Show POLICE PROGRESS REPORTED IN 1935 W WAR R ON CRIMINALS Expansion of ot the police traInIng trainIng training train traIn- ing program is rated the most outstanding achievement made mado in inthe inthe inthe the police field last year by tho the Police Chiefs' Chiefs News Letter official official official cial bulletin of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Most significant of the training course it points point out is the national national na na- na- na police training school of the federal feder 1 bureau of investigation which graduated 25 state county and municipal police officials from its first session and is is' now about to open Its second school The Pennsylvania state police school was thrown open to county and municipal police officers Considerable progress is noted in universal I Identification Voluntary Voluntary Voluntary Volun Volun- tary printing finger received some impetus the civil file of the federal fed fed- eral cral bureau of Investigation now v containing approximately prints in addition to more than prints finger of crimi crimi- I nals nab New of identification tion such as talking motion pictures pictures pic plc- tures and eye photographs were developed By the end of 1935 approximately approximate approxImate- ly y cities and 15 states w were ro operating police radio systems an increase of oC about stations durIng during during dur dur- ing the year Approximately 75 municipalities installed way two-way police pollee radio The Associated Police Police Po Po- Po- Po lice ice Communication Officials organized organized organized or or- g the year dev developed loped a a plan for interstate radio communication com corn which has been Indorsed Indorsed In In- by the International Association Association Asso Asso- of Chiefs of Police Pollee Significant steps were taken to reorganize ize police agencies In Minnesota and North Carolina large additions were made to the personnel of the state highway patrols In New York tho the reporting report report- ing of criminal statistics to the state department of correction and forwarding of prints finger to the federal bureau of ot investigation tion were both made mandatory In Pennsylvania industrial poli police o were made illegal Great interest was shown in the possibilities of interstate crimo crime compacts The interstate commission commission com corn mission on crime established late lato in the tho year began immediate Immediato drafting of Interstate crime crimo compacts com compacts corn com pacts and a number of tho the proposals proposals proposals pro pro- were tentatively approved before forc the end of the tho year for tor submission to state legislatures |