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copy or exsoLorios PASSED AT THE COMYDATION OF YHE INTERATIONAL ON OF CHIEFS OF POLICE HELD AT PORTLAND, OBEQOR, O8 Fett ean WRHEREAS, 1t is the sense of the menbers of the Association of Chiefs of Police met in convention at » Oregon, en this fourteenth day of June, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-teo, that - they should appropriately express their appreciation of the services . Fe rendered to las-enforcesent officials throughout this end other countrisg - ‘by J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the United States Bureau of Investigation ‘ of the Departaent of Justice. The Bureau of Investigation, mder the =... direction of Mr. Hoower, is a source ef daily aid and assistance to the =... Coiefs of Police and other law-snforceaent officials in the conduct of ~ their efforts to coabat crime. The field euployees ef the Bureas of = <_. ‘a investigation are in constant contact with local and State lee-enforcsnent | officials at all tines, are manifestly under instructions to render every — ection, and the value of their services to lav-enforcesent in general **.” and to peace officers of the country ia particular cannot be too bighly ‘s recomended. It is the sense of the seabers asseabled also, that fitting crime through the organisation and development of the Identification Divi~ - sion of the United States Buresn of Investigation under the supervision ~~ of Mr. Hoover. It is believed that this division has now attained s gor: wide reputation for expeditious aad efficient service to las-enforcesent offichals, and the value of the information promptly transaitted to pesce ~ officers cannot be ower-estinateds © 6 . It ie further believed that recoguition should be made also cf = the coaprebensive, tireless and self-sacrificing efforts on the part of . | Mr, Hoower in developing the ploneer work ef collecting and publishing ©. | wnifors erie records statistics. It is realised that this project is. *. still in ite infancy, but it is believed substantial progress has ; _ "5 well understood and sppreciated by ell law-enforcenent officials, om 6 "kr. Hoover bas elways been available for personal advice end Piss plans and projects tending to combet criae and convict criminals, STHSREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That it is the sense of the mexbers of this Association that this Resolution be spread on the minutes and that copies thereof be transmitted to the President and Attorney General of the United States.* : a possible cooperative assistance in matters coming under the Burean's juris- . ~ | Fecognition should be shown the striking edvance accomplished in ‘combating “* ggoperative counsel and assistance to the meabers of the Association et 8; ell times and has given uareservedly of his tine and efforts to all modern = ys, Deen obtained toward the echievesmt of a comprehensive basis for uniform .° erize statistics. The value of statistics of this character is, of course, © }