The NBI and you

Title

The NBI and you

Creator

Saavedra, Romeo

Language

English

Year

1968

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The NBI and YOU Atty. Romeo T. Saavedra FUNCTIONS OF THE NBI The National Bureau of Investiga tion has a three-fold function. It is the only institution which acts as an investigative, service and research agency of the government. In its in vestigative functions, it handles com plaints against persons involved in crime or in administrative and civil cases where the government has an in terest, referred to it by the Secretary of Justice and/or the Office of the President. In its service function, it renders technical assistance to the dif ferent law enforcement and prosecut ing agencies of the government, in cluding the courts. The NBI is also ?. research agency under the law of its creation and in the performance of this function, it renders research on scientific crime detection and investiga tion, including the prevention and treatment of offenders. Criminal complaints with the NBI may be made in writing or in person and where there is urgency and great distance, by telephone or telegram or even by the use of the radiophone services in each regional and sub-of fice upon prior approval of the Agent in-Charge of the office concerned. If the victim or his relatives complain to the office personally, they are required to fill in a complaint sheet form at tile Complaints and Processing Unit which among others state the name and address of the complainant, name and address of the persons complained of. nature of the act complained of, when and where committed, victims, if any. their addresses, the circum stances surrounding the act complain ed of, etc... If the complaint relates to a missing person, we require the complainant to fill in a missing per son form which contains among others the name of the missing person and his address, the complainant, his ad dress and relation to missing person, when missing person was last seen and where, date and cause of disap pearance, circumstances surrounding the disappearance, name of police agency to which reported, if any, and the personal description of the miss ing person as to age, weight, height, build, hair, eyes, complexion, national ity, occupation, scars, moles, or other distingushing features, and fingerprint classification, if any. In receiving complaints, the NBI has adopted a policy that when a particular case is already reported to the police author ities in the locality where the crime was committed or to the PC, the Bu reau comes in only to render technical assistance unless the crime is a serious one and of urgent importance and the circumstances of the case demand that the NBI take a hand. Otherwise the NBI does not ordnarilv come in, in cluding cases which are minor in char acter and usually estafa cases where the presence of a powerful syndicate or repeated commission with impunity is not present. The reason behind this is that the NBI spends a lot of money investigating these cases only to be dropped at the instance of the com plainants, thereby converting the NBT into a mere collection agency. MoreTurn to noxt pige APRIL, 1968 19 over, the lack of investigative person nel has required this policy. But the most sought after function of the Bureau is the giving of service or technical assistance to the different police agencies in the country, includ ing prosecuting agencies and the courts. Under this function also falls the train ing of a representative number of police in each city or municipality on the lat est methods of scientific crime detec tion and investigation. To carry out this function, the NBI saw the need of puttng up an adequate crime la boratory and a training division for the instruction of policemen. The na ture of technical assistance rendered are medico-legal, like the determina tion of the cause of death or nature of injuries sustained, etc.; forensic chemistry, like paraffin tests and the determination of poison in foods or the body, and the like; ballistics, like the determination of caliber of bullets and weapons used, etc.; questioned documents, like the determination of the authorship and authenticity of questioned documents, forgeries, etc.; photography, like the interpretation and identification of photographs, aerial and terrestial, etc.; clearance, identification, and records, like finger print identification for purposes of identity, derogatory records of per sons, clearance, etc.; narcotics, like requests for the apprehension, treat ment and rehabilitation of dope adTum to page 1? Newly installed officers of Bulusan Lodge No. 38. L to R, front raw: Swsano Detera, JD; Pedro Sta. Ana, Chaplain; Bartolome Frayna, Treat.; Ireneo Escandor, SW; Pedro F. Gomez, WM: Luis Laurenaria, JW; Estanislao Gabarda, Secretary; Mario Talatala, SS; Teodolfo Fresnido, JS. Second row: Lee King Yek, SD; Timoteo Mendoza, Almoner; Ramon Gregorio, Orator; Edgar Fajardo, Auditor; Emiliano Vida, Organist; Azarias Zayco, Historian and Dioscoro Ramos, Tyler. INSTALLATION^ CEREMONIES BULUSAN LODGE N.S8 20 Girls, Bethels of Job's Daughters, Order of DeMolay for Boys” among his legatees. Other legatees named are the Supreme Council, Children’s Garden in Taytay, Rizal, South Ma nila Branch of the Philippine Ani mal Welfare Society, the Union Church in Makati, the Magill Me morial Church in Lucena City and the Bewley Chapel in Greenville, Tennesee. MW Bewley named his only daughter, Mrs. Virginia Bewley Gees lin, executrix of the will which left a portion of his estate to his three grandsons: Conrad, Keith and Philip Geeslin and a sister, Irene Bewley, who lives in Knoxville, Tenn. FAMILIAR WITH TECHNIQUES By Exequiel S. Molina There are many ways of saying farewell and Jerry Dadap’s way was as novel as it was musical. Leaving shortly for the United States on a Music Promotion Foun dation grant, Dadap and his com positions were the main attractions at a farewell concert Tuesday eve ning at the Philamlife auditorium. The concert opened with Sym phony No. 2 (Enfant Terrible), per formed for the first time on the concert stage. The symphony, as described by the program notes, shows Mr. Dadap’s ’deepening preoccupation with ab solute music, which result is the gain for the sparse Philippine symphonic literature.” The dictionary defines enfant ter rible as "an unmanageable, mis chievous child.’’ Judging from the huge, blocks of sound that keep on colliding and the constant juxtaposi tion of atonal, polyrthythmic phrases, the choice of the symphony’s sub titles does seem apt, indeed. The second number, Song Cycle for Baritone and Orchestra featured Mr. Gregorio as soloist. The inierplay between the baritone voice and the strings and woodwinds of the or chestra was deftly woven by Mr. Da dap who was also the conductor. The concert closed with Primeval Symphony No. 1, an earlier Dadap composition. Strongly percussive and rhythmic, the three-movement work reflects Mr. Dadap’s familiarity with the techniques of the contemporary idiom. It is our hope that his jrip to the United States to observe contempo rary creative trends and his con tinuing involvement, not only in music and the related arts, but life in general, will help season him into a more matured, more astute com poser. Condensed from The Manila Time\ March 14, 1968 (Jerry A. Dadap, a JASC senior De Molay was awarded the Distinguished Service Award Sept. 1965 for meri torious service both in and outside of DeMolay. He is also known in DeMolayland as the composer of the DeMolay Hymn, ed.) diets, identification of narcotics, etc.; and others. Private persons may also avail them selves of our medico-legal services for the determination of the cause of death (autopsy), medico-legal exam inations in cases of rape and other sex offenses, cases of suspected poisoning, and the like, which constitute the bulk of the services of the medico-legal di vision. We hope that with the pas sage of the new budget, the NBI will be able to hire more investigative agents and technical men and expand its essential services to the greater mass of our people, especially' those in the rural areas. A APRIL, 1968 25

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