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The original documents are located in Box 17, "9/26/75 - Talking Points: Career Criminal
Planning Conference" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
Copyright Notice
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THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL
HAROLD TYLER
ADMINISTRATOR VELDE
MR. WORK
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
Digitized from Box 17 of President's Speeches and Statements:
Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
TALKING POINTS:
CAREER CRIMINAL PLANNING CONFERENCE
SEPTEMBER 26, 1975
- I -
I AM ESPECIALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOUR
WORK ON A PROGRAM THAT HAS
MY STRONG PERSONAL INTEREST
AND SUPPORT.
LAST SEPTEMBER, I DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO DEAL WITH CAREER CRIMINALS.
- 2-
ITS GOALS ARE QUICK IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE WHO REPEATEDLY
COMMIT SERIOUS OFFENSES; PRIORITY PROSECUTION OF THEIR CASES;
AND ASSURANCE OF APPROPRIATE SENTENCES UPON CONVICTION so
THEY COULD NOT RETURN IMMEDIATELY TO VICTIMIZE THE
COMMUNITY.
- 3 -
THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN FUNDED WITH LEAA GRANTS IN
ELEVEN CITIES.
IT WILL BE OPERATIONAL IN ALL OF THEM SOON.
ALTHOUGH EXPERIMENTAL IN NATURE, WE HAVE GREAT EXPECTATIONS
FOR ITS SUCCESS.
- 4 -
YOU KNOW, BETTER THAN MOST, THE TOLL CRIME EXACTS
FROM OUR CITIZENS -- A TOLL MEASURED IN BLOOD
TREASURE
AND
PEACE OF MIND.
AND CRIME IS ON THE RISE.
SINCE 1960,
REPORTED CRIME HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED, AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE.
- 5 -
LAST YEAR SAW THE ANNUAL CRIME RATE INCREASE BY 17 PERCENT,
THE LARGEST YEARLY INCREASE SINCE THE FBI BEGAN COLLECTING
STATISTICS 44 YEARS AGO.
THIS CRIME EPIDEMIC THREATENS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR
SOCIETY - FOR IT IS LAW WHICH MAKES HUMAN SOCIETY POSSIBLE.
-6-
EACH OF US HAS TAKEN AN OATH TO UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION, WHICH CHARGES US WITH THE DUTY OF "ENSURING
DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY."
BUT THERE CAN BE LITTLE DOMESTIC
TRANQUILITY WHEN INCREASING NUMBERS OF CITIZENS AR E ROBBED,
MUGGED, RAPED AND MURDERED.
- 7 -
EACH OF YOU HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS.
AS YOU KNOW, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF SERIOUS
CRIMES ARE COMMITTED BY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OFFENDERS.
THE CAREER CRIMINAL PROGRAM AIMS DIRECTLY AT SOLVING THIS
PROBLEM.
- 8 -
THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR GREATER
FOCUS ON CAREER CRIMINALS BY OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
- 9 -
YOURS IS A GRASSROOTS EFFORT.
THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
ADMINISTRATION, HAS AWARDED OVER $5 MILLION DOLLARS IN
GRANTS, TOGETHER WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EVALUATION.
- IO -
BUT THE DAY-TO-DAY PLANNING, THE CONDUCT AND DECISIONS ARE
YOURS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THAT IS AS IT SHOULD BE.
WITH FEW
EXCEPTIONS, THE PROSECUTION OF SERIOUS CRIMES IS SOLELY WITHIN
THE JURISDICTION OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
- II -
YOU ALL HAVE HAD A LONG AND -- I HOPE -- PRODUCTIVE
DAY.
EVEN THOUGH DISRAELI ONCE SAID IT IS "WITH WORDS
WE GOVERN MEN," I MIGHT ADD MY PERSONAL BELIEF THAT IS IS
"WITH WORDS WE ALSO WEAR MEN DOWN."
- I2 -
so LET ME END BY THANKING YOU FOR COMING HERE, FOR WORKING
so HARD ON A PROGRAM so BRIGHT WITH PROMISE.
MAY GOD SPEED YOU IN YOUR WORK.
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