New-York tribune., 1922-04-28
National Police
Burcau,Cuidcd
BY Y. s., Urged
700 Departments of the
Country in Favor of Set
ting Up a Nationwide
Crime Clearing House
Calder to Consider Bill
8,156 Felony Complaints
Listed by Enright in the
First Quarter of Year

The establishment OF national po-
lice bureau under Federal control ana
maintained by Federal funds is urged
in a pamphlet issued yesterday by the
National Police Conference, a volun-
tary organization formed in May, 1921
Police Headquarters.
The police departments % more
than seven hundred un'clpa1itics arc
represented in the National Police
Conferences and all Of these separate
departments believe a national police
bureau is necessary to "malntain con
tact between the police authorities Of
this country and the police depart
ments OF foreign countrics' and TO m
partments in this country from the
standpoint of collective EFFORT
Separate Administration
The national police bureau the
pamphlet reads, "should be separate
entity, no matter under What Federal
department it is TO be placed The Ma
tional Police Conference has 10 can
didatc for any Office in the national
police bureau. AS TO personnel, the
heads and members of the organiza-
ton should be the best men ObtaInabIc
for the several duties to be per
formed"
The pamphlet says further that it is
the belief Of the police authoritics
that the national police bureau must
be a centralized. studious, Statistical
and scientific agency for bringing into
cooperative effort the police forces
of the country, and that its appro-
pirate functions should include the fol-
lowing: "To gather and collect, receive,
compile, coliatc, study, Investigate. and
file for reference, and properly dis
tribute and make available to inter
ested or appropriate police authorities
or the like, police information and
criminal intelligence throughout the
country; and to act as 2 national
clearing house of crime records. Grim
insl identidcations, crime statistics,
and Of information respecting crimes
Of interstate, national or international
Conccrn.'
Calder Considering Bill
Tho creation Of national police bu-
reau has been advocated by Police Com
missioner Enright for some time. lc
recently asked United States Senator
Calder TO introduce a bill providing for
it. Senator Calder at meeting Of tho
NPpUDtlCHIi " tlUttl : 'Olnrliottt OF Oil'
hundred at tho home Of Mrs. Edward
II. Pcaslce, II Washington Square
North, about two weeks ago, said that
no had agreed to look oVcr such bill
and to make inquiries of the Attorney
Generals Office as to its legality.
Enright Issues Report
Commissioner Enright sent to Mayor
Hylan yesterday the report Of the Now
York Police Department for the quar-
ter ending March 81. 1922. as compared
with the corresponding period Of 1921
The report shows tho total uni
formed force to number 11,476, as
against 11,346 in 1921. The personnel
includes Is inspectors, lo2 captai
sis lieutenants. 749 sergeants. 9,954 pa =
trolmcn, 20 patrol~omcn and IS sur
gcons.
Crime complaints are given as total
ing 8,156 fe!onies, as against 8,46o in
1921; 2752 misdemeanors, against g.
507, and 1917 cases of juvenile dein-
Quency. against 23l for the previous
corresponding period. Arrests made
by the Special Service Squad total g.
632, as against 2,2O5. Arrests under
the traffic laws totaled 25,834, and to-
! tai fines collected amounted to sl91.-
41O. The number Of persons fined was
23,11S.