Annual Report of the Department of Public Safety, Police of the City of Buffalo 1939

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In accordance w ith good police practice, the la d s and ligures com piled in this report, were gathered d u rin g the year, lor the purpose of a c q u a in tin g the departm ent w ith a know ledge ol its problems, so that an intelligent elfort could be m ade to cope w ith them.

I he various statistical tables a n d other data represent the volum e of crime a n d the num ber and various types of trallic accidents occuring d u rin g that period, a n d the departm ent s record ol accom plish ment.

I able IV contains the num ber a n d disposition of m ajor ollenses know n to the police and is pre­ pared to show a com parison of ligures for the past three years.

M u rd e r— N o n N e g lig en t M a n s la u g h te r shows an increase of seven cases over 1938, four ol w hich were due to an arson lire in the F iftl i Precinct. W i t h the exception of ...