The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-25
CRIME INCREASE
ONLY NATURAL
Head OF FBI Reviews His
Departments Opera
tons For 1913
By THOMAS CFEEKMORE.
DIRECTOR STATE BUREAU
OF INVESTIGATION

DAAeGS1 Wv ID u LhO
OF INVESTIGATION
RALEIGH. Dec, "a. tRD-This is
the season when we should take
account, or inventory. of our pre-
sent status. To do this we have
to look back over gwen period.
This custom is our hest means of
preparing for ne future We are
living through most disturbing
time. We're it not for our histori-
cal record we would have the fu-
ture with less faith
We should all be interested in
what part crime and law enforce
Eaent is playing in our respective
communities during these times. t
is fairly safe 20 assume that, ex-
cept for our shifting population,
conditions remain about the m e
throughout the state and nation.
And inventory Will d sclose h a t
there is hardly a home but what
SOME member, OF relative, is
serving in the armeS forces of our
country. Others have left t h l.
homes to assist in building ships,
guns, planes, and othel implements
OF war. Crime is an G p d m c
which follows the crowd; it having
increased in some localities and
decreased n others.
Ind f,.oy,,
| ing into the future, We can reason
ably expect crime to increase gen.
orally as postwar problem. For
the past two years we have been
assembling millions Ct our law
abiding citizens and giving them
intensive training il how to kill
our enemies. We call this justifia-
BILE homicide. Many OF our fellow
citizens who have been trained in
the art of murder along with those
who have left tile1r homes to work
in war pants. will return to their
native communities. The h m
town will not be the same and the
REIMBURSEMENT IS going to result in
many ha "dships. We may as well
look forward to season with a
group of racketeers and stream
lined criminals. preying upon a
war weary populace,
We who are charged with the
duty of law enforcement are con-
fccnted with a real challenge. It
is up to us not only to carry on
but, at the <ame time, prepare
for the future in orcer to cope
with tomorroWs criminal problems.
Bearing these facts N mind, the
personnel Of this bureau is en-
deavoring to not only perform the
duties no.~'ally required of it but
is preparing for what we believe
to be much more responsible tasks
to be performed in the future. We
will continue to have at the SER
vices Of the law enfo, cement agn-
els of this state the highest type
of specialists in the Various phases
of criminal Investigation.
During the past year our records
disclose that the types of crime
Investigated by this bureau have
varied but little fron, past exper-
fence. Burglary comprises m e
than one-thjrd OF the total of our
cases. Homicide and er;bezzlement
are next in order, with assaults
and robbery following close in their
wake. A little more than one third
of our total requests for ssistance
come from the sheriffs depart
ments: while somewhat less than
one-third emanate from the police
departments. with the remaining
approximate one third coming
from the various other law en-
forcement agencies throughout the
state.
We find an Increased demand on
the part OF law enforcement agen-
cies for the use of ou1 laboratory
facilities for the analySn of the
evidence of crime in the determi-
nation Of presence quantity, and
character of poisons: the character
of blood stains, microscopic, and
other examinatins of materials as
sociated with the commission of
crime. Also, the examination and
analysis of project'les for Balls
tic imprints and records W h i C h
lead to the determination or iden-
LITIGATION of criminals; the exami-
nation and Identification of finger
prints and questioned documents.
1t has been pleasure to work
with the law enforcement agencies
and we look forward with greater
enthusiasm toward extending our
services throughout the state.
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