The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-09-04
WIDE COOPERATION BETWEEN
STATE, FEDERAL OFFICERS
ISSOUGHT IN WAR ON CRIME
Law Enforcement Training
School Here Held Sue
cessful; Federal Men I'm
pressed by Visit
By J. T. FAM, JR.

Sessions OF the Institute OF
Governments district training
school for law enforcing officers,
held at the city hall here yester-
day, were pronounced very sue
ceSsful by Albert Coates, director
of che Institute. ....., ...-.
During the course of the day
about 50 officers from Western
North Carolina attended. Officers
showed a keen interest in the pro-
ceedings and readily took part in
the discussion of various problems
brought before the body.
Concrete examples of various
crimes and the methods used in
their solving were brought before
the group yesterday afternoon by
Edward Scheidt of the Charlotte
branch of the federal bureau of
investigation. The officers guide
book being prepared by the Insti-
tute was discussed, and, during
the course of the day, valuable
information was included in the
book through questions brought
out by those attending.
Commenting on the guidebook
during the course of the after
noon, Mr.. Coates pointed out that,
although law enforcement is the
primary function of state, there
had never been prepared in this
nation a guidebook for officers of
a statewide scope. North Caro-
lima will be the first state having
such a book for state use.
The need for cooperation be-
tween the various city, county,
STATE, and federal 6fficers was
also stressed at all times during
the conference, and at its conclu-
sion directors expressed the opin-
ion that much had been, and could
be, accomplished in the field of
cooperation through the district
schools.
Outsiders, sitting in on the con-
ference, were impressed with the
thoroughness with which the in
stitute is going into the matter of
a program of training for police
officers. Mr.. Coates, one of the
best-knOwn men in the state, dem
onstrated forcefully the fact that
he has a tireless energy and is
keenly interested in this phase of
the Institutes work.
Both outsiders and officers were
impressed with the appearance
and interest of the federal officers
in the work. Mr.. Scheidt directed
the greater part of the days dis
cussions and displayed thorough
understanding of the problems of
the police officer. AS was en-
phasized during the morning SEES
sion, the fact that ]. Edgar Hoo
yer, director of the F.B.l., has
given leave to agents to assist IN
this work, shows its great lmpor-
lance.
G. N. Lowden, agent in charge
of the Charlotte branch of the F..
B.I., also made highly favorable
impression on the officers and
others who attended. Mr.. Lowden
lived up the expectation of what
a Oman should look like. Young,
a graduate of Washington and
Lee University, with a legal edu-
cation, he has been with the de-
partment for five years, and IS
keenly interested in his work.
His greatest interest lies in get
ting local officers to cooperate
with the department and take ad-
vantage of the facilities afforded
by the federal department. He is
especially interested in getting To-
cal officers interested in finger
printing as a means of criminal
apprehension. He visited Bruce
A. Cox, local fingerprint expert,
during his stay here and express
ed great admiration for the work
Mr.. Cox is doing.
He also met Deputy Sheriff Roy
Owens during the afternoon. His
interest in Deputy Owens came
from aid the local officer render
ed Agent Faulkner in the arrest
of a bank robber on Jump Off
mountain some time ago.