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_ replying to each of these cards within 36 hours. corso oo ROtified when the fugitives ere located. These bulletins are dis- _ population area of over 65,212,000 persons. A quarterly walletia™ of 4 s Ps 2e4e- On Fetruary i, 1953, there were more than 8,386,000 fingsre print records on file, representing the largest and most complete pS collection of criminal fingerprint records of current value existing - °° * enyvhere in the world. This division now receives criminal identification | ; Gata from over 5,500 contributors in the United States ané foreign . countries, and receives more than 8,000 fingerprint oarde, each Gay, , "whe subjects of over 45% of ell the prints Feeeive’d are. identified es heving prior criminal records, By means ef posting . notices of wanted persons in this division, the Bureau et present... identifies more than S50 fugitives each month, immediately notifying the proper officials so that these fugitives may be taken into custody.- . This entire service is furnished free of ecet and ie maintained solely . for the convenience and use of regularly constituted law enforcement ~.. officials and agencies. This data is not made available for private . purposes. At the preseat time, the Identificetion Division of the = =. Bureau exchanges fingerprint records with over 35 foreign countries | af to help cope with the operations of iatersational sontidence nea, nc evindlers end gangsters. . ot tives Wanted by Police” sivisne bee fa ae As en aid to law enforcement sgencies im their war upon crine - end criminals, the Bureau publishes a “Fugitives Kanted by Folice” . bulletin woathly, im which are listed the memes, aliases, descriptions, °.”: and fingerprint classification of wanted fugitives, together with the - “ names end addresses Of lew enforcerent officials and agencies tobe tributed each month through the Bureau's field offices to more thas . eo: 17,000 law enforcement officials and agencies Shrovghout the United -° : Stetes. . . a . a ann Grime § Stasi stics : By Act of Congress: epprovea June il, 1980, the United States Bureau of Investigation was authorized to sallect and comile criminal atatistics, During the year 1952, reports were received from i676 oe police departments throughout the United States, representinga .- | eonteining a digest of figures on crine statistics Shroughout the a . entire eountry is fesued quarterly... on aoe oan ae ne we ” Research Divisten a The Bureau also maintains st Sashington e 8 Research Division for the study of bollistics, henduriting, typewriting, photography, and fingerprint identification work to keep abreast of developments which ere of assistence in the scientific investigation of crim. ? i