Evening star., 1937-01-08
F. B. |. To TRAIN
COUNTY OFFICERS
Montgomery Represented in
Session of Academy
Opening Monday.

A representative of the Montgomery
County Police Department will be
among IS State, county and municipal
law enforcement officers who have
been selected to attend the next ses-
sion Of the National Police Academy
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton, opening Monday at the Depart
ment of Justice.
A number of local authorities on
special phases of police work will aid
irl the lecture course, which will cover
everything policeman should know
from ballistics to ju-jitsu.
In announcing the fourth session, J.
Edgar Hoover, director of the F. B. l.,
pointed out that almost all" of the
81 officers who have graduated from
the academy have received promotions
and have been placed in executive posi-
tions upon returning to their respective
departments. The graduates are con-
nected with police departments in 80
States and Territory.
Instructions in Detection.
During the three month period Of
training the students will receive in
structionS in scientific crime detection,
statistics, firearms, methods of investi-
cation, administration and many other
subjects. The policemen will receive
the same training as that afforded G.
men in the technical laboratory, finger
print division, crime study rooms. gun
range and other training divisions of
the F. B. I.
Among the special lecturers will be
Lieut.. Col. A. J. Drexel Biddle, Marine
Corps Reserve of Philadelphia, Pa. an
authority on ju-jitsu and other means
of self-defense; Prof. Felix Frank
furter of Harvard University Law
School, Andrew ]. Kavanaugh. presi-
dent of the International Association
of Chiefs of Police; Prof. Raymond
Moley of Columbia University Law
School, Prof August Vollmer. Uni
versity of California, and the following
local men:
Harry j. Anslinger, commissioner of
narcotics; Dr. Edgar C. Higbie, presi-
dent, Wilson Teachers College; E. K.
Jett, assistant chief engineer, Federal
Communications Commission; Dr. A.
Magruder Macdonald, District coro-
ner: Burton Marsh, director of safety
and traffic engineering, American
Automobile Association; Dr. Robert
Olesen, assistant surgeon general OF
the United States: Rev. E. A. Walsh,
Georgetown University, and DR.. Will
liam A. White, superintendent, St
Elizabeth's Hospital.
Agencies Represented.
Agencies sending representatives to
the school, in addition to Montgomery
County police, are Albany (Ga.) police
Allentown (Pa.) police, Athens GA
police. Bangor (Me) police. Blackwell
tOkla) police, Brigham (Utah) sher-
IFS office, Butte (Mont) police, Char
lotte (N c. police. Chattanooga
(Tenn) police, Duluth (Minn.) sher-
IFS Office, East Providence (R. - DO
lice, Elgin (Il) police, Elmwood Park
tnl) police, Greenville IS. c. police
Hoquiam (Wash) police. Lakeland
(Fla) police, Lancaster (Pa.) police
Laramie (Wyo) sheriff's Office, Mas
saillon (Ohio) police, Mountain Home
udaho) sheriff's Office, Nassau County
police, Mineola. N. Y; Plymouth
tMich) police, Racine CWis.) police,
Rochester IN. " police, Rutland
(Vt) police, Salt Lake City (Utah)
police. South Bend Qnd.) police. Sum-
ter Is. c. police, Tacoma wash. }
police, Visalia (Calif) police, Water
bury Comm police, Westchester
County Parkway police, Bronxville, N.
Y; West Hartford (Conn) police and
Wise (Va) sheriff's Office.