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~~ yeatigation and the Manual of Instructions for investigative action ané lectures enforeenent officials criminal information data, There are now in the archives . . of this Division of the Bureau 1,630,366 current fingerprint records enf it ay receives en aversge of 1,460 inquiries daily from Chiefs of Police, Sheriffs, .... end other law enforcement officials. The fingerprints $f eny person arrested... —-. for a felony within the United States by any law enfotcesent officer are fore... warded to this Bureau at Washington. The average of identifications made erst: ie 83 1/3%. Upon the receipt of fingerprints of a pérson arrested for a” felony ‘meediate search is made in the Division of Identification anf Tafer= +". mation and report thereof either wired or sent by letter to the police official ese interested within forty-eight hours after ite receipt by the Bureau... Within = «> the past year direct exchange of criminal information data has been effected *.. petween the Bureau of Investigation and Scotlan4 Yerd of Great Britain, whieh .. corresponds with the Bureau of Investigation of the United States. Megotise = = f)4 tions ere now in progress for establishing the exthange of sixiler information ee with the Surete Generale st Paris. Exchange reletions on this type eof date =: exist at the present tine with Cens4e, Cuba, dustralia, the British territories — “Ny Para P wee a cee Os onte ""Appointees as Special Agents of the Buresu are required to have legal <.”. training and preference is given to those who possess an 1.1..B. degree frm _gome recognised law school or college. Appointees as Special Accountants ef the Bureau must possess accepted academic training in sccountency es well es 9° |” practical accountency experience, ‘The Agents ani Accountants of the Burean <> have no power of arrest, but they perform every investigative activity in cases = involving violations of the Federal Statutes up to the point et which the case = © ihe Birenu of Investigation maintains a Training School at Washington, D. C., for all new appointees to its service. ‘The course of training consists __ of instructions as to the Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Bureau of In- — are delivered to the new eppointees by experts of the Bureau in certain special- ised subjects, such as bankruptcy, anti-trust work, ete. Oe ow a. a fhe Agents of the Burean of Investigation mist be well grounded in the : lew of evidence and not only possess the theoretical treining which the legal - - course affords, but develop, through experience in performing investigative work ° >, in intricate cases, and sitting at the counsel tables with the United States At- =~ torneys during the trial of these cases, s practical knowledge of legal procedure ° o which enables them to exercise the requisite investigative skill and judgnent in®:: the performance of that duty. - 3 , UP Oba oo “> + -y¢" du depressed upon the ‘Agents and Accountants of the Bureau of In- ate vestigation that their function is that of a Fact Finding Agency end thet their. attitude must be entirely judicial and without prejudice manifested in the hand- ane ling of any of their work. 7 Owe ow mee ee a me . ~- . fee owe ae hwy een mee ae ge eee ee eee, . .