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STATE OF MINNESOTA

Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

BIENNIAL REPORT From July I, 196~ - June 30, 1966

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Pursuant to

M.S.A. 626.ll8

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TABLE OF-CONTENTS

Bureau Services

Investigation ...

Psychopathic Personality Cases

Uniform Crime Reports ....

Judicial Criminal Statistics

Police Training School

Laboratory

Identification

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CHART I

ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION CHART BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION

GOVERNOR

----ATTORNEY GENERA~

SUPERINTENDENT

ASSISTANT SUPT.

I INVESTIGATION ADMINISTRATION IDENTIFICATION

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION APPREHENSION

CASE RECORDS CORRESPONDF.NCE TESTIMONY TRANSCRIPTION OFFICE MANAGEMENT BUDGET

FINGERPRINT RECORDS NAME AND ALIAS FILES LATENT FINGERPRINTS PH CYI'OORAPF.Y

CRIME PREVENTION STOLEN PROPERTY CHECK FILE COURT TESTIMONY POLICE SCHOOLS

MCDUS OPERANDI FILE WEEKLY BULLETIN

LABORATORY

DOCUMENT EXAMINATION FIREA.R},5 IDENTIFICATION CHEMICAL ANALYSIS MICROOCOPIC EXAMINATION PHOfOORAPHY COURT TESTIMONY

STATIST1CS

COLLECTION OF DATA ANNUAL REPORT CROONAL RECORDS BCA STATISTICS SPECIAL REPCRTS RESEARCH

POLICE TRAINING

RECRUIT SCHOOLS IN-SERVICE SCHOOLS SPRCT H C;OIT~RRl=:

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TO HCNORABLE KARL F. ROLVAAG, GOVERNOR

and

THE MEMBERS OF THE MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE

There is submitted herewith, for your information and consideration, the biennial report of the.Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for the period July 1, 1964 through June 30, 1966 and the statewide criminal statistics for the calendar years 1964 and 1965. This report presents a statistical picture of crime in Minnesota and sets forth a summary of the operations of the Bureau. In addttion to the statistical division, the Bureau has an investigation division, a police training division, a scientific laboratory, identification division, and a very busy administration division.

The investi~ation division now has twelve investigators, three of whom were acquired during the past year, and the laboratory has six analysts, two acquired within the past four months. These agents and analysts gave individual attention to 3,747 cases, or 34.5 percent of the 10,870 cases referred to the Bureau for assistance from July 1, 1964 through June 30, 1966. This was an increase of 18.5 percent over the 3,161 cases investigated July 1962-June 1964. In the past ten years the volume of cases reported, asking for assistance, has increased 18.3 percent and the number of cases investigated has increased 8.7 percent, despite the fact that it has been necessary_to restrict our activities to the more serious violations in order to be of maximum assistance plus the usual shortage of personnel. Criminal cases represent 84.0 percent of the cases worked on in this biennium and of the 9,946 crim­inal cases reported 4,598 or 46.2 percent were cleared. The estimated stolen property was valued at $3,279,491.00 and theamount of the recov­ery at $1,027,840.00.

Maj or crimes in Minnesota increased 26. 7 percent or from 110,978 offen­ses inl962-63 to 140,558 offenses in 1964-65. There has been a steady increase in crime since 1944-45, the years during which the least num­ber of major offenses were reported (28,119 offenses), which results in an increase of 399.9 percent. During the past biennium crime increased 149.9 percent when compared with 56,254 offenses recorded in 1954-55, while the increase in population was over eleven percent. Crime continues to increase at an alarming rate. Twenty-four percent of the major crimes were cleared. The average loss per crime in 1964 was $163.16 and in 1965 it was $182.70. The total loss in 1964 was $11,301,522.00 and the total loss in 1965 was $12,770,486.00 with 57.6 percent of the loss being recovered in 1964 and 58. 9 percent of the loss being recovered in 1965. The median age of all persons arrested in the past biennium was 20.5 years. The number of police officers in Minn-

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Reports for individuals taken into custody and disposed of in district court during the past two-year period decreased -6.5 percent or from 4,540 defendants in 1962-63 to 4,263 defendants in 1964-65. Of the 4,263 dispositions 87.8 percent, or 3,745 persons, were charged with major offenses; and of these 3,745 defendants 89.9 percent, or 3,·366· persons, were convicted and sentenced. The median age of all defend­ants whose cases were disposed of was 24.3 years.

The police training division conducted courses in which 996 men from sheriffs' offices, municipal police departments, and var:i.ous other departments throughout theState participated in courses of instruction consisting of 1,264 hours of instruction devoted to general police science-880 hours, specialized instruction-224 hours, and supervisory and management instructions-160 hours. Classes were held at Hibbing, Marshall, Moorhead, New Brighton (Highway Patrol Training Center), Rochester, and Willmar in facilities which were obtained without charge.

The work of the laboratory shows an increase of 52.4 percent during the past biennium, going from 933 cases during July 1962-June 1964 to 1,422 cases during July 1964-June 1966. This increase indicates the response by law enforcement officers to the suggestion that a greater use be made of scientific evidence in the prosecution of a case.

The identification division recorded an increase of 1,518 prints, or 11.1 percent, in the number of fingerprints received (15,230 prints) during the past two-year period when compared with those received July 1962-June 1964 (13,712 prints). The median age ofpersons finger­printed in Minnesota was 24.9 years for the period July 1964-June 1966 compared with .25.8 years for the previous two-year period. Eighteen­year-olds were. most frequently fingerprinted. Persons under the age of twenty-one years accounted for 30.2 percent of the fingerprints received. They were responsible for 44.0 percent of the burglary, ~Y.3 percent of the auto theft, and 72. 3 percent of the prints recei v_ed for viola­tion of liquor laws. Persons under twenty-five years accounted for 47.5 percent of all crimes against the person (murder, manslaughter, rape, and aggravated assault) and for 66.1 percent of the prints for crimes against property (robbery, burglary, larceny, and auto theft). As of June 30, 1966 there are 184,907 different fingerprint records on file.

Many public appearances were made by Bureau employees speaking before business and social groups and this service will continue.

A substantial increase in personnel and equipment will be presented to the next legislative session· for all divisions. It was not thought possible to prepare this report, but again the one employee in the statistical division spent many unreimbursed hours to assemble this data.

Respectfully submitted,

Roy T. Noonan,

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BUREAU SERVICES

INVESTIGATION

The primary function of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is to coordinate the law-enforcement activities of peace officers through­out theState. This directive is accomplished in the following manner:

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It cooperates with peace officers in the detection of crime and the apprehension of criminals by furnishing trained personnel throughout the State to investigate reported of­fenses. It conducts police training classes in various parts of the State for qualified police employees. It offers the services of a well-trained, fully equipped scientific laboratory where chemical analyses, microscopic findings, documentary examinations, firearms identification, and photographic assistance are offered. It maintains a centralized fingerprint file, a modus oper­andi file, and a general criminal record file where an offi­cer might apply for information. It provides a communications cente~ lin_king the Bureau with sheriffs and police departments in Minnesota as well as other law enforcement facilities in the United States through a localized teletype operation. It issues a weekly bulletin, showing current activity, as well as monthly reports on crime in Minnesota.

Bureau investigators located at Duluth, Fergus Falls, Thief River Falls, St. Cloud, Mankato, Willmar, Rochester, and St. Paul offer what ever assistance is requested, which would enable law enforcement authorities in the vicinity to solve crimes, apprehend and convict alleged violators of the criminal laws of the State. During the past biennium (July 1964-June 1966) 10,870 cases were reported to the Bur­eau as compared with 9,299 cases during July 1962-June 1964. This is an increase ofl6.9 percent, or 1,571 cases. Bureau agents and labora­tory analysts conducted investigations in 3,747 or 34.5 percent of the current cases, as shown in Table 1, as well as proceeding with 123 initial investigations of cases which occurred prior to July 1, 1964 and they did follow-up work on 249 cases. Burglary offenses (2,152) and check forgeries and frauds (1,585) were the most common cause for complaint.

Places of private residence (568) were most frequently burglar­ized, while 170 gasoline stations andl66 hardware stores were the next most common places of entry. These three places of attack account for 42.0 percent of the 2,152 burglaries reported. Thefts of outboard mot­ors, boats, and other sporting equipment account for 26.9 percent of the larceny offenses.

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TABLE 1. CASES HANDLED BY THE BUREAU July 1962-June 1964 - July 1964-June 1966

Type of case

Cases assistance requested 1964-65 1962-63 1965-66 1963-64

Total

Criminal cases-total Criminal homicide Rape, carnal knowledge Robbery Aggravated assault Burglary Larceny Auto theft Forgery Embezzlement and fraud Other sex offenses

'Escape (penal) and jail break Escape from state hospital Parole and probation violation Offense vs. family and children Narcotics violation Motor vehicle violation Malicious destr. of property Federal offenses Other criminal Out-of-state criminal

Noncriminal cases-total Missing persons and runaways Policing service (fairs, etc, J

Unfounded offense reports Deaths, suspected homicide Laboratory tests only Miscellaneous noncriminal Out-of-state noncriminal

10,870

9,946 104

53 89 76

2, 152 1, 135 1, 040

382 1,203

33 1,018

240 687

25 51

108 131

20 166

1,233

924 95 21 22

317 135 276

58

9, 299

8,420

87 30 90 61

1,606 904 744 364

1,263 28

819 345 550

34 16 62 70 14

130 1,203

879 152

23 36

192 149 241

86

Cases investigated 1964-65 1962-63 1965-66 1963-64

3,747

3, 148

98 36 29 56

933 180 52

316 864

14 13

4 7

33 95

118 4

91 205

599 8

20 8

261 127 163

12

3, 161

2, 628

84 19 29 37

708 130

41 282 868

18 10

4 4

14 2

46 58

2 86

186

533 7

23 15

175 136 163

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TABLE 2. CLEARANCE OF CRIMINAL CASES HANDLED July 1964-June 1966 - July 1962- June 1964

Type of case Cases assistance

requested 1964-65 1962-63 1965-66 1963-64

Total

Criminal homicide Hape, carnal knowledge Robbery Aggravated assault Burglary Larceny Auto theft Fo 1·gery EmlJezzlement and fraud Escape (penal) and jail

break Escape from state hospital Parole and prob, violation Offenses against family Other criminal offenses Out-of-state criminal cases

9, 946

104 53 89 76

2, 152 1, 135 1, 040

382 1, 203

1,018 240 687

25 509

cases 1, 233 1 ' Includes prior~.

8,420

87 30 90 61

1, 606 904 744 364

1, 263

819 345 550

34 320

1, 203

Cases reporf ed cleared

1964-65 1962-63 1965-66 1963-64

4,598 3,888

77 60 26 18 37 30 55 42

558 407 145 170 211 142 181 176 629 720

966 746 234 272 694 444

23 29 252 179

510 453

Percent reported cleared

1964-65 1962-63 1965-66 1963-64

46.2 46.2

74.0 69.0 49,1 60.0 41.6 33.3 72.4 68.9 25.9 25.3 12.8 18.8 20.3 19.1 47.4 48.4 52,3 57,0

94.9 91. 1 97,5 78,8

101.0 80,7 92.0 85,3 49,5 55,9

41.4 37,7

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Criminal cases cleared by arrest are listed in -Table ·2 and show a clearanc.e rat~ oL46.2 percent. All cases cleared during the past two years haye been included even though the off~nse cleared may 'have b~en handled during a previous year, as indicated in parole and probabon. violation cases. ·

TABLE,. - ESCAPES AND THEIR CLEARANCES BY INSTITUTION July 1964 - June 1966

Institution

.· Total

Number of

escapes

1, 25_&

Adult perial institutions ~83~--State Prison (farm colony)" 10 Men's Reformatory (inc. camps) 4 Women's Reformatory Sandstone Federal Institution 5 Jails and municipal workhorises 40 Other (military guard house, etc. J 24

Juvenile correctional institution ~9~3~5 __ Owatonna State Public Sc·hool 12 Red Wing Training School .for Boys 493 Sauk Centre Home·Sthool·tor Girls 170 Youth Conservation Camps 2.6.0

State nonpenal institutions ~2~4~0 __ Anoka State Hospital . 55 Brainerd State School and Hospital 1 Cambridge State Hospital . . 23 Faribault State School 26 Fergus Falls State Hospital 3 Hastings State Hospital 9 Moose Lake State Hospital 7 Rochester State Hospital St, Peter State Hospital 91 Willmar State Hospital 8 Other 17

Clearances Current Prior cases cases

9J9 251·

57 17 9 2 ~

1 4

31 14 11 2

751 141 7 2

395 61 137 49 212 29

141 93 35 14

1 18 ~ 10 8

6 4 3

2 55 49 6 11 6

. _Per~ons wh~ escaped fr:om and were returned to a penal or nonpenal rn?t1t1;1t101: furrng the period July 1964-June 1966 are recorded by rn­st1tll.t1on in Table_ 3. Of the 1,258/ersons who escaped, 949 or 75.4 percent were returned by the end o the year. Persons who escaped prior to July 1964 were returned in 251 instances.

TABLE ij. ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY LOSSES AND RECOVERIES July 1964 - June 1966

Property Loss Recovery

Total $3,279,491 $1,027,840 Losses in robberies,

burg. and larc. : Motor vehicles 1, 048, 664 938,946 Currency, notes, etc. 548,050 5,618 Jewelry 377,524 2,978. Furs, raw and manuf. hides 94,391 780 Grain, feed and seed 26,93.0 Clothing ·· 18, 120 123 Livestock 12,513 2,000 Narcotics 11,958 1-10 Other property 1,010,124 '73,716

Losses in forgery and fraud: Check forgery 25, 152 350 Check frauds and embezzlement 106, 065 2,619

The estimated loss and recovery of property, taken in cases hand­led by the Bureau and occurring in Minnesota which involve offenses of robbery, burglary, larceny, and auto theft and the amounts for which forgery or no account checks were written, are recorded in Table 4. These figures are an estimate of property stolen or recovered and in no way show the entire property loss for the State. (Property losses in Minnesota are more completelr, recorded in Table 10.) Estimated stolen property was valued at $3,279~491.00 and the recovery at $1,027,840.00

The Twin City area law enforcement officers consisting of police departments in Bloomington, Edina, Fridley, Minneapolis, Richfield, St. Louis Park, and St. Paul; sheriff's offices in Anoka, Hennepin Ramsey, and Scott countieB; the Minnesota Highway Patrol, and th~ Hennepin Radio Station are serviced by a teletype network. Original and follow-up messages sent and received by the Bureau, as well as the authority for this information, are recorded in Table 5.

TABLE 5. TYPE OF AND AUTHORITY FOR TELETYPE MESSAGES July 1964 - June 1966

SENT RECEIVED Original Follow- Original Follow-

Offense Total message up Total message up message message

Total 337 5 332 3,339 2,283 1, 056

Criminal homicide 2 2 34 22 12 Se:x offenses 1 1 14 6 8 Robbery 4 4 71 57 14 Assault (all degrees) 2 2 25 16 9 Burglary 7 2 5 198 162 36 Larceny 4 4 317 274 43 Auto theft 220 220 1, 661 1, 060 601 Check forgery and fraud 23 23 255 197 58 Offense against family 1 1 21 14 7 Escape · 63 1 62 430 255 175 Parole and prcibation 2 2 73 48 25 All other 6 1 5 144 101 43 Missing and runaway 1 1 79 56 23 Other 1 1 17 15 2

Contributor

Total 337 5 332 3,339 2,283 1, 056

Minnesota~total 302 4 298 2,976 2,009 967 Sheriff 86 1 85 1, 121 808 313 Police 109 1 108 1,590 1,036 554 Bur, of Crim. Appreh. 49 1 48 1 1 State hosp. & school 1 1 71 41 30 You th Conserv. Comm. 37 1 36 69 42 27 Federal 15 15 72 51 21 Penal 5 5 37 20 17 Highway Patrol 2 1 1 Parole Board 13 9 4

Out-of-state - total 35 J 34 363 274 89 Iowa 5 1 4 48 35 13 North Dakota 3 3 40 28 12 South Dakota 6 6 50 34 16 Wisconsin 17 17 126 98 28 Other states 4 4 99 79 20

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The sheriff's teletype communications center was assigned to the Bureau onJanuary 1, 1966 and some operations were begun onFebruary 10, 1966. By March 5, 1966 all of the machines were installed and in oper­ation. For the period February 10 June 30, 1966 a total of 71,898 mes­sages were handled in the communications center and during this period the sheri±±s originated 19,jjy messages. Un April l~th the interstate LE'IS was initiated into the communications center and through June 30th a total of 1,929 messages were sen¼ and received to another state on behalf of the sheriffs. The operation of this network is administered by the commissioner of administration.

PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY CASES

The probate court has examined 537 and committed 486 persons judged to be psychopathic personalities since the law became effective April 26, 1939.

Bureau records show 315 patients were eventually released on pro­visional discharge or were restored to capacity, with the median time served for those patients released for the first time being thirty-one months. Forty-two patients had served six months or less at the time of their release. Time served ranged from thirty-one days to22 years, four months, and seven days. Thirty-one patients died while confined at an institution, twenty-one patients were returned to the institu­tion from provisional discharge, nine patients were discharged and later recommitted from the probate court, and 93 persons had escaped with forty being returned to the institution at a later date. Nine persons escaped more than once and one patient escaped seven times and presently is not confined in an institution.

Ramsey County conducted 100 examinations, St. Louis County 62, Hennepin 27, andall other counties 348. Nine of the patients examined were women; two were Negroes and one was an Indian; 229 patients were single, 208 married, five separated, 38 divorced, 27 widowed, and 30 classified as unknown. The median age of all offenders examined was 38.2 years and the most common offenses were "indecent liberties". Minor persons were victims in 70.4 percent of the cases tried.

UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS

The figures published in this section were obtained in accordance with a nation-wi1e system, adopted by the Federal Bureau of Investiga­tion, commonly referred to as "Uniform Crime Reporting" initiated in 1930 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. The crimes recorded are those most generally and completely reported to police authorities covering thefollowing seven categories; criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, andauto theft. Currently these reports are being received from 97 .6 percent of the State's 1965 estimated population< 1 )(3,555,000) which include 96.6 percent (84) of the 87 sheriffs and 92 .1 percent ( 116) of the 126 chiefs

of ~olice .in cities with a population which exceeds 2,500 inhabitants. Estimates were made for areas delinquent in reporting and they represent 1.2 percent_ of the offenses recorded during the past two-year period. The fo_llowin9 tabl~ reflects the number of offenses compiled on a statewide basis during each calendar year since 1936. 1

Based on estimated population as of July 1, 1965, Minnesota Department of Health - April 26, 1966

The 140,558 major crimes reported during 1964 and 1965 are com­bined and have been compared in table 7 with the 110,978 crimes re­ported during 1962 and 1963 showing an increase of 26. 7 percent, while Minnesota 1 s population is estimated to have increased 1.8 per­cent during the period. Crimes against the person (murder, man­slaughter, rape, andaggravated assault) increased 106.6 percent_ while

Year

1936 1937 1938 1939 1940

1941 1942 1943 1944 1945

1946 1947 1948 1949 1950

1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

Total

16;784 17, 075 19, 341 20, 166 19, 575

18, 992 16,507 13, 932 13, 158 14, 961

17, 129 17, 13 0 19,274 19, 214 19,458

20,966 23,337 26, 139 28, 66-1 27,, 593

34, 611 34,341 39, 081 39; 199 47;281

49,411 52,711 58,267 69,830 70,728

TABLE 6. NUMBER OF MAJOR OFFENSES1 , 19,6-1965

Murder

38 35 33 54 35

46 36 38 33 30

36 25 39 23 30

30 23 34 23 28

31 .43 30 38 40

36 34 46 51 56

Neg, mans 1.

3i . 10

29 27 61

53 63 46 62

'58

55 42 48 48 42

35 47 65 79 76

72 70 69 64 81

63 71 71 57 63

Rape

101 73

127 156 208

237 163 174 138 124

152 158 177 148 199'

148 171 222 182 185

181 210 127

78 76

96 124

86 144 169

Robbery Aggr, Burglary Larceny Auto assault theft

788 661 648 649 416

313 271 194 174 284

337 420 469 495 448-

418 496 618 764 580

648 635 703 644 945

932 1, 030 1, 176 1, 295 1,433

274 180 175 207 210

191 187 126 142 150

195 191 172 158 130

103 152 206 235 197

162 171 229 257 329

381 475 596

1, 165 1. 400

4,778 4,000 4, 203 4,665 4,967

_4,497 3,665 3,112 3,052 3,333

3,866 3,861 4,514 4,399 4,491

4,708 5,514 5,472 7,532 7, 164

8,098 8,224 9,504 9, 185

11,732

12,489 12,479 13,238 18, 634 18,730

7, 203 8,843

10, 984 11, 582 11,473

11,445 10,387 8,595 7, 986 8, 703

10, 228 10, 189 12,030 11) 946 12, 245

13, 291 14,582 15,698 17,277 16,622

21,972 21,667 24,827 25,021 29,515

30,721 33,523 37,916 42, 171 41, 756

3, 571 3,273 3, 142 2, 826 2,205

2,.210 1,735 1, 647 1, 571 2, 279

2, 260 2~ 244 1, 815 1, 997 1, 873

2, 233 2,352 2,824 2,569 2,741

3,447 3,321 3,592 3, 912 4,563

4,693 4, 975 5, 138 6, 313 7, 121

1 Offenses in· places not reporting 1.9ere. es_tima,ted beginning in 19lf.2. Prior to that time, Bureau records of crime in delinquent areas were used • .

crimes 11gainst property (robbery, burglary, larceny, and auto theft) increased25.6,percent. According to the 1960 decennial census, 62.2 percent of Minnesota's population is classified as urban, while 89.0 percent of the crimes ·reported during the past biennium occurred in urban ~reas. For each crime report~d in·a r~ral area nine-and-one half crimes were reported in an urban area. Metropolitan crimes for

offenses against the person exceed rural rates by almost six-and-one half to one and offenses against property are greater by over nine­and-one half _to one~

Offense

\ Ratio of urban to

rural crime rates Total

Offenses against persons Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter Manslaughter by negligence Rape · Aggravated assault

Offenses against property Robbery Burglary Larceny Auto theft

TABLE 7. CRIME TRENDS BY OFFENSE Jl962-63 and 1964-65)

Offenses

ALL OFFENSES Total

Murder, nonnegligent manslaughter Manslaughter by negligence Rape Robbery Aggravated assault Burglary Larceny--$50 and over Larceny--under $50 Auto theft

URBAN OFFENSES Total

Murder, nonnegligent manslaughter Manslaughter by negligence Rape Robbery Aggravated assault Burglary Larceny--$50 and over Larceny--under $50 Auto theft

RURAL OFFENSES Total

Murder, nonnegligent manslaughter Manslaughter by negligence Rape Robbery Aggravated assault Burglary Larceny--$50 and over Larceny--under $50 Auto theft

Number of offenses 1964-65 1962-63

140,558 107 120

313 2,728 2,565

37, 364 22, 691 61,236 13,434

127, 129 71

106 265

2, 646 2,244

32, 083 19, 765 57,326 12, 623

13, 429 36 14 48 82

321 . 5, 281 2, 926 3, 910

811

110. 978 80

142 210

2,206 1,071

25,717 17, 698 53,741 10, 113

100,377 58

124 150

2, 124 927

21, 456 15,442 50,563 9,533

10, 601 22 18 60 82

144 4,261 2,256 3, 178

580

9.5

6.4 2.0 7.6 5,5 7.0

9.6 32.3 6.1

11. 3 15.6

Percent change

26.7 33.8

-15. 5 49.0 23.7

139.5 45.3 27.6 13.9 32.8

26.7 22.4.

-14.5 76.7 24.6

142 .1 49.5 28,0

. 13.4 32,4

26.7 63.6

-22.2 -20.0

122.9 23.9 29.7 23.0 39,8

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An average of 1,352 major offenses were reported each week during 1964 andl965-with·eight offenses be'ing reported each hour. Two crimi-

- nal homicide offenses' three rape's' twenty-five aggr'avated assaults' and twenty-six robberies were committed each week. Each day fifty-one places were burglarized and eighteen automobiles were stolen. Each hour five larcenies were corrmitted.

.. During 1965 ithere was a seasonal variation of 42. 3 percent in the numberofoffenses reported during December (6,831), the high_est month, and the offenses reported in February (3,943), the. lowest month; while in 1964 the greatest number (6,712) of offenses were recorded in October and the least number (4,562) in January.with a seasonal varia­tion of 32 .2 percent. The number of offenses reported each month during 1962-1965.are listed in Table 8.

TABLE 8. MONTHLY VARIATIONS OF MAJOR OFFENSES1, 1962-1965

Month 1965 1964. 1963 1962

Total 69,898 69, 265 . 58,039 52, 125 January 4., 643 4,562 3,278 3, 018 February 3, 94.3 4., 822 3,234. 2,799 March 4., 084. 4.,959 4., 131 3, 4.84. April 5,767 5,637 5,0H 4,514. May 5, 8.64 6, 012 - 5, 105 4,610 June 6,689 6,349 5,381 5, 04.5

July 6,813 6,594 5, 930 5, 043 August 6,590 6,706 5,870 5,146 September 6,010 6,H0 4., 954 4,631 October 6,798 6,712 5,569 4, "931 November -5,866 5,507 5, 155 4., 4.20 December 6,831 4,995 4,388 4,484

1Estimated offenses far delinquent areas are excluded.

Sheriffs in rural areas recorded a clearance rate of 29.3 percent and chiefs of police in urban areas cleared 23. 7 percent of the offenses reported. The clearance rate for major offenses for 1964 and 1965 was 24._2 percent, while for crimes against persons it was 74.2 percent compared with 23.9 percent for property crimes.

The value of property stolen in offenses of robbery, burglary, larceny, and auto theft amounted to $12,770,486.00 during 1965 and $11,301,522.00 during 1964. When divided by the actual number of offen­ses reported, the average loss in 1965 was $182.70 and in 1964 it was $163.16 per crime. Officers recovered $7,526,358.99, or 58.9 percent, of the property in 1965 and $6,512,584.00, or 57.6 percent, of the property loss in 1964. The theft of automobiles in 1965 accounts for 57.5 percent of the loss and 91.9 percent of the recovery and in 1964 automobiles account for 54.5 percent of the los~ and 89.7 percent of the recovery.

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TABLE 9. CRIMEsl CLEARED BY ARREST, 196Jl.-1965

Offenses Offenses 'cleared Offenses known Number Percent

ALL OFFENSES Total 139! 163 33, 710 24.2

Murder, nonnegligent manslaughter 107 100 93.5 Mans~aughter by negligence~ 119 85 71.4

. Fo;rq;ible rape - · . . · . 310, 203: ;- ,,65. 5 Robbery 2,722 _ 936 34 .1 Aggravated assault. · 2,542 · 1,895 7L5 ~urglary · 36,'929 7,5~4 20.5 .. Larceny--$50 and over 22,411 2,798 12.5 Larceny--under $50 60,692 16,603 27.3 Auto theft 13, 331 3,506· 26.3

URB_AN OFFENSES Total 1261462 29,990 23.7

Murder, nonnegligent manslaughter 71 66 92.9 Manslaughte~ by negligence 106 74 69',8 Forcible rape 264 169 64.0 Robbery 2,643 896 23.9' Aggravated assault 2,240 1,,624 72.5 Burglary 31, 948 6, 101 19 .1 Larceny--$50 and over 19, 643 2,267 11.5 Larceny--under $50 56, 981 15, 738 27.6 Auto theft 12,566 3, 055 24. 3

RURAL OFFENSES Total 12,701 3~·720 · 29.3

Murder, nonnegligent manslaughter 36 34 94.4 Manslaughter by negligence 13 11 84 .6 . Forcible rape 46 34 73.9 Robbery 79 40 50.6 Aggravated assault 302 271 89.7 Burglary 4,981 1,483 29.8 Larceny--$50 and over 2,768 531 19.2 Larceny--under $50 3,711 865 23.3 Auto theft 765 451 59.0

1Estimated offenses for delinquent areas are excluded.

TABLE 10. VALUE OF PROPERTY STOLEN ANO RECOVERED: 196JI. and 1965

.Property 1965 . 1964

Stolen Recovered · St-61.en · ' Recovered

Total $12,770, ·486 $7, 5_26, 358 $11,301,522 _. '$6; 512,584 ,Automobiles 7,344,567 6'917 322' 6, 167, 27'0 5,839,784 Miscellaneous 3, 203, 190 . i '-4:35: 686. ;- . '. 2, -9'.18, 2 6 0 , .465; 352 Currency 1, 03:9, 759 69,823 ~. 262, 380 Ul, 5~3 Jewelry '536,394 · -31·,·73 9'' ··387, 281' 47,491 Clothing 341,251. . 5~, 249, '404,_5,?J 37, 250· Furs ' ' 305,325 "17,539 161,807 11, 184

The 1964 and 1965 rates of crime in Minnesota per 100,000 inhab­itants are compared. with the national rate in table 11. In 1964 Minnesota's crime rate was 1,112.1 offenses oer 100,000 inhabitants compared with the national rate of 1,361.2 crimes and in 1965 Minne-sota's rate wasl,185.6 while the national rate was 1,434.3. All crimes rates in Minnesota are lower than those for the Nation.

TABLE 11. MINNESOTA AND NATIONAL CRIME RATES PER 100,000 INHABITANTS COMPARED ~y OFFENSE~ 19611.1 and 19652

1965 1964

Offense Minnesota National Minnesota National rate rate3 rate rate4

Total 1185 .6 1434.3 1112. 1 1361.2 Offenses against persons 47,6 123,3 ,3.9, 3 112. 1

Murder 1.7 5, 1 1. 5 4,8 Forcible rape 4.9 11.6 4,2 10. 7 Aggravated assault 4.1.0 106, 6 3S,6 96,6

Offenses against property 1138. 0 1311.0 1072,8 1249,0 Robbery 42,4 61. 4 37,4 58.4 Burglary

$50 547.0 605,3 535,7 580,4

Larceny--over 339,0 393,3 318,2 368,2 Auto theft 209,6 251. 0 181. 5 242,0

1Based on 1964 estimated population Minn. Dept. of Health 7/1/64. 2

Based on 1965 estimated population Minn. Dept. of Health 1./-/26/66. 311Crime in the lfnited States"-lfniform Crime Reports-1961./- Annual, Ji1BI,

Washington, D.C., page 49.

1./- "Cri'TTl;e. in the lfni ted States 11-lfniform Crime Reports-1965 Annual, Ji1BI, Washington, D.C., page 51, ·

Arrest data onpersons taken into custody during 1964 and 1965 are shown in tables 12 and 13 giving information on age, sex, and race of the persons arrested. The median age of all persons arrested was 20.5 years; whereas, the median age for male subjects was 21. 3 years and the median age for female subjects was 16.6 years. Male subjects consti­tuted 87.5 percent of the 123,131 per_sons arrested and 12.5 percent were female subjects. According to the 1960 Minnesota population, the no.Q,white race (excluding Mexicans) constitutes 1.2 percent of the pop­ulation while 12.1 percent of the arrests were for persons of the non­white race. · Of the. 123,131 arrests, 108,275 or 87.9 percent were of the w~ite race 1 8,837 or 7.2 percent were Indian, 5,476 or 4~5 percent were Negro, a11d 543 or 0.4 percent were in a.miscellaneous grouping.

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TABLE.12. AGE OF PERSONS ARRESTED 196( and 1965

Age Total Male Female Total 123,131 107,739 15,392

10 and under 2,686 2,427 259 11-12 4,(69 3,880 589 13-U 11,881 9,408 2,473 .,..---15 8,522 6,763 1,759 16 9,333 7,508 1,825 17 8,821 7,(51 1,370 18 6,081 19 5,507 574 (, 586 .(, 127 (59 20 3,626 3,308 318 21 3,184 2,8.(3 3.(1 22 2,854 2,553 301 23 2. 291 2,037 25( 2( 2,110 1, 88( 226

25-29 8,008 7,088 920 30-34 6,671 5,892 779 35-39 7,190 6,467 723 (0-H 7,437 6,732 705 45-49 7, 13( 6,578 556 50-54 5,763 5,352 411 55-59 4,169 3,943 226 60-64 2,857 2,717 140 65 and over 3,458 3,274 184

TABLE 1,. RACE OF PERSONS ARRESTm 1964 and 1965

Race Total Percent 1965 1964 · Total 123, 131 100.0 65,632 57,499

White 108,275 87.9 57,772 50,503 Indian 8,837 7.2 4,705 4. 132 Negro 5,476 4.5 2,868 2,608 Other 543 0.4 287 256

In Minnesota one police officer is responsible for the protection of the lives and property of approximately 902 persons. Disrespect for authorityon the part of many citizens by coomitting assaults on police. officers acting in the line of duty has hecane more and more common. Tue average.police employee per 1,000 inhabitants in Minnesota cities is 1.6 employees compared with the National average of 1.9 employees. The average of 1. 4 employees is especially low in the cities of Minn.ea.:.. polis and St. Paul, where the National average for this population group is 2.6 employees. However, the following tabulation also indicat­es that police protection in Minnesota cities is less than the National average in every population group.

Minnesota Nationall

Total, all cities 1.6 1.9

Group I ( (250,000 or over) 1.4 2.6 Group II (100,000 to 250,000) 1.2 1.7 G·roup nI (50, ooo to 100,·0001 1.0 1.5 Group IV (25,000 to 50,000) Ll 1.5 Group V (10,000 to -25, 000) 1.2 1.4 Group VI (2,500 to 10,000) 1.1 1.5

111Crime in the United States 11 , 1965 Uniform Crime Reports FBI, Washington, D.C., p~ge 1~8 as of December 31, 1965.

JUDICIAL CRIMINAL STATISTICS

The district court has original jurisdiction over felony cases in Minnesota. The 87 clerks of district court have been very cooperative in submitting individual case cards on dispositions of defendents who were charged in an indic.tment, information, or affidavit with a crimi­nal offens·e. During the past' biennium, report of filing and disposition cards were received for 4,263 defendants showing a decrease of -6.5 percent when compared with the 4,540 defendants whose cases were dis-posed of during 1962-63. ·

Of the 4,263 defendants whose cases were disposed of, 3,745 or 87.8 percent were charged with a major offense; 3,366 or 89.9 percent of the 3,745 defendants charged with a major offense. were convicted and sentenced; 986 or 29. 3 percent of the 3,366 persons convicted and sent­enced for a major offense were sentenced to a state prison or reforma­tory, 570 ·or 16. 9 percent were committed to the Youth Conservation Commission, 1, 558 or 46. 3 percent were placed on probation or were given a suspended sentence, and 252 or 7.5 percent were sent to a local jail or wer.e f ineq.

Defendants plead guilty in 3,509 or 91.7 percent of the convict­ions while }18 or 8.3 percent were found guilty by a jury or the court.

In 436 instances the cases were disposed of without conviction --266 were dismissed, 139 defendants were acquitted bya jury or court, and thirty-one were disposed of in some other manner.

Of the 576 persons sentenced to the Youth Conservation Commission during 1964-65, 339 or 58·. 8 percent had been committed to a reforma­tory by July 1, 1966.

As of July 1, 1966 commitments to an institution resulting from violation of probation or suspended sentence totaled 103 persons, or 5. 8 percent of the 1,786. persons placed on probation for all offenses during the year.

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TABLE 15. SENTENCE OF DEFENDANTS CONVICTED, BY OFFENSE 19A and 1965

Offense

Total

Major offenses-total Murder Manslaughter Crim. negl., traffic Rape Carnal knowledge Robbery Aggravated assault Burglary Larceny Auto theft Embezzlement and fraudl Rec. stolen property Forgery Sex, except rape Narcotics Arson Escape Other major offenses

Minor offenses-total

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1 Inc Luiles check frauils •

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3,827

3,366

34 20 31 11 51

224 131

1,099 (37 294 157

55 437 162 7(

32 79 38

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113 120

37 132

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986 30 12 7 6

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38 288

90 70 28

7 167 53 14 7

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1,"558

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TABLE 17. SEX AND RACE OF DEFENDANTS DISPOSED OF, BY OFFENSE 196~ and :1965

Offense SEX Total Male Female

Total 4,263 4, 033 230

Criminal homicide 114 100 H Rape 27 27 Carnal knowledge 63 63 Kotibery' 259 254 5 Aggrava,ted assault 169 159 10 Burglar,y 1, 160 1, 150 _ 10 Larceny 484 436 48 Auto theft

fra~d 2 325 319 6 Embezzlement, 166 141 25 Forgery . 467 401 · 66 Sex, except rape 192 190 2 Narcotics 84 76 8 Misc. major offenses 235 221 14 Misc.• minor offenses 518 496 22

1Jnciw1es ~1 Mexicans and 1 Japanese. 2Jnclw1es ch?ck frawls.

POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL

RACE Total White Negro Indian Other 1

4,263 3,762 269, 190 42

lH 94 12 7 1 27 26 1 63 57 3 1 2

259 196 45 13 5 169 124 30 11 4

1, 160 1,050 47 51 12 484 424 46 10 4 325 271 9 41 4 166 162 ·3 1 467 430 27 8 2 19·2 182 4 3 3

84 62 20 2 235 205 15 13 2 518 479 7 30 2

The police training program in Minnesota has completed its sev­enth year of instruction during which time 80 of 87 sheriffs depart­ments and 265 municipal police departments have participated on a vol­untary basis. Minnesota Statutes authorize the program which is ap­proved by the police officers training advisory board, conducted by the police training division of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehen­sion, and supported by legislative appropriation to the division.

InclU:ded:in the course of instruction are lectures on general police science and specialized courses in in·t:ermf3d~.ate comma.nd, police management and records, fingerprinting, laws of arrest, first aid, criminal code, juvenile statutes, etc. Bureau personnel as well as law enforcement of~icers in federa_l, state, cou:gty, c1.nd municipal agen­cies' have ~erved· as· instructors. · In the past biennium, 1,264 hours of instruction were devoted to.general police science (880 hours), sp~c-

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During the past t~o years 996 per-sons have attended classes. con­ducted in various parts of the State where facilities used were obtained without cost in.the following cities: Hibbing, Marshall, Moorhead, New Brighto_n .(Highway Patrol Tr.ainingCenter), Rochester, and Willmar.

TABLE 18. LABORATORY CASES, BY TYPE July 1962-June 1964 ~ July 1964-June 1966

Number

Type of Case 1964-65 1965-66

Total 1,422 2

Murder, other death investigations 412 Rape 31 Robbery 17

· Assault 41 Burglary 207 Larceny 38 For~ery and fraud 252 Liquor violation 9 Driving while intoxicated 33 Hit-and-run 67 Arson 28 Malicious destruction of property 91 Food poisoning 10 Animal poisoning 4 Narcotics 75 Game violation 8 Miscellaneous 99

1one case may inclwle more than one offense. 2

Ho examinations performed in 52 of these cases.

LABORATORY

of Cases 1

. 1962-63 1963-64

933

246 15 10 28

118 33

213 7 7

47 14 41 H 13 37

4 86

Laboratory services provide law enforcement agencies with scien­tific assistance in the apprehension and prosecution of criminals.

In many cases evidence obtained·through the laboratory is an important factor in determining a suspect's innocence or guilt. Services of the laboratory were utilized by law enforcement authorities from 77 diff­erent Minnesota counties during the past two years in addition to eight cases from neighboring states.

TABLE 19. NUMBER OF SEPARATE SPECIMENS EXAMINED July 1964-June 1965 - July 1965-June 1966

Specimen Number

Specimens examined - total

CHEMISTRY-total

Fire debris Lig_uor Motor fuels and lubricants Narcotics and dangerous drugs (including marijuana) Pharmaceutical products (pills, capsules) for

identification by physical characteristics Unknown material Miscella~eous

DOCUMENTS-total Exemplars (persons) Questioned Other

FIREARMS-total

Ammunition Firearms

MICROSCOPIC-total

Blood stains Clothing Fibers Glass Hairs Laundry marks Lipstick Metals Mineral material (safe insulation, soil,

building material) Paint · Plastics Semen Tools Weapons, excluding firearms Wood and other plant material Other

TOXICOLOGY-total

Blood Brain Food and other samples Kidney Liver Lung Stomach and stoma.ch contents Urine Other organs

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1965-66

2,718

165

19 7

25 24

62 9

19

804 210 581

13

156

80 76

1, 338

146 412

17 58 51

15

45 15n

6 18 96 26 43

249

255

167 5

11 10 12

1 20 27

2

1964-65

3,209

233

13 3

40 22

140 9 6

917 243 666

8

124

66 58

1,154

152 347

23 14 44

2 1

20

31 144

4 37 85 12 29

209

781

518 28. 35 27 39

4 51 68 11

TABLE 20. LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS BY TYPE July 1964-June 1965 - July 1965-June 1966

Type Number

Examinations - total

SUBSTANCES EXAMINED FOR - total

Volatile organic-total

Carbon monoxide Chlorinated hydrocarbon Ethyl alcohol General screen Placidyl Other

Non-volatile organic - total

Barbiturates Dilan tin Doriden Salicylates Trang_uilizers Ultraviolet screen, acid Ultraviolet screen, basic Ultraviolet screen, neutral Other

Heavy metals - total

Reinsch screen Spectrographic screen Other

METHODS OR STUDIES APPLIED - total

Instrumental-total Gas chromatography ( chroma tog rams) Hydrocarbon indicator Infrared spectrograms Paper chromatography (chromatograms) Spectrographic (spectrograms) Spectrographic (spectrograms) chart recordings Thin layer chromatography (chromatograms) Ultraviolet g_ualitative Ultraviolet g_uantitative

Micro-analytical-total Color tests for blood Color tests for paint Color tests for semen Color tests, miscellaneous Density Melting point Micro-crystalline tests for blood Micro-crystalline tests for semen Micro-crystalline tests, miscellaneous Microscopic search or study RI (Abbet Refractometer) RI !Becke Line) Solubility Vacuum sweepings Other

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1965-66 1964-65

4, 168 5,750

271 988

126 372

22 29 11

66 110 28 195

24 10 3

128 586

18 90 5

21 27

3 42 45 237 45 150

2 14 15

17 30

9 10 1

8 19

3,897 4,762

423 1, 6.13. 148 127

14 7 124 291

1 11 19 46

11 6 65

79 628 32 427

1, 702 1, 516 197 151 143 179

47 54 91 52 28

3 15 125 44

7 32 34 22

829 759 6 3

10 10 94 64

132 71 16

Type Number

Physical methods of comparison-total

Bullet Cartridge case Check Foot and tire imprints Physical matchings Powder patterns (distance firing pr-oblems) Toolmark Typewriting Unknown writing Other

Serlogical and immunological procedures-total Blood grouping - whole blood Blood grouping - blood stains Precipitin tests

Specialized examinations, firearms-total

Bullet, powder, charges, - weighings Functioning tests on guns Gun type identifications Serial number restorations Sifting for bullet recovery Test shots Trigger pull Other

Specialized examinations, documents-total

Altered or obliterated writing Ink identification Invisible writing Paper cutter marks P~ysical matches Other

Other specialized examinations-total

Chemical procedures Test toolmarks Other

1965-66

945 85

172 275

30 8

14 141

11 200

9

165

15 95 55

404 47 21

8 7

281 7

33

14

5

3 2

4

244

7 208

29

TABLE 21. LABORATORY PHOTOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES July 1964-June 1966

Type of Case Negatives Prints

Total 648 2,924

Color photography 20 Crime scene 283 333 Infrared and ultraviolet 55 35 Photomacrography 290 91 Photostaticcopies 2,465

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1964-65

868 73

151 191

35 31 13

110 3

243 18

241

51 112

78

312 63 20

6 7 2

192 4

18

19

3 2 4 5 5

193

14 170

9

Enlargements

639

358 5

276

The number of cases handled in the biennial period beginning July 1, 1964 and ending June 30, 1966 are shown, by type, in table 18 and record an increase of 52.4 percent over the previous biennial period. This explosive increase is reflective of law enforcement response to suggestions for greater utilization of scientific evidence as expressed in recent supreme court decisions.

Table13 19 and 20 show for the past two years the types of evidence received and the types of examinatioris performed, respectively. It will be noted that a decrease in case load was experienced in the sec­ond year of the biennium. This decrease was an adjustment necessitated by losses in personnel. Beginning with the period July 1, 1964 a new system for recording case statistical data was used. For this reason the category "Laboratory Examinations by Type" (Table 20) cannot be com­pared with similar tables and periods in the past. This was necessita­ted by the greatly expanded activities of the laboratory and the recent acquisition of several new pieces of instrumentation. Useful compari­sons under this heading will be possible in the years ahead. Photo­graphic activities are shown in table 21.

Another important type of service performed by the laboratory in­volves work other than actual laboratory examination of evidence. These functions are shown in the following:

Activity

Total Consultations Court appearances Crime scene investigations Educational lectures

IDENTIFICATION

1964-65 1965-66

253 62 77 32 82

1962-63 .1963-64

254 44 52 36

122

The 15,230 fingerprints received during the past two years in­clude 13,745 prints forwarded byMinnesota authorities and 1,485 prints from out-of-state contributors. This is an increase of 11.1 percent, or 1,518 more prints were received July 1964-June 1966 than were received July 1962-June 1964. The Bureau maintains a fingerprint record file of 184,907 individual prin~s as of June 30, 1966 in addition to past records of criminals, fugitives, and suspects. Police officers in cities of the first, second, and third class and county sheriffs are to subm1t fingerprints and photographs of persons arrested on a felony charge. Prints received from Minnesota penal institutions and the

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TABLE 22. FINGERPRINT RECORDS RECEIVED, BY CONTRIBUTOR July 1962-June 1964 - July 1964-June 1966

Contdbutor July 1964-June 1966 July 1962-June Total New Old Total

Total 1-5, 230 9,853 ··5, 377 13,712 Minnesota total 13,745 8, 8_10 4, 935 12,235

Sheriffs 4, 849 3,286 1, 563 3, 204 Police departments 6, 539 4,834 1, 705 6, 342 State prison and reform, 1, 432 74 1,358 1,590 Sandstone " 775 584 191. 449 Youth Conservation Commission 138 28 .110 635 Other Minnesota 12 4 8 15

Out-of-state total 1,485 1,043 442 1, 477 State police· 24 22 2 52. Sheriff 25 16 9 17 Police departments 34 · 30 4 29 Institutions 1,147 739 408 1, 109 Other out-of-state 255 236 19 270

TABLE 2;3. SEX OF ARRESTS! BY OFFENSE · July 1964~June 1966

Offense charged SEX

Total Male

Total 12,464. 11, 387

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1Exc.ludes i,157 duplic'ate _arrest Prints and 125 noncriminal or "sleeper" , · prints.

Youth Conservation Commission Reception Centers indicate that 93.4 percent of the arresting officers had submitted prints to the Bureau prior to the subject's commitment to a state institution.

In the process of classifying and filing the 15,230 prints re-ceived, it was determined that 9,853 prints were for "new subjects"-­no previous fingerprint record on Iile- -and 5,377 prints were for "old subjects". Table 22 shows the number of fingerprints submitted by various contributors duringJuly 1964-June 1966 compared with July 1962-June 1964.

After eliminating 1,157 duplicate arrest records (persons printed for the same offense by more than one agency while in custody) and 125 "sleeper" or other noncriminal subjects, there remain 12,464 records of persons charged with a criminal offense. These subjects are classified by offense charged and sex in table 23. Female subjects account for 8.6 percent of the fingerprints received and were most often printed for larceny, followed by the passing of fraudulent checks and the of­fense of prostitution. Male subjects were most commonly fingerprint­ed for burglary offenses, followed by drunkenness and the passing of fraudulent or forged checks.

The white race ( including Mexican) accounts for 85. 2 percent of the 12,464 Minnesota prints received. According to the 1960 Minnesota decennial census for persons fifteen years of age and over, the nonwhite race (excluding Mexicans) constitutel.2 percent of the population while 14.8 percent of the fingerprints processed were for persons of the non­white race. The race of those fingerprinted is shown in Table 24.

Race

Total

White Negro Indian Mexican Other

TABLE 24. RACE OF PERSONS FINGERPRINTED IN MINNESOTA July 1964-June 1966

Number Percent

12,464 100,0

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Eighteen-year olds were most frequently fingerprinted during July 1964-June 1966, however, the median age of all persons fingerprinted was 24.9 years. The youngest median age ofl9.7 years was recorded for persons charged with liquor law violations and the oldest median age of 37 .1 years was for persons charged withdriving while intoxicated. Per­sons under twenty-one years of age accounted for 30.2 percent of the fingerprints receivedandwere responsiblefor44.0 percent of the burg­lary, 59. 3 percent of the auto theft, and 72. 3 percent of the re-

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TABLE 25. AGE OF ARRESTS! BY OFFENSE, July 196~-June 1966

AGE Not 16&

Offense charged Total known under 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Total 12,464 13 171 213 1,494 918 968 728 684 567

Criminal hom1cide 129 - 1 1 6 4 8 5 10 5 Rape 149 - 6 4 . 15 10 17 11 10 13 Robbery 384 - 14 14 42 27 27 33 31 21 Assault (all) 595 - 6 8 61 32 54 39 36 18 Burglary 1,365 - 24 55 264 127 131 123 81 71 Larceny 1,117 - 9 19 176 112 111 70 57 41 Auto theft 528 - 41 48 118 56 50 36 25 18 Embezzlement and fraud 881 - 1 3 29 29 32 49 4-6 48 ~tolen property ~~ - 1 1 l 1 5 5 5 1

rson - - 5 - 4 4 3 Forgery 452 - 3 5 H 25 34 27 26 25 Prostitution 180 - 1 1 11 H 18 14 25 21 Other sex offenses 262 - 2 - 14 · 12 11 13 16 12 Narcotic drug laws 111 - 1 2 9 5 18 11 7 5 Weapons, carrying -e;t:c. 34 - - - 3 5 2 2 1 2 Federal 969 5 2 5 27 26 34 32 H 44 Offenses against family 171 1 - 1 1 2 3 7 8 8 Liq_uor laws 839 3 4 8 284 173 136 27 19 17 Driving while intoxicated 615 - - - 10 9 17 20 27 28 Road and driving laws 771 2 2 2 61 70 77 50 56 52 Other traffic 37 - - - 3 - 2 4 4 2 Disorderly conduct 411 - 8 2 54 28 29 28 30 22 Drunkenness 1,238 1 6 3 64 55 58 49 48 47 Vagrancy 111 - - - 11 5 10 5 8 6 Felony registration 51 - - - 1 3 8 3 4 2 Investigation 259 - 6 12 61 23 18 21 11 9 Not stated 71 - 1 1 6 3 6 1 3 5 An other offenses 650 1 32 18 109 57 52 39 42 21

1 . ExcLudes 1,157 aupiicate arrest prints and 125 noncriminai or "sieeper" prints.

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Fingerprint cards and photographs of felony prisoners are sub­mitted to the Bureau by the Minnesota State Reformatory and State Pri­son for the purpose of reciprocal exchange with law enforcement agen­cies in Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul, North Dakota State Bureau, and South Dakota Prison. During the past two-year period, 1,162 finger­print cards and photographs were exchanged.

Since 1952 aModusOperandi Crime Classification photograph file, containing 9,397 photographs of subjects convicted of a felony, has been maintained. During July 1964-June 1966 photographs of 1,347 subjects, classified according to the offense of which convicted and subdivided by race, sex, age, and height, were added to this file. Many prisoner photographs may be viewed by a victim in a short period of time and the file is accessible to all law enforcement agencies to· assist them in the identification and apprehension of fugitives from justice.

Record checks at the request of local and out-of-state law en­forcement agencies, military services, and federal agencies were con­ducted in approximately 13,259 instances. Nation-wide activity of the Interstate Parole Compact in the supervision of juvenile and adult parolees and probationers has increased. In many instances finger­prints, photographs, and record transcripts concerning out-of-state subjects must he obtained in order to complete a file and requests from other states supervising Minnesota subjects has increased.

The law enforcement bulletin containing reports of crimes, stolen property, "wanted" fugitives, admissions and releases-from penal in­stitutions, calendar of parolee hearings, notices to law enforcement officers, and general information is issued each week.