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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. 1963 A 3 (LoVes FBI By JACK VANDENBERG United Press International Washington - IUPD Capt. Ernest N. Norris and Lt. F. W. Taylor of the Greenville, S.C., police department, spot ted their quarry - a 220-pound six-footer - as he rounded a corner that night of April 1, 1960. The big man had just rob bed a cafe of S153 in cash and a .22 caliber pistol. Taylor lunged and tried to pin the bandit's arms to his side. The bandit wrenched one hand free and pointed the pistol -with its hammer cocked - at the lieutenant's head. Norris, a step behind Tay lor, covered the hammer with the palm of his hand just as the trigger was pulled. The firing pin buried in Norris' hand but the gun did not fire. The captain twisted the gun toward the bandit's thumb. As the bandit spun off bal ance Norris jerked the gun away and together he and IMftoiH)ll Aeodleinniy Course Sea ves Texas fs Claimed I 'State on Wheels' Austin, Tex.-niPll-Texas is a state on wheels, the Texas Parade magazine proclaims, looking over road statistics for the big state. Of the 10 million Texans, 4.4 million are licensed driv ers, operating 4.6 million automobiles, trucks and buses over 230,000 miles of roads and streets. The Panama canal was granted to the U.S. by the Republic of Panama in a treaty signed Feb. 26, 1904. Taylor over powered and handcuffed the captive. The action Norris used to save his partner's life was a lesson in reflexes he had learned at the FBI National Academy. Curtails Crime The episode is only one of many examples of how the national academy has helped curtail crime in this country and abroad. But it illustrates how the academy is carrying out the objectives FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover envisioned when he established the "West Point of Law Enforce ment" in 1935. The idea came to Hoover when mobsters were ruling many cities and corruption was widespread. He felt that most of the nation's crime problems could be solved locally if law en forcement were raised to the dignity of a profession. For example, FBI agents had gathered a wealth of experi ence and material in the course of their investigations and in contacts with officers throughout the nation. Hoover felt that this would be helpful to local police if an adequate system could be devised to furnish it to them. So the academy was establish ed along the lines of the FBI'i school for its own special agents. But Hoover recognized from the outset that the academy could not possibly offer instruction to all local police officers in the country. Graduates Instruct He got around this by ar ranging for academy gradu ates to return to their local departments and instruct fel low officers in what they had learned. Each student is required to keep a voluminous notebook on what he has learned so he can share his knowledge. Many of the graduates become instructors in their local departments. To make sure the graduates do not merely use the acade my as a stepping stone to bet ter jobs outside law enforce ment, each candidate is re quired to agree to remain in the field for at least three years after he leaves the school. Since being founded the academy has graduated 4,454 officers, some from foreign countries. There are 2,832 gi-aduates still in law enforce ment and more than 28 per cent hold executive positions. I After he graduates, an offi- cer keeps in touch with other I graduates through an organi sation known as "National I Academy Associates." This I helps the graduates keep up to date on police science and ! gives them examples of how fellow graduates are using j their training. A recent issue of the asso ciates' newsletter told of a j graduate who climbed a dark ened stair in search of a mad gunman. When he thought he was near the gunman, the of- ficer held his flashlight at arm's length from his side. Then he turned it on. A shot rang out and shatter ed the flashlight. But the of ficer was unharmed because he remembered his academy instruction on this point. Any candidate for the acad emy must be recommended by his superior officers, or the mayor or city manager in the case of a police chief. The qualifications are strict. A candidate must be between 25 and 50 years old, he must be in good physical condition, and he must possess outstand ing character and reputation. He also must have a high school education or its equiva lent and must show ability to absorb a great amount of learning quickly. 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