buyer's guide - San Francisco Police Officers Association
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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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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 />
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