ANOTHER year is fast becoming history. A year during which those of us engaged in the task of providing public protection have met and suppressed an increasing number of criminal activities.

The predictions voiced by authorities in the field of law enforcement promising greater and more concentrated criminal efforts are fast approaching fulfillment. Each day brings with it a recognition of such developments. With such a recognition there must come also a confession of police deficiencies to meet and cope with a growing, advancing enemy.

The public, through its representatives, is prone to delay preparation for disaster until, as too often the case, the harm has been done. This, of course, is a problem that has faced the police agencies since time beginning. That it has been permitted to exist throughout the years is, to some large extent, a demonstration of our failure to successfully create an awareness to the dangers that threaten.

Since our oath of office implies responsibility for law enforcement within our respective jurisdictions the success or failure of our endeavors becomes also a matter of personal responsibility. The public constitutes not only our source of authority but it automatically becomes our purchasing agent. Every dime, every dollar spent in procurement of men and equipment to combat inroads upon the peace and security of those we protect provides revenue far in excess of that resulting from the cost carefully considered investment elsewhere. Of this WE are aware and in complete agreement; but does the public realize, recognize and accept this apparent fact?
 

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