Evening star., 1921-12-04

teacher in a high school or college"
says Mr.. Burns.
Further light is thrown on the
sound common sense that prompted
the detectives training school BY
Edward j. Brennan, who under the
reorganization of the bureau has been
put in charge OF the New York di-
being headmaster Of the school. Other
wise the recruit would be prac-
tically helpless and handicapped from
the start explained Mr.. Brennan,
'.If, without training, lie was sent out
to investigate bank robbery, he
would not even know where to begin.
He would not know how to proceed
with a search without getting into
legal difficulties. He would not know
whether the state and federal Juris-
dictions overlapped.
The last is one of the most COM
plicated points of all. For example,
a robbery in Park Row is a matter
berry twenty feet away, in the post
office, is up to us. Ordinarily safe
breaking in national bank is a state
offense, but if there is collusion be-
tween the actual thief and one of the
bank employees the Department of
Justice takes up the case.
Our men have to be ready for any
kind of Investigations. One day they
work in overalls on the docks. the next
in white collar in a bank. And the
work is so complicated that mere ex-
perience is not enough, though it viii
always be the biggest factor. The man
on the street cannot make a bigger
mistake than to say that there is moth
ing about a detectives trade that can
be learned out Of books"
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WHILE these newly appointed spe-
w cial agents are going through
their course of intensive training in
these two schools they will be under
the personal surveillance of Mr..
Burns. In explaining how he, per-
sonally, will pass upon each and every
one of these new appointees. he says:
Neither political nor personal influ-
ence count here. The man stands on
his own two feet. Either he makes
good or he goes out Personality
counts for a good deal. Detectives
aren't born; they are made. Give me
a man with a keen, alert mind. anxious
to learn the business, and in thIky
days I'll hand you good detective.
This is the age of specialization.
We are going to turn out men from
each OIL tuOSc SCHOOlS At A>S" w "a s.AssA
Chicago, men trained in particular
| line of duty. What this may be will
be determined by their individual
adaptability. Some men are being es-
pecially trained as expert shadowers.
| others are learning roplng. Each
phase of the game is different. We
are going to Danish the idea Of mys-
terry about detectives. We are going
| to have business men who know what
they want and go after it without in
tfmidating the people they serve. The
air of mystery that some detectives
delight to throw about themselves is
a smoke screen to hide their own
crudeness. 1t certainly doesn't help
them any to get the real facts or to
apprehend culprit. We want our
| men to have the confidence Of the peo-
pie. The service we are building up
| is for the protection Of the people"
That the main dependence for detec-
| tive service is to be placed upon law
yers, and that eventually he expects to
organize a corps OF woman detectives-
special Investigators he calls them
was disclosed by Mr. Burns when he
was asked: what type Of men be-
come the best detectives"' unhesi-
| tatinely he answered. Lawyers"
"The lawyers have the trained, in
yestigating mind" explained Mr.
Burns. "They know how to go after
what they want. With little direc-
| tion a lawyer makes an ideal secret
service man. Certain types OF women
also are ideal for this work"
II Congress brings all OF the invests
eating agencies of the government
ltoeether, as is proposed under the
plan Of reorganization of the admins.