealth University. Fee
Manual Tallahasce, FL 32J06. $350, For further
Enforcement. 2001 Kurt Street.
Methods. Presented by the Eustls. information, sec: February
Institute for FL • • • 11-22.
32726.
Public Program Analysis.
230 S. Bemiston. • • •
• • • February 29. 1980. Seminar:
Suite 914. St. Louis, 63105. MO February
Media and January

18-29. 1980. Police Per- Crisis.Presented by the Criminal Mai^h 11-13. 1980.
• • • Justice Motor Vehicle
sonnel Officer Development Center of John Jay College. To Theft Seminar Presented
February 5-6. 1980. Women in Program. To be held in by the Center for
Policing be held in Evanston. Illinois by 7.
Seminar. To be held at John The Traffic New York City. For more details, sec:
Cnminil Justice. Case
Western
Jay College in Feb- Reserse
New York City. Sponsored by the Institute. Fee: $475. For more ruary 5-6. Law School. Fee. $75.
details, For more details,
1980

John contact: Registrar. consult February 19-21.


Jay College Criminal Justice Center. The Traffic Institute.
For Northwestern University. 555 Clark
further information, contact: Street. • • •
Ms. Barbara Evanston, IL 60204.
February29-March 2. 1980. Seventh March 12-14. 1980. Annual
Natow. John Jay College of Conference
Criminal • of the
Justice. 444 West 56th
• • Annual Conference of the Western Society Academy of Criminal Justice
York. Street. New February 19-21. ences, To be held in Oklahoma City
Sci-
NY 10019. Telephone: (212) 247-1600. Checks and 1980. of Criminology. To be held at the Registry For
Frauds Program. Presented by the more infomiation contact
• • • Center Hotel. Newport Beach. California, For Ben Mcnkc
for Criminal Justice. Case Cnminal Justice Department.
February 5-7. 1980. Western Reserve more information, contact: Glen Washington
Cnme Prevention Uw School. Fee: $100. For more
Cour-
State University, Pullman
Seminar. Presented by Harper & Row
details moyer, WSC, Criminal Justice Program. WA 99163,
contact: Center for Criminal •
Media. For further information, Justice. Case San Diego State University. San Diego, CA • •
contact: Western Reserve Law School,
Cleveland, 92182. Telephone: (714) 265-6224. ^^rch 16-20. 1980. Seventh National
Harper & Row Media, 10 East 53rd Street, OH 44106. Telephone: (216) 368-3308. Conference on
New York. NY 10022. • •
Juvenile Justice. Spon-
• • • sored by the National
• • • Council of Juvenile
February 25-28. 1980. Security March 3-6, 1980. and Family Court Judges
February 6-8. Surveys Police Discipline and the National
1980. Fundamental
Crime Analysis Course. Presented
Course. To be held in Houston by Indiana Workshop. To be held in San Diego. Cali- District Attorneys
Association. To be
by The- held
University's Center for Public fornia. by the International in Orlando. Florida. For
orem Institute. To be held in Kansas Safety Association of further informa-
City. Training. Fee: $275. For more Chiefs of Police. For more details, sec tion, consult. February
Kansas, Tuition; $350 For further infor- details, Feb- 10-14,
contact: Indiana University. ruary 25-29.
mation. contact: Theorem
Institute, 1782
Center for
Public Safety Training. March 17-20. 1980.
Technology Drive. San Jose, CA Harrison Building Executive Protec-
95112 Suite 500. 143 West Market tion Course. Presented
Telephone: (408) 294-1427. Street. Indian- by Indiana Univer-
apolis, IN 46204- March 3-7, 1980. Law Enforcement sity's
• • •
Center for Public Safety
Photography Training.
• • • Workshop. Presented by Fee.$275. For further
February 7-8. 1980. Techniques infonnation. con-
in February 25-29, 1980. Police Eastman Kodak Company. To be held sult February 25-28
Records in
Conducting Interviews. Presented
by the and Communications, To be held Oak Brook, Illinois. For additional infor-
Law Enforcement Institute at the in Vi^ • • •
Univer- ginia Beach, Virginia, mation. contact Mr- David
sity of Maryland. Fee
by the International D. Holt., March 17-21, 1980. Hostage
$90. For further in- Association of Chiefs of Police. For Corporate Communications, Eastman Rescue
formaiion. contact: Jim Leiglar. further Ko- Operations Program. To be
Program dak Company, 343 State held in
information, contact: International Asso- Street. Rochester Phoenix.
Assistant. Law Arizona by the Intcriutional
Enforcement Institute, ciation of Chiefs of Police.
11 FirstField
NY 14650. Association of Chiefs of
Training Programs. University of Police. For more
Maryland,
University College, Conferences
Road. Gaithersburg. MD 20760. details, see.
February 25-29.
and Insti-
• • •
tutes Division. College Park.
MD 20742. March 17-21. 1980. Contemporary
Telephone: (301) 454-5237. February 25-March 1. 1980. Crime Pre- March 3-7,
1979. Managing Corrections Law
Personnel Program. Presented by the Ad- Enforcement Problems Course.
vention Theory, Practice and Management. Presented
ministration of Justice Program at Penn- by the Southwestern
February 10-14, 1980. Seventh Presented by the National Crime Preven- UgaJ Foundation.
National For more information, contact
sylvania State University, For further The South-
Conference on Juvenile Justice. Sponsored tion Institute. For more details, contact: in-
formation, contact: western Legal Foundation.
by the National Council of Juvenile National Crime Prevention James R. Homer or P.O. Box 707
and Institute.
Family Court Judges and the National Shelby Edwin J. Donovan. Administration of Jus-
Rtchard.son. TX 75080.
Dis-
Campus. Louisville. KY 40202.
trict Attorneys Association. Telephone- (502) 588-6987. tice Program. The Pennsylvania State Uni-
To be held in
Los Angeles. For further information, versity, S-203 Henderson Human Develop-
con- • • • March 17-27. 1980. Police
tact National District Attorneys
ment Building, University Park. PA 16802. Officer Pro-
Associa- cedures and Techniques Course.
Telephone; (814) 865-1452. Presented
tion. 666 North Lake Shore Drive. Suite February 26-28.
1980. Sex Offender by Lake County Area Vocational
Technical
1432. Chicago. IL 60611. and Offenses Program. Presented by the • « • Center, For more details,
consult; Febru-
• • Center for Criminal Jusitce. Case Western ary 18-28.
March 3-7, 1980. Supervision of Person-
February 11-15, Reserve Law School, Fee: $125.00. For
1980. Community nel Program- Presented by the Center for • • •
Groups and Crime Prevention. Presented more details, consult; February 19-21,
Criminal Justice, Case Western Reserve
by the National Crime Prevention Institute. 1980. March 18-21, 1980. Crisis Intervention
For more details, contact: National Crime
Uw School. Fee $150. For more details, Seminar. Presented by the Law Enforce-
consult: February 19-21.
Prevention ment Institute at the University of Mary-
Institute, Shelby Campus.
land. Fee:
Louisville. KY 40202. Telephone: (502) February 25-March 7. 1980. Crime Pre- • • • $180. For more details, sec.

588-6987. vention Technology and Programming. Pre- February 7-8, 1980.


March 3-14, 1980. Police Traffic Ser-
• • • • •
• sented by the National Crime Prevention vices Management
Program. Presented by
February 11-22. 1980. Basic Traffic Institute. For more details, consult: Feb- the Traffic Institute. March 24-28. 1980. Police Instructor's
To be held in Evans-
Accident Investigation Course. To be held ruary 11-15. ton, Illinois. For
Course, To be held at the St. Petersburg
more details, see February
in Charlottesville, Virginia. Presented by Junior C.ollege by the Flonda Inritute
18-29. 1980. for
the Transportation Safety Training Center, Uw Enforcement. Fee. $125. For further
Virginia Commonwealth University. Fee information, contact- Florida Institute
for
February 25-March 1980. Traffic Ac-
7. Law Enforcement. P.O
$350- For further information, consult: March 7-9, 1980. Seminar. Hypnosis as Box 13489. St.
cident Reconstruction Seminar. To be held Petersburg, FL 33733.
Transportation Safety Training Center. Vir- an Investigative Tool. To be held in Phila-
in Evanston, by Traffic Institute. delphia by the Massachusetts
Illinois,
ginia Commonwealth University, 806 W. Criminal • • •
Fee $475. For more details, consult Justice Academy.
Franklin Street, Richmond. VA 23284. Inc. Fee; $195. For
March 25-27. 1980. Managing the Police
February 18-29. further information, contact K Peter
• • • Function. Presented by the Administration
Maggie Dunaway. Center for Professional Kicn. Massachusetts
February 12-14. 1980. Police Marriage Cnminal Justice Acad- of Justice Program at Pennsylvania State
Development and Public Service. Hcchi emy, PO. Box 401, Harvard. MA 02157
Problems Seminar. To University. For further information, sec
be held in Houston House No. 318, Florida State University, Telephone: (617)237-4724. March 3-7.
.

People & Diacea

PERF gets Sherman; the Dunes wants New products


Rizzo; LEAA picks panel chairmen for law enforcement
Items about new or modified products
The Police Foundation added a new are based on news releases and/or
each year. other in-
NEWS formation received from the manufacturer
spot to Its organizational chart last month, or distributor. Nothing contained here-
• • •
in should be understood to imply
naming Lawrence W, Sherman as its first
LEAA’s effort to develop an accredita-
the endorsement of Enforcement New, Uw
director of research. In announcing the tion process for the nation’s law enforce- LIGHT RACK — The 30000 series Unirack activities
of Judge Joe Sorrennno. a lawyer
appointment, foundation president Patrick ment agencies forged ahead last month can be used for mounting warning lights
ENFORCEMENT
V. Murphy praised the abilities of the and part-time judge m the Los Angeles
with the appointment of four co-chairmen and sound systems on must types of
former Juvenile Court. Sorrentino, who was a
State University of New York to the program. The police leaders, who
emergency vehicles. By simply loosening delinquent as a youth before he managed
(SUNY) professor. ’‘Larry Sherman is one will serveon a rotational basis arc; Glen D. two bolts, the bracket assembly can be to turn his life around, is shown interacting
of the most incisive and prolific researchers King, the police chief of Dallas; Richard P.
adjusted to various roof widths and the with young people already in the system,
LAW and writers in policing today,” he said. Willc, the sheriff of Palm Beach County.
unit’s support ann can be angled for dif- speaking to adult groups on the problems
"We at the foundation are delighted that Florida; Lee P. Brown, the public safety
ferent contour roofs.
he will be able to direct our research activi- of juvenile justice, and working to provide
commissioner of Atlanta, and Thomas F. Reinforced by heavy-gauge, galvanized
ties." more options for troubled youth,
Hastings, the police chief of Rochester. steel wiring, the rack features stainless steel
Sherman, who taught in the Graduate Linda Vclzy Is Dead" follows the po-
New York. The four co<hairmcn also serve construction for added strength and high
School of Criminal Justice at SUNY’s lice investigation intothe murder of an
on an advisory committee which will have corrosion resistance. An adjustable pillow
1980 Albany campus, has served for three years 18-ycar-oid college student who frequently
final say on the standards that will block mechanism
be is said to provide the unit hitchhiked.
as executive director of the foundation- The 13-minute film docs not
7. applied to the accreditation process. Three with improved stability, while facilitating attempt to lecture on the evils of soliciting
sponsored National Advisory Commission additional members have been added
to the case of installation. rides from strangers, but rather
on Higher Education for Police Officers panel, including Egon Bittner, a presents
January professor The rack can be ordered with a variety the facts behind Vclzy ’s killing, the
and is currently project director of a of sociology grief of
at Brandeis University; Rose- of and speaker arrangements, all of
light
National Institute of Mental Health study her parents and the shock expressed by her
mary Ahmonn. a commissioner of which come with end clamps that can be
01m- friends.
of police-caused homicides. stead County, Minnesota, and the
Honoi^ used on vehicles with or without rain gut- The
• • •
able William H. Erickson, the chief
final presentation. "Nobody
justice ters. A companion model, the 20000
Philadelphia Mayor Frank Uni- Coddled Bobby," traces the stor>- of a
L. Rizzo, who of the Colorado Supreme Court. rack. is also available, offering a rigid base
IS scheduled to I7-ycar-old delinquent who was put in
leave office later this • • • for emergency
month, may be in a position to parley his
lights and sound systems. prison at the request of his parents to
James J. Fagan a New York State To obtain further information on the
law enforcement background into a job as "teach him a lesson.” The major faults of
trooper, has received the 1979 Medal of Unirack
head of security for an Atlantic City casi-
line, write; Unity Manufacturing the juvenile justice system are exposed
Honor of the New York State Chiefs of Company, 1260 Clyboum Avenue. Chica-
no. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer,- after the 14-minuie program reveals that
Police Association. The lawman was cited go, IL 60610.
thc former police commissioner of the City the youth hung himself in a Pennsylvania
for his attempt to rescue a woman whose • • •
of Brotherly Love was offered the post by correctional institution.
car had plunged into an icy reservoir last JUVENILE JUSTICE FILMS -
the owners of the Dunes Hotel Motorola All four films are available separately
in Las winter. The auto was upside down under Tcleprograms is distributing four docu- for purchase or
Vegas, who are currently building a gambl-
water with
rental in cither I6mm
its wheels barely protruding mentaries, produced
ing establishment in the New by CBS News, that motion picture or U-matic vidcocassctic
Jersey resort from the surface when Fagan arrived on examine the issues behind teenage suicide, formats. Write or call: Motorola Tcle-
city. Rizzo declined to comment on the He dove into the frigid water
the scene. delinquency, hitchhiking,
offer, the Inquirer noted. and detention, programs Inc-, 4825 North Scott Street.
and managed to pull the motorist from the "Teenage Suicide." a 16-minute pre- Suite
• • • 23. Schiller Park, IL 60176. Tele-
wreckage. The woman died in a hospital six sentation, points out
LEAA is leaving a $194,000 piece of hours
that over 5.000 phone. (800) 323-1900,
later, and the trooper was created for young Americans annually commit suicide,
Its heart in San Francisco, having an- exposure. making the phenomenon the second lead-
nounced last month that the grant money • • •
Readers' Comments Welcome
ing cause of death of juveniles. Through in-
will be used to fund an arson detection and The Journalist welcomes letters from
Allan C. Cole was appointed last month terviews with attempted suicides, parents
prosecution program. Fire Chief readers Letters for publication must
Andrew as a deputy assistant secretary of the Trea- and specialists in the area, the film explores
Casper said that a full-time prosecutor, an be signed and must include the writer's
sury Department to serve as a liaison some of the underlying causes of the prob-
investigator, a photographer and a compu- name, address and telephone number
betweem the departntent and the Office of lem and provides a number of warning
ter analyst will be involved Letters should be addressed to The
in the project, Criminal Enforcement of the Bureau of signs that could alert parents to their teen-
which will rely on the use of special Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. Cole, 47,
Journalist.John Jay College of Crimi-
ager’s suicidal tendencies.
equipment to detect flammable liquids and spent 16 of his 18 years with ATF in the
nal Justice.44S Wesi 59 Street. Room
A second offering, entitled "Dead End."
1260 North. New York.
incendiary agents. Boston area. Most recently, he was serving 10019
provides a 12-minutc glimpse into the
According to Casper. 549 fires were in Washington as an operations officer in
deliberately set in San Francisco last year, the bureau's Technical
Support Branch.
causing about S7 million in property In a related development. Patrick F.
damage.
served.
On the
between four and
average,
six
the chief ob-
persons are
McLoughlin was named chief of the New
York regional office of ATF’s internal
Supreme Court Briefs . .
killed in fires set by arsonists in the city affairs division,
Continued from P^c 5 While the decision in this case does
majority reasoned that each person who narrow a police officer's discretion in
was at the tavern at the time the police ap- conducting searches under a warrant, it has
peared was “clothed with constitutional provided law enforcement with a clearer
protection against an unreasonable search notion of the high court’s ever-changing

Moving? or an unreasonable seizure."


The warrant, although valid for a search
views in this area. (Ybarra v. Illinois. No.
78-5937, announced November 28. 1979.)
of the premises and of the named barten- Sentencing

Don't forget to write der. extended no further. Justice Stewart,


relying on Sihron v. New York. 392 U.S. an
Without the benefit of
indigent petitioner has convinced the
legal counsel,

40, 1962-63, noted that a person's mere Supreme Court to review his case, which
proximity to others "independently sus-. involves sentencing under a statute that
pccted of criminal activity does not. with- was declared unconstitutional.
out more, give rise to probable cause to The petitioner was ’found guilty of un-
Attach your mailing label from search that person." lawfully distributing a controlled sub-
this issue, fill out the coupon The majority also concluded that stance, following a previous conviction
below, and return to: Law support for the search cannot be found in on a felony charge. A 40-ycar prison
the doctrine established in Terry v. Ohio, sentence was imposed, which within the
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is

1. es- range of punishment provided for under


Department, Room 2104, 444 West tablished that police officers could frisk 21 Okla. Stat. Supp. 5 51(A) (1977). An
56th Street, New York, NY 10019. for weapons on less than a reasonable be- Oklahoma appellate court affirmed the
lief or suspicion. The dissenters, made up conviction and the sentence.
of Justices Blackmun, Rehnquist and Chief According to the petitioner, the 1977
Justice Burger, argued that the decision in case Thigpen v. State. 571 P.2d 467. de-
this case was an “unjustifiable narrowing clared Section 51(B) of the Oklahoma sta-
Name of the rule established in Terry." The dis- tute unconstitutional. In light of that
senters unsuccessfully argued that the phy- action, the petitioner maintains that he
Address
sical set-up of the tavern established the was sentenced under an unconstitutional
City State need for a search of all the patrons, and statute and denied due process of law.
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that anything found during the search (Hicks V. OkUhoina, No. 78-6885, review
should be admissible into evidence. granted November 26, 1979.)

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