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April - May, 1957 POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL Page 5<br />

"Mad Bomber" Lesson Learned<br />

ANTICS OF THE MAD BOMBER who recently terrorized New York, have had SOME beneficial results in that they have led to the setting<br />

up of classes in the proper handling of explosives by law enforcement officers. Lt. Delwyn Albrecht of the Presidio, is shown here giving<br />

Captain John P. Meehan and Captain Philip G. Kiely, (right) basic instructions. Fifty selected <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> policemen received lessons<br />

from officers of the Sixth U. S. Army.<br />

In an effort to be fully prepared against<br />

the possible appearance in <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong><br />

of a "Mad Bomber" such as terrorized<br />

the City of New York, or the work of an<br />

outright saboteur bent on destroying some<br />

important local manufacturing or shipping<br />

facility, the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Department<br />

completed in March a special<br />

training program at the Presidio of <strong>San</strong><br />

<strong>Francisco</strong> for fifty selected members of its<br />

police force.<br />

The three-day course included such subjects<br />

as the identification of military and<br />

commercial-type explosives, instruction on<br />

the various types of detonating devices,<br />

safety precautions in the handling of explosives<br />

and explosive devices, and recommended<br />

techniques. for disposal of<br />

bombs and other devices. A highlight of<br />

the course was a demonstration of the<br />

power of various types of explosives conducted<br />

at nearby Fort Cronkhite.<br />

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Army Commander, and Francis J . Ahern,<br />

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Young designated Col. Bruce D. Mooring,<br />

Sixth Army Ordinance Officer, to establish<br />

a course at the Presidio for the purpose of<br />

training civil law enforcement officers in<br />

the recognition, handling and disposal of<br />

bombs and other explosive devices.<br />

The training program was prepared by<br />

Major Forrest P. Spiva, Sixth Army Explosive<br />

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