to a crime, (4) when requested by the chief executive officer or the
chief police officer of the municipality, or when ordered by the Gov-
ernor, or (5) when enforcing the motor vehicle laws of the State
(Code 1951, Art. 88B, secs. 3, 4, 19, 23). The Department also
licenses all private detectives within the State (Code 1951, Art. 56,
sec. 65).

The Department operates an Identification and Investigation Divi-
sion. The Division maintains fingerprint and photograph files and
cooperates with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the police
forces of other jurisdictions in the exchange of information that
might help identify offenders or suspects. The General Assembly
in 1953 established the Central Accident Records Bureau. This
Bureau receives reports of accidents from the various local police
departments throughout the State, tabulates and analyzes such re-
ports, and prepares a monthly summary and analysis of all accidents,
which is published in cooperation with the Maryland Traffic Safety
Commission. A Traffic Staff within the Department promotes traffic
safety and traffic safety education. The members of the staff speak
before civic groups and organizations and plan to build a library of
motion pictures and related visual aids (Code 1961, 1955 supp„ Art.
88B, secs. 42-47A).

The Communication Bureau, established in 1935, provides radio
and teletype communication service with the various police barracks
throughout the State. It is a unit in a teletype network covering
fourteen States and the District of Columbia. The Bureau also pro-
vides radio communication service to the patrol boats of the Depart-
ment of Tidewater Fisheries. It transmits the latest weather fore-
casts to the District headquarters of the State Roads Commission and
to the local barracks for dispatch to County Agricultural Agents.
The Department maintains ten ambulances throughout the State for
service to rural areas and for emergency service where there are
accidents. It operates a Training School at Pikesville to train Mary-
land State Police recruits and other law enforcement officers of Mary-
land. The Department carries on its work through its local bar-
racks located throughout the State as follows:

Southern Maryland, Troop "A"
Waldorf Barrack
Waterloo Barrack

Western Maryland, Troop "B"
Frederick Barrack
Cumberland Barrack

Central Maryland, Troop "C"
Benson Barrack
Conowingo Barrack
Randallstown Barrack

Eastern Shore, Troop "D"
Easton Barrack
Salisbury Barrack

Appropriations 1957 1958

Special Fund ....................$3,741,665 $4,027,296
Staff: 627