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omer wa eee ew eee westele a | pe eke | beeen Ba ne thee et ee : ws ce Fees cua et aes acre teh ature ene ewe eek embed OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR fF & . ie BN UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON 25, D.C. August 19, 1954 Mr. Leroy E. Wike Executive Secretary International Association of Chiefs . of Police, Inc. Mills Building \ ; Pennsylvania Avenue‘at 17th Street, Northwest \ Washington 6, D. C. \ Dear Mr. Wike: ‘ I wish to bring td your attention and through you to the attention of other officials ofthe Interny ional Association of Chiefs of Police the recent em SAKA Sete Kiteainst the FBI crime report- ing program on the part ney General Edmund G. Brown of the State of California. In the Escohdido, California, Daily Times Advocate of July 28, 1954, Attorney General Brown of California was quoted as stating ''California crime statistics\are far more accurate than those of the FBI.'' He was additionally quated as saying "I doubt that the FEI with its many other responsibilities can give equal attention to promoting uniformity." With respect te the latter statement, he was referring specifically to the coordination of criminal statistics on the part of the FBI. I thought you would like to know tkat this was our first know- ledge that the Attorney General of the State of California felt there were any deficiencies in the crime reporting program of the FBI and the International Association of Chiefs of Police wXhin the State of California. The Attorney General's office there has never ec&yntacted us to point out any specific area wherein the crime reports published by the FBI for the State of California fell short of the accuracy achie ed by the State Bureau of Criminal Statistics at Sacramento, California. ‘Kor the purpose of promoting the best interest of law enforcement relations, it is felt that Attorney General Brown should have at least given thea. FBI and the International Association of Chiefs of Police the courteky of advising of x LD 7E DHA -2BY