FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin excerpt: annual index and 'Can You Identify This Hijacker?' notice
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Team Policing—Four Years Later, Lourn [illegible] Phelps, Chief of Police, and Sgt. Lorne Harmon, Police Department, Richmond, Calif., December 1972, vol. 41, No. 12, p. 2.
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POLICE ORGANIZATION
Centralization of State Law Enforcement Agencies, by Hon. James J. Hegarty, Director, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Phoenix, Ariz., May 1972, vol. 41, No. 5, p. 6.
Radio Communications Department Serves Law Enforcement in North Dakota, by Aldred G. Brose, Director, North Dakota Radio Communications Department, Bismarck, N. Dak., April 1972, vol. 41, No. 4, p. 25.
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POLICE TRAINING
Consolidating Efforts To Control Drug Abuse, by Ronald D. Kuest, Chief Investigator, Drug Control Assistance Unit, Washington State Patrol, Olympia, Wash., January 1972, vol. 41, No. 1, p. 10.
FBI Law Enforcement Training Advisory Committee Convenes, November 1972, vol. 41, No. 11, p. 14.
Mobile Firing Range, December 1972, vol. 41, No. 12, p. 15.
Mock Disaster Training Program, by William C. Sampson, Training Officer, Dade County Public Safety Department, Miami, Fla., January 1972, vol. 41, No. 1, p. 16.
MODEL—Mobile On-Duty Electronic Learning, by Capt. John G. Parsons, Police Department, Beaumont, Tex., May 1972, 41, No. 5, p. 19.
The Police Officer: Primary Target of the Urban Guerrilla, February 1972, vol. 41, No. 2, p. 21.
Versatile Instruction, by Charles R. Skillen, Director, Montana Law Enforcement Academy, Bozeman, Mont., December 1972, vol. 41, No. 12, p. 21.
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Air Disaster Recovery Operations in Remote Areas, by Hon. Emery W. Chapple, Jr., Commissioner, Alaska Department of Public Safety, Juneau, Alaska, June 1972, vol. 41, No. 6, p. 16.
Consolidating Efforts To Control Drug Abuse, by Ronald D. Kuest, Chief Investigator, Drug Control Assistance Unit, Washington State Patrol, Olympia, Wash., January 1972, vol. 41, No. 1, p. 10.
The New Mountain Men, by James W. Rigney, Ada County Sheriff's Department, Boise, Idaho, June 1972, vol. 41, No. 6, p. 3.
Police Legal Unit, by Edwin D. Heath, Jr., Director of Police, Criminal Justice Interface Division, Police Department, Dallas, Tex., August 1972, vol. 41, No. 8, p. 22.
A Return to Neighborhood Police, by Edward C. McArdle, Chief of Police, and William N. Betjemann, Coordinator, Office of Crime Control, Albany, N.Y., July 1972, vol. 41, No. 7, p. 8.
The Special Operations Group, by Capt. William R. Mooney, Police Department, Chicago, Ill., April 1972, vol. 41, No. 4, p. 11.
The Stark County MEG Unit—A Response to Fragmented Law Enforcement, by David D. Dowd, Jr., Stark County Prosecuting Attorney, Canton, Ohio, September 1972, vol. 41, No. 9, p. 13.
SWAT—The Los Angeles Police Special Weapons and Tactics Teams, by G. N. Beck, Police Department, Los Angeles, Calif., April 1972, vol. 41, No. 4, p. 8.
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PUBLIC RELATIONS
Attorney General Mitchell Dedicates Los Angeles Police Memorial, March 1972, vol. 41, No. 3, p. 16.
"Friendly Town," by William Brey, Chief of Police, Danville, Ill., April 1972, vol. 41, No. 4, p. 16.
My Uniformed Parish, by Rev. R. Joseph Dooley, Chaplain, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C., October 1972, vol. 41, No. 10, p. 3.
Operation Respect, March 1972, vol. 41, No. 3, p. 18.
A Return to Neighborhood Police, by Edward C. McArdle, Chief of Police, and William N. Betjemann, Coordinator, Office of Crime Control, Albany, N.Y., July 1972, vol. 41, No. 7, p. 8.
"Side-by-Side," by Insp. Claude W. Dove, Director, Community Relations Division, Police Department, Washington, D.C., May 1972, vol. 41, No. 5, p. 16.
"TOP" Program Strengthens Police-Youth Relations, March 1972, vol. 41, No. 3, p. 20.
Youths Form Statewide Law Enforcement Organization, January 1972, vol. 41, No. 1, p. 14.
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CRIMINALISTICS
An Analysis of Standards in Fingerprint Identification, June 1972, vol. 41, No. 6, p. 7.
Bomb Scene Investigations and the FBI Laboratory, March 1972, vol. 41, No. 3, p. 30.
Examination of Biological Fluids, June 1972, vol. 41, No. 6, p. 12.
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Forensic Dentology Today—A "New" Forensic Science, by Lowell J. Levine, D.D.S., Consultant in Forensic Dentistry, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York, N.Y., August 1972, vol. 41, No. 8, p. 6.
Laboratory Examinations of Photo-Related Evidence, May 1972, vol. 41, No. 5, p. 19.
The Role of the Forensic Pathologist in Arson and Related Investigations, by Irvin M. Sopher, M.D., D.D.S., Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Medical Corps, Aerospace Pathology Branch, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C., September 1972, vol. 41, No. 9, p. 8.
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TECHNIQUES
Air Disaster Recovery Operations in Remote Areas, by Hon. Emery W. Chapple, Jr., Commissioner, Alaska Department of Public Safety, Juneau, Alaska, June 1972, vol. 41, No. 6, p. 16.
Bloodhounds: A Tool in Law Enforcement, by Leo J. Castle, Special Deputy Sheriff of Camden County, Camden, N.J., [illegible] 1972, vol. 41, No. 5, p. 26.
Mock Disaster Training Program, by William C. Sampson, Training Officer, Dade County Public Safety Department, Miami, Fla., January 1972, vol. 41, No. 1, p. 15.
Policing the Waterfront, by Louis N. Deutschmann, Superintendent, Harbor Police Department, New Orleans, La., October 1972, vol. 41, No. 10, p. 18.
A Program for Hit-and-Run Violations, by Edward L. Wright, Jr., Chief of Police, Montgomery, Ala., September 1972, vol. 41, No. 9, p. 16.
SWAT—The Los Angeles Police Special Weapons and Tactics Teams, by G. N. Beck, Police Department, Los Angeles, Calif., April 1972, vol. 41, No. 4, p. 8.
Televised Banking: Deterrent to Crime, by Lonnie L. Blanchard, Vice President and Cashier, International City Bank and Trust Company, New Orleans, La., November 1972, vol. 41, No. 11, p. 16.
Trailers Are Tempting Targets for Thieves, August 1972, vol. 41, No. 8, p. 10.
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LAW
The Police Role in Alcohol-Related Traffic Offenses, by Gerald W. Garner, Public Safety Technician, Police Department, Victoria, Tex., February 1972, vol. 41, No. 2, p. 9.
A Program for Hit-and-Run Violations, by Edward L. Wright, Jr., Chief of Police, Montgomery, Ala., September 1972, vol. 41, No. 9, p. 16.
Can You Identify This Hijacker?
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The Crime
A lone white male using the name Dan Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Airlines Flight No. 305 at Portland, Oreg., on November 24, 1971. At approximately 3:22 p.m., while the flight was en route to Seattle, Wash., he indicated to a stewardess that his briefcase contained a bomb which would blow up the plane unless his demands were met.
The hijacker demanded $200,000 and four parachutes in exchange for the safety of the 36 passengers aboard the plane. When the aircraft landed at Seattle, Northwest Orient Airlines complied with his instructions. After he received the parachutes and money, the hijacker allowed all passengers and two of the airline stewardesses to deplane.
He then ordered the remaining crew members into the first-class section of the aircraft and informed them he desired to fly to Mexico City. The hijacker instructed that the plane proceed in a southerly direction and fly at a low altitude and slow speed which enabled the rear door of the plane to be opened during the flight.
The hijacker apparently bailed out somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nev., where, when the plane landed, it was determined that "Cooper," two parachutes, and the ransom money had disappeared.
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The Criminal
Artist conception drawings of the aircraft hijacker were prepared by the FBI Exhibits Section and are considered an excellent likeness. He is described as follows:
Race ______________ White. Sex ________________ Male. Age ________________ Middle 40's. Height _____________ 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet. Weight _____________ 170 to 180 pounds. Complexion _________ Olive, Latin appearance, medium smooth. Hair _______________ Dark brown or black, parted on left, combed back. Eyes _______________ Possibly brown. During latter part of flight he put on dark, wrap-around sunglasses with dark rims. Voice ______________ Low, spoke intelligently, no particular accent, possibly from the Midwest section of the United States. Characteristics _____ Heavy smoker, Raleigh filter-tip cigarettes. Wearing apparel ____ Black or brown suit, narrow black tie, black dress suit, black rain-type overcoat or dark topcoat; dark briefcase or attaché case; carried a paper bag—[illegible] by 14 inches; brown shoes. Remarks ____________ Very polite at all times.
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Notification
Anyone having any information or knowledge believed to refer to this individual, please notify the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C. 20535, or the Special Agent in Charge of the nearest FBI field office, the telephone number of which appears on the first page of most local telephone directories.
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"FINDER" BEGINS OPERATION
A prototype automatic fingerprint reader system, known as "FINDER," which utilizes advanced optical scanning techniques and a computer to automatically classify, search, and compare fingerprints, is now in operation in the Identification Division of the FBI. The equipment will permit the FBI to test, evaluate, and perfect on the job its theories of automatic fingerprint identification which, when fully operational, will insure greatly increased operating efficiency and resultant economies to the Government.
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32 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1972 O - 478-406 ENCLOSURE FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 843
Serials: 1972 O - 478-406