MINORITY VIEWS ON H.R. 15131

EDUCATION AND RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES

Education and incentive are two well accepted American principles which would combine to make dramatic improvements in the District of Columbia Police Department. The Committee struck the education and recruitment incentives from the pay raise bill. Bipartisan amendments will be made to restore these educational incentives for policemen. The undersigned members of both parties suggest that understanding of the following four facts can result in no other conclusion than that educational and recruitment incentives are indispensable for a modern police force.

FACT ONE: EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES ATTRACT AND HOLD FINE OFFICERS

The District of Columbia Police Department on September 29, 1967, was 376 men short of its authorized strength. The resignation rate is one of the highest in the nation. In the first nine months of 1967, 133 members resigned and 129 members retired from the department and only 143 were recruited for a net loss of 119 in nine months. The chief reason for resigning from the department is to go to another poice department. (See chart 1, attached.) The salary increases given by the Committee in the past have done little to change this trend.

The police departments of adjacent Arlington and Montgomery Counties have educational incentive plans and are now able to maintain their departments at close to authorized strength. These departments also have less trouble recruiting new men than any of the other metropolitan departments. Significantly, Montgomery County has found since the inauguration of its program that complaints against police officers have dropped sharply, commendations from private citizens have more than doubled, and requests for police officers to speak to various citizen groups have increased over 200%. They now have in excess of 61% of their force enrolled in college courses. Prince Georges County also has a similar program in the advanced planning stage.

FACT TWO: THE COMMITTEE STRUCK THE EDUCATION AND RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSALS

The original bill introduced by the Chairman and other members provided for the educational incentives recommended by these minority views. Both the educational and recruitment incentives were strongly recommended by the District of Columbia officials and all of the testimony before the Committee was favorable. These incentives were dropped in an executive session of the full Committee 'by a narrow vote.

FACT THREE: ALL THE AUTHORITIES ON POLICE ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES

The National Crime Commission and Department of Justice recommend that police officers should have higher education. The President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia recom(14)

mends not only that recruitment be directed to colleges and universities, but that eventually when the level of college training within the department is sufficiently high that two or more years should be established as a prerequisite for promotion. The District of Columbia. proposal to the Committee recommended educational incentives as follows:

The proposed form of compensation would be 8% of their rate of pay (i.e., $600 in the case of a private) upon completion of 30 hours of such subjects as law enforcement, and 16% of their pay (i.e., $1200 in the case of a private) upon completion of 60 hours of such subjects.

Anticipation of the passage of this act has been a factor in causing the number of District of Columbia policemen enrolled in law enforcement courses at American University to increase in the last semester from 683 to 756.

Over 20 of the major metropolitan police departments in America already include these incentives in their pay schedule. The compensation as proposed provides an incentive both in recruitment and in holding capable personnel on the force.

The local District of Columbia Policemen's Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police have strongly endorsed both the educational and recruitment incentives. There was no opposition in any of the testimony to either of these proposals

FACT FOUR: THE SPECIFIC PROPOSAL

The Crime Commission originally recommended the creation of a "Master Patrolman." From this recommendation, after considerable work, there has evolved the present proposal that instead of creating a special category, a direct educational pay increase should be offered to all members of the force, since the opportunities for advancement are so extremely limited. The avenues for advancement through written examinations for the average man on the force are almost nonexistent. There is a three year experience requirement for just the sergeant's exam, and even these openings are quite limited. The amounts of $600 per year for 30 college credits and $1,200 per year for 60 college credits follow the recommendations for pay to a police private contained in the District of Columbia proposal. The use of a percentage figure which would produce approximately the same results and would be comparable to the surrounding counties is also a possibility. A modern city cannot afford to settle for a police force in which only those of superior rank have incentive to achieve higher education. Efficient patrolmen are important too.

The specific amendment offered in Committee which will be offered on the Floor as new Sections 6 and 7 to the bill is as follows: Section 6 Educational Incentives:

Any member of the police force below the rank of Deputy Chief of Police:

1. who is determined to have completed at least 30 but less than 60 semester hours or the equivalent at an accredited institution of higher education in the field of law enforcement or police administration shall, if he has completed his one-year's probation, be paid $600 per annum in addition to the basic rate of compen

sation prescribed for such officer or member in the salary schedule of the Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1968;

2. who is determined to have completed at least 60 semester hours or the equivalent shall, if he has completed his one-year's probation, be paid $1200 per annum in addition to the basic rate of compensation.

Section 7 Recruitment Incentives:

1. Payment of pre-employment interview expenses;

2. Payment of recruit's relocation allowance not to exceed $250 and per diem allowance not to exceed $7.50 per day for a period not to exceed 90 days beginning with the date of appointment. In the opinion of the undersigned, the offering of educational and recruitment incentives is absolutely essential to create in Washington, D.D., a full-strength, effective, modern police department.

FEBRUARY 21, 1968.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed

20 MAR '68

Mr. GARMATZ, from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisherie

submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H.R. 11618]

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The Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 11618) to prevent the importation of endangered species of fish or wildlife into the United States; to prevent the interstate shipment of reptiles, amphibians, and other wildlife taken contrary to State law; and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend✓ that the bill as amended do pass.

The amendment is as follows?

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in 'lieu thereof the following:

That (a) no person shall import into the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any species or subspecies of fish or wildlife or parts thereof which the Secretary of the Interior determines to be threatened with extinction, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. A species or subspecies of fish or wildlife shall be regarded as threatened with extinction whenever the Secretary of the Interior finds, after consultation with the affected foreign country, and, when appropriate, with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, that its existence is endangered because its habitat is threatened with destruction, drastic modification, or severe curtailment, or because of commercial exploitation, through exports and imports of aminals and parts thereof, or by other means, or because of disease, predation, or other factors. He shall, from time to time, publish in the Federal Register the names of the species or subspecies of fish or wildlife found to be threatened with extinction under this section.

(b) The Secretary of the Interior may permit, under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, the importation of any species or subspecies of fish or wildlife or parts thereof that are threatened with extinction for zoological, educational, and scientific purposes.

(c) For the purposes of facilitating enforcement of this section and reducing the costs thereof, the importation of all fish or wildlife and the parts thereof into any port in the United States, except such as may be designated by the Secretary

of the Interior with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury as ports of entry for vessels or aircraft, is prohibited.

(d) The Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe by regulations such terms and conditions as he shall deem necessary to implement his administration of the foregoing provisions of this section. The Secretary of the Treasury shall, in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe, enforce the foregoing provisions and any regulations of the Secretary of the Interior issued with respect to importations subject to the provisions of this section. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this section or the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior issued thereunder or any permit provision shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this section and the regulations prescribed thereunder or any provision of a permit may, with or without a warrant, arrest any person who violates such provisions or regulations in his presence or view, and may execute any warrant or other process issued by any officer or court of competent jurisdiction, and may, with a search warrant or as incident to a lawful arrest, or incident to the arrival from outside the customs territory of the United States of any merchandise or person, search for and seize any fish or wildlife or parts thereof or property taken, used, or possessed in violation of such provisions or regulations. Anything so seized shall be held by such person or by the United States marshal pending disposition of the case by the court. Any fish or wildlife or parts thereof seized shall be forfeited to the Secretary of the Interior to be disposed of in such manner as he deems appropriate; and, upon conviction, any property seized may be forfeited to the United States or otherwise disposed of by the court.

(c) As used in this section

(1) the term "fish or wildlife" means any wild mammai, fish, wild bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, or crustacean;

(2) the term "person" means an individual, corporation, association, organization, or partnership.

SEC. 2. (a) Section 43 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by deleting the words "wild mammal or bird" in paragraphs 1 and 2 and inserting "wild mammal, wild bird, amphibian, reptile, inollusk, or crustacean."

(b) Section 43 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting a new paragraph after the second paragraph in said section to read as follows:

"Whoever knowingly transports or ships, or causes to be transported or shipped in interstate or foreign commerce, or knowingly sells or causes to be sold, any wild mammal, wild bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, or curstacean or parts thereof which were captured, killed, taken, purchased, sold, or otherwise possessed or transported in any manner contrary to this section or any Act of Congress or regulations issued thereunder or contrary to the laws or regulations of any State, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, possession of the United States, or foreign country, or knowingly sells or causes to be sold any products manufactured, made or processed from such wild mammal, wild bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, or crustacean or parts thereof; or"

(C) The last paragraph in section 43 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

"Shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both; and the wild mammals, wild birds, amphibians, reptiles, mollusks, or crustaceans, or the dead bodies or parts thereof, or the offspring or eggs thereof, shall be forfeited.".

SEC. 3. Section 3054 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting "42," after "to enforce sections" and by inserting a comma after "43".

SEC. 4. Section 3112 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting "42" after "to enforce sections" and by inserting a comma after "43".

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SEC. 5. The first paragraph in section 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by deleting "wild animals or birds, or the dead bodies or parts thereof,' and inserting "any wild mammal, wild bird, amphibian, or reptile, or the dead bodies or parts thereof, or any mollusk or crustacean,”.

SEC. 6. (a) Section 2 of the Black Bass Act (44 Stat. 576), as amended (16 U.S.C. 852), is amended

(1) by inserting before the words "any foreign country" the words "or from"; and

(2) by inserting after the words 'District of Columbia "the words" or any foreign country".

(b) Section 3 of the Black Bass Act (46 Stat. 846) as amended (16 U.S.C. 852a), is amended by deleting.the comma after "commerce" and inserting therein "or foreign commerce,”.