Evening star., 1951-11-22

'tendent until December u ant
Scott declared the large figure
are the result of the complet'
method used here.
Any assault, even If it mean
the mere cutting of finger b,
another person. is recorded OF
the departments reports. II
other cities, Inspector Scott said
cases often go unreported, unles!
the injured party wishes to prose
cute. or unless the case is reall.
serious and an arrest is made.
Since the newly appointd chic
and Inspector Scott were assigned
to the jobs of heading the De
tective Bureau on September
1850, that branch has seen man.
innovations, making use Of tn,
most modern police methods.
Juvenile Squad Created.
The Juvenile Squad. with 81
men, lieutenant and two ex
perienced detectives. Inspector
Scott declared. was created OF
October !, 1850, only a month
after the bureau heads were ap,
pointed.
The new squad has proved t.
be an invaluable training groune
for young detectives. Inspector
Scott declared, as well as a hell
in combating juvenile crime
Two Juvenile Squad men brok,
the Poole babies murder case las
summer. They were assigned II
the case, along with others. be
cause of the experience they re-
ceived with the squad.
= When the report is made publ,
it will show that the 191 detec.
tives in the bureau have HANDLED
successfully many thousands O
cases.
For example. the Homicid,
Squad. composed of II men, in
cluding Capt. jeremiah Flaherty
handles from 5000 to 1000 case,
each year. They're not all murder.
either. Those figures include onl,
about 80 murders each year anc
hundreds of suicides. academia
deaths. abortions and many seri.
GUS assaults that may turn init
deaths, as well as serious accidents
The Homicide Squad isn't thu
only contingent with few detec.
tives and many cases. The Checl
and Fraud Squad, with eight mer
headed by a lieutenant, works or
several hundred cases. each year
The General Assignment Squac
handles the most cases, averagins
from $500 to 5000 cases per year
with only 80 detectives, including
the captain.
One of the most important rea-
sons for the Detective Bureaus
high average of crime solution is
that the squads now have cruisers
in operation "a hours of the day
The practice. begun within the
last year and a half, has been
the means of apprehending many
criminals, Inspector Murray point
ed out.
TITS a prevention" he declared
"a means of catching criminals
particularly holdup men. with q
of delay"
OF course, the squads are far
from static. Few people realize
that men are shifted from squad
to squad as the need arises
Should there be an important
score or more detec-
tives are shifted to the Homicide
Squad.
Outruns ID. C. Growth.
The Detective Bureau is growing
just as the city is, Inspector Scott
stated. In fact, it has to grow
even more than the District, be.
cause the heavy suburban popu.
lation constantly uses Washington
to shop in. work in and commit
crimes in.,
The 212 persons in the bureau
can be broken down as follows:
Six captains 10 lieutenants, 81
detective sergeants. 20 precinct
detectives, Is probational detec.
tives. one special investigator, one
uniformed sergeant fingerprint
expert, one corporal, "a privates
in plain clothes and 81 civilians
including clerks, secretaries ano
flngerprint men.
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