MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD. OREGON
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. 1963
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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.
The subjects are cnanged
regularly to meet the latest
demands of crime detection.
But some of the regular
courses include criminal law,
identification, public speak
ing, general and physical
science, visual education, fin
gerprint identification, preser
vation of evidence, and self
defense.
In addition to the specially
selected FBI instructors, the
students are taught by visiting
crime experts from colleges
and universities throughout
the nation.
Although there Is no tu
ition for the academy, stu
dents must be prepared to pay
for their own transportation,
room and board, and living
costs. Books and equipment
are loaned to them.
The next 12-week session of
the academy will begin late
next month.
Court Records
MICDKORIl MUNICIPAL COURT
Craig Joseph Miller, violation
or basic rule. $20.
James A. Collins, wrong way on
one way strecct, S10.
David Eugene Haradcn. expired
operu tor's license, $5, suspended;
disobeyed traffic signal, $10.
Dale Warren Sauer. excessive
noise. $10.
Garry Lee Evans, violation of
basic rule, $10.
Donald Ray Tompkins, operat
ing vehicle without corrective
lenses, $5.
John A. Rogers, disobeyed traf
fic signal, $10.
Douglas Stanley James, viola
tion of basic rule, $10.
Frances Nancy Huckaba, dis
obeyed traffic signal. $10.
Perry Eugene Whitlock, exces
sive noise, $10.
John Edward Hoffman, violation
of basic rule. $25.
Kurt Verncr Borgstrom, prohib
ited right turn. $10.
Walter Allen Anderson, viola
tion of basic rule. $15.
Alex Cinton Kendall, 22, of
2970 Old Stage rd.. failure to
leave information at the scene
of an accident. $100.
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