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© . ete ee ce ne re et eee eet pepe eh anata Mhe ue etme tanta aes RECORD - 58 September 7, 1954 og GEAUEEAI AA tr \e Mr. Leroy E. Wike Executive Secretary International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc. Mills Building Pennsylvania Avenue Washington 6, D. C. at 17th Street, Northwest Dear Mr. Wike: I wish to bring to your attention and through you to the attention of other officials of the International Association of Chiefs of Police the recent criticism of the FBI crime reporting program on the part of Attorney General Edmund G. Brown of the State of California. In the Escondido, California, Daily Times Advocate of July 28, 1954, Attorney General Brown of California stating “California crime statistics are far moré, se of the FBI.’ He was additionally quoted a& y responsibilities ™ © With respects o x 3AIZ9 ay wasn quoted as accurate than tho saying ‘I doubt that the FBI with its many othe can give equal attention to promoting uniformity." to the latter statement, he was referring specifically to the coordi nation of criminal etatistics on the part of the FBI. : r » ~ IN Ou Ge Hd ¢ 9G ] ds: LMEECARANED COPY FILET IN I thought you would like to know that this was our = first knowledge 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 within the State of California. The Attorney General's office there has ever contacted us to point i rein the crime published by the FBI for the State, of © reports ONT Boardaan —— the accuracy achieved by the State B reau of Criminal Statistics at Nichols Sacramento, California. For the purpose. af promoting the best Harbo _ : + artor Mob, cc - Mr. Bruce Smith, Director, Institute of Public Administration, Parsons — 684 Park Avenue, New York 21, New York (copanatageweves) Tenn cc - SAC, San Francisco Tiwowd cc - }f2.,Harbo Tele. Room — cc -"N rd MAIKED 6 Holloman —_ c- my © rd Gealy ce “Mik domes SEP 8 - 1954