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Mr. Ryan will handle the questioning of the next
severa] witnesses.
MR. RYAN: The Commission calls Brian Bitt
and Officer Van Poelvoorde.
Please swear both witnesses.
BRIAN HITT and RAY VAN POELVOORDE
were called as witnesses and, having been first duly
sworn, were examined and testified as fOllows:
MR. RYAN: Mr. Hitt, would you state your
name for the record, please?
MR. HITT: Brian Bitt.
MR. RYAN: Are you an investigator for the
President's Commission on Organized Crime?
MR. BITT: Yes, I am.
t-1R. RYAN: Officer, will you identify yourself
for the record, please?
OFFICER VAN POELVOORDE: Ray Van Poelvoorde.
MR. RYAN: Sir, are you an officer of the
Romulus, Michigan Police Department?
OFFICER VAN POELVOORDE: I am.
MR. RYAN: Thank you. Mr. Bitt, you have aub­
mitted a \'lritten statement to the Commission. I 'tlould
ask, Mr. Chairman, that that written statement be made
a part of the record here and that Mr. Hitt be permitted
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