PENSONS UNDER

PERCENT CHANGE 10

I thought you might be interested to hear the results of a survey we recently made regarding police officers killed in 1960. I have already presented one with regard to those who were attacked. Fortyeight city police officers lost their lives in line of duty during that year, 28 of them at the hands of vicious killers. A total of 34 individuals were arrested for these 28 killings. In looking at their prior criminal history, it was found that these 34 murderers had compiled, among them, a total of 248 prior arrests for an average of 7 arrests each. Burglary was the most common arrest as a group, followed by assault, larceny, and armed robbery. Twenty-seven of these killers had prior convictions ranging from 1 to 24. Twenty-five had been imprisoned at least once. But most significant is the fact that 24 of these men had been granted some form of leniency for past criminal acts, while 12 were on parole or probation at the time they killed a police officer in 1960.

The demands on law enforcement agencies throughout our Nation are heavy enough without the added burden of tracking down hardened criminals who, through unmerited clemency, are turned loose to again prey on the public.

Indicative of the frequency with which ill-advised trust has been placed in convicted criminals is the fact that, of the 86,277 persons listed as wanted in the FBI Identification Division files, 21,286 are wanted as parole or probation violators. Of the 162 criminals who have appeared on the FBI's "10 most wanted fugitives" list since March 1950, 137 have previously received some form of leniency.

FBI LABORATORY

Turning to the work of our crime laboratory, I would like to point out that it was founded on November 24, 1932, and through the years there have been continuing advances in the application of science to the problems of detecting and apprehending the lawbreaker.

As a service agency, the laboratory works closely with local police agencies across the land. Its facilities are available on a cost-free basis to these law enforcement agencies, and the FBI laboratory experts are available to testify in court as to their findings.

A new record-high volume of 224,183 scientific examinations were handled by the FBI laboratory during the last fiscal year. Of this number, 27 percent were from sources other than the FBI-from local and other law enforcement agencies. This marks the 11th consecutive year that our work in this field has been on the increase.

The chart which I present shows the volume of scientific examinations handled since 1959, as well as the estimated receipts for 1962 and 1963. We have not asked, however, for any additional personnel for the laboratory work.

Mr. ROONEY. Very well.

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Mr. HOOVER. Local law enforcement agencies from every State of the Union, as well as agencies from several locations outside the country, called upon the laboratory for assistance in 1961. This widespread cooperative activity I think is best portrayed in this chart. Mr. ROONEY. Very well.

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Mr. HOOVER. I would like to make a statement off the record, if I may, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. ROONEY. Very well, Mr. Director.

(Off the record.)

FIELD OPERATIONS

Mr. HOOVER. I submit to the committee a map which shows the setup of our field organization.

Our 55 field offices, the hub of FBI field investigative activity, are located in the major cities of the United States and in San Juan, P.R., and have personnel on duty 24 hours a day throughout the year. In the interest of economy and to facilitate the immediate handling of investigative matters within our jurisdiction, we also maintain resident agencies in approximately 500 cities and towns, each of which is under the immediate supervision of a field office.

FOREIGN LIAISON

In order to better coordinate matters in which the FBI has an interest in both the criminal and internal security fields, the FBI has a nominal staff assigned to strategic liaison posts in 11 foreign countries.

These employees have no jurisdiction abroad, but are liaison in operation.

Substantial benefits are derived from our foreign liaison offices. The location of the far-ranging criminal, who often operates across international boundaries, is an example. A man by the name of Donald Roy Tait went on a yearlong checkpassing spree which took him from the United States to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Brazil, where he was located in September 1960. Upon his arrest by Brazilian police, he chose immediate return to the United States. Through arrangements made by our liaison representative in Brazil, he was brought back to this country and charged with interstate transportation of stolen property. He was sentenced in November 1960 by the Federal court in New York City to imprisonment for 18 months. I hand to the committee a world map showing where our various liaison representatives are located throughout the world.

OVERALL PICTURE: FIELD INVESTIGATIVE COMMITMENTS

On January 1, 1962, there were pending throughout the field 111,329 investigative matters of all types, of which 7 percent were in a delinquent status. This represents an average assignment of 22 matters for each special agent.

During the fiscal year 1961, a sharp jump occurred in the receipt of investigative matters in the overall criminal, civil, and security field, reaching a total of 591,226 matters, an increase of 10 percent when compared to the 537,335 matters received during 1960,

This chart outlines in graphic form the actual and estimated increases in investigative receipts since 1959. (The exhibit referred to follows:)