The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

for efficient potace ofItcers Wa- highlighted by the nationwide criminal activity of hoodlums. MT Hoover, anxious to advance the cause of law enforcement, madf arrangements whereby the fscili ties previously restricted for train ing special agents of the FBI, wer opened to the police of the Unite4 States and its possessions. Sine that time officials from foreigE police departments also have been granted the privilege of attending the 14-week courses.
 The roster of graduates includes law enforcement men from the 48 states, Alaska, the Philippines Puerto Rico, the Panama Canal Zone, Canada, Newfoundland, Engs land and China.
 While graduates find the crinn inological techniques learned at the National academy of great value the primary objective of the acade- my is the training of police iI1- structors. The latest investigative developments in the field of crim- inal detection have been made available to more than 100000 po- lice officers by the graduates of the National academy.
 Every effort is made to adjust the teaching program in accord- ance with changing problems of the times. Each session continues for a period of IA weeks. Three ! weeks of the course are devoted to traffic engineering and traffic law enforcement. An intensive two- week study in juvenile delinquency control and crime prevention is also given, in addition to a com- prehensive course on postwar crime | problems.
 Character Stressed
 In order to attend the academy police officer must be of good character and not over 50 years of age. Each candidate is SIrD- 1 jected to a thorough physical ex- animation shortly after his arrival in Washington in order to ascery tain if he is in sufficiently gooo condition to participate in the rig orous physical training, defensive techniques courses and firearms training.
 Recently a graduate was con- fronted with murder case in which the victim, theater owner. was shot down as he attempted to deposit the Sunday receipts in q bank night depository.
 Witnesses furnished conflicting descriptions; nevertheless, one fac- tor stood out = everyone reported that the criminal had a horribly scared face. The investigator. working on the theory that the criminal wore a mask, narrowed the search to an Oriental who pre- viously had been sentenced on a murder charge and was known to use theatrical makeup. In the meantime the FBI Laboratory de- termined that the fatal bullet had been fired from a .32 caliber re- volver.
 When arrested, the subject ad- mitted possession of a .32 caliber revolver and gave 8 complete ac- count of the crime. He used make up to disguise his Oriental features and obtained the desired effect by using putty, grease, paint and pan- cake makeup. He is now serving life sentence at hard labor.
 When the office of a New Eng. land manufacturing company was burglarized. a National Academy graduate lifted a latent fingerprint from the ransacked cash drawer. The print was later forwarded to the Identification Division of the FBI at Washington, D. C., together with the flngerprint impression of several suspects. Experts in Wash ington, D. c. positively identified the latent prints as the company auditors Records at the FBI re- flected that the auditor had twice previously been convicted of grand larceny and had been sentenced to serve ten years in Sing Sing Prison, New York. He readily confessed.
 Makes Capture
 While student at the Academy. one Connecticut police officer re- . ceived tip that a man wanted in Connecticutw as hiding out in Washington, D. c. Taking a night of from his studies he located the , fugitive on busy street corner Enlisting the aid of a nearby poe lice officer. he took the wanted man into custody. The criminal was con- fused and said, T left Connecticut to try to get away from you and you turn up here"
 , Included in the features of the Academy at this session were Chief John M. Gleason of the Greenwich Police department appearing on the panel forum on the subject Coohdination of Traffic Controls and Chief Michael J. Godfrey. Act- ing Chief at Hartford who recently , lectured on the subject of ~Catas- trophies" Both Connecticut chiefs i, were very well received at the Al were very well received at the ) Academy,