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for 44% of the total traffic arrests. In addition 180,084 reprimands were issued for unsafe driving practices of a minor nature or for equipment found to be defective. Pedestrian reprimands were issued to 5,299 persons who were found to be walking on or along the highways in some unsafe manner. Traffic and the highway are interrelated and the State Police Traffic Bureau, well aware of this, set up a liaison between the State Highway Department and tbe Bureau. As a result over 90 traffic conditions were submitted to the Traffic Bureau and coordi nated with the State Highway Department, which, aware of many of tbe situations, was effecting remedial action wherever it could. Everything was on the increase in 1959 ... traffic, as well as crime. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation in its twentietb annual report to the Department reported criminal activity in the State had reached another high for 1959 ... with the greatest increase in the more serious crimes. Over 3.700 major criminal offenses were investigated in 1959 as compared to 3,273 the previous year. Of these 1,513 were cleared either by arrest or investigation, a bit better than the year before and somewhat oJ a miracle considering the increase in thecome rate. New Castle County, by virtue of its heavy population concen tration, accounted for 75% of all the criminal offenses investigated by the Department. In a statistical breakdown, the Bureau reports 5,258 were ar rested in 1959, an increase of 7.3% over the 4,899 arrested in 1958. In keeping pace with the increase in crime, the State BUTeau of Identification received and processed almost ten per cent more fingerprint cards in 1959 than it did in 1958 for a total of 8,103. In 1959 the total number of fingerprint cards in the Bureau's files passed the 98.000 mark. A highlight of the year's processing was the fact latent finger prints accounted for the solution of four separate crimes as prints found at the scenes were later matched up with prime suspects. ~verything was on the increase. lncreased crime, increased traffic, increased statistics called for an ever expanding, ever alert Department of well-trained personnel. On November 9, 1959, a class of 14 recruits and one Memorial Bridge patrolman successfully completed a 25-week training pro gram at the training academy to bring State Police manpower up to its ceiling of 180 officers. This class was unusual in it reflected new training procedures that were designed to equip patrolmen with the background neces sary to face ever widening responsibilities. Training wasn't limited to new recruits. Everyone in the Department was undergoing some facet of train ing during the year. The 18th annual In-service Training School 26 covered every conceivable subject from traffic reports to aliens and immigration problems as well as pilot res cue in jet crashes. The Department sent men to advanced police schools in other states including the FBI National Academy. Even the now-famed and well respected Canine Corps was busy training recuits as Jet, a black Belgium sheep dog, and Rocky, a German shepherd, passed the dog training program successfully and brought the amount of dogs available for duty to five. The Training Division reports 24 captains, lieuten ants and shift commanders attended a class at the Tide water Refinery on how to handle liquid propane gas incidents. Thirty-eight municipal police officers completed a 36-hour training course conducted by the division with the assistance of a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Two detectives from the Department attended the Harvard Medical School's Spring Seminar in Homicide Investigation. To cap its training year, the division instituted a training bulletin which goes to each member of the De partment. This monthly report conveys information that will help the men keep abreast of new changes in laws, procedures, and techniques. The Firearms Division also kept the eye of the State Trooper sharpened as the policy to have each trooper qualify once a month with a revolver was continued. The riot gun, machine gun, gas gun and gas grenades were some of the weapons with which members of the State Police had to familiarize themselves in a schedule set down by the Firearms Division. In addition, they kept their pistol eye sharpened as they continued to qualify once a month with the revolver. The annual intertroop match was again conducted on the practical pistol course and was won this year by the team representing Troop #4, Georgetown. The State Police pistol team walked off with two trophies and ten individual medals after attending ten pistol matches in neighboring states. And finally, in the realm of the sharpshooter, the 10th annual Delaware State Police pistol match drew 300 individual entries from other Police Departments. By the end of the year the Delaware State Police had 180 members and 42 civilians on its payroll. 27 The increasing demands on this relatively small corps was seen by the fact that the men who make up the five troops and the headquarters company of the State Police put in a total of 26,136 Y2 hours of overtime, an average of 147 hours overtime per member during the year ... for an increase of over 6,600 hours over the calendar year 1958. The Department continued its mass trade-in method in replenishing its 104 motor vehicle fleet. It traded in 70 old vehicles for 70 new ones at a considerable saving to the taxpayers. It also turned to compacts for the first time. Twenty of the new fleet of 70 were of this type. It's hoped an additional saving will be accrued from the expected increase in gas mile age as a result of using these. The Division of Safety Education, Public Information, and Youth spent a busy year which saw it cover 271 speech assignments exclusive of youth officer activity and Canine Corps demonstrations. Over 22,600 Delawareans from all walks of life heard members of the Department speak on traffic, safety, criminal matters and other police subjects. The Youth Bureau officers also addressed 310 groups which total 15,344 children and adults of school, church, and youth organizations. The Canine Corps performed in 15 major dog shows throughout the State before an estimated 12,000 spectators. Emphasizing its youth program, the Department staffed the Youth Bureau with four officers, a director, and an ad ministrative officer. While the Youth Bureau officers didn't devote all of their time to youth activities, all the programs initiated by the Bureau were carried out. Parent-Juvenile conferences, which helped cut down the possibilities of repeated offenses, and letters to parents from the Department were again carried out with newer techniques and refinements added to improve their effectiveness. With every bureau and division of the State Police Depart ment feeling the impact of increased workloads, changes could be seen everywhere going into effect immediately. But no division had to face the burden imposed on the Communications Division. It met a 10-fold demand on its resources with increased expenditures for additional equipment. It had to purchase 30 mobile radios to enable the Depart ment to change to the much needed new, narrow band speci fications set forth by the Federal Communications Commission. New radio remote control units were purchased for all troops with additional remotes for Troops 2, 3, and 4. These extra remote units carry the tone for sounding the attack warning sirens, improving the reliability of the sirens in all three counties. The intra-state teletype system's traffic grew to a point where it now exceeds the capacity of the system. The division and the telephone company are now working on new pro posals for using both the intra- and inter-state teletype sys tems in a way that will help alleviate the heavy traffic load. 28