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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK f Circular No. 1 5 2 2 1 L March 22, 1935 J Procedure in Communicating With the Field Offices of Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice in the Event of a Bank Robbery To all Member Banks in the Second Federal Reserve District: The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice has requested the Federal Eeserve Board to bring to the attention of all member banks a statement with regard to the procedure to be followed in communicating with the field offices of the Bureau in the event of a bank robbery, and has submitted to the Federal Eeserve Board a statement in substantially the following form as containing the information which it is desired to place before each member bank: '' The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the U. S. Department of Justice is charged with the duty of investigating violations of the Act approved by the President on May 18, 1934, making the robbery of National Banks and member banks of the Federal Reserve System a Federal offense. Since the passage of this Act the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been handicapped in the investigation of a number of bank robberies due to the delay of the bank in notifying the Bureau's field office of the robbery. "The Federal Bureau of Investigation requests that, in the event a robbery should occur in your bank, immediately after notifying the local authorities thereof, you communicate by telephone or telegraph, collect, with the nearest field office of the Bureau, giving that office at the earliest possible time all of the details of the robbery which are available, including a description of the participants in the robbery, the make, color and model of any automobiles which may have been used by the robbers in making their getaway, together with the license numbers of such automobiles and the direction taken by the robbers in fleeing from the bank. In the event it has been observed that the robbers touched any objects in the bank or placed their hands on any furniture or other articles, such places should be carefully guarded until an opportunity is afforded some competent person to endeavor to develop latent fingerprints which might be thereon. Articles, which may have been left behind by the robbers should be preserved from promiscuous handling so that any fingerprints thereon will not be destroyed. "Every member bank of the Federal Reserve System has been furnished with the telephone number of the nearest field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and a list of the field offices of the Bureau showing the office address and telephone number is attached. ' ' It is the desire of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to cooperate with all banks to the fullest extent possible in an effort to identify and prosecute those guilty of bank robberies. Your cooperation in promptly reporting to the nearest field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be greatly appreciated and will be of mutual advantage in these cases." A list of the field offices, with telephone numbers, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, as furnished to the Federal Reserve Board and to us, will be found on the following page. Field Offices of FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OFFICE PHONE BUILDING Birmingham, Alabama 7-1755 320 Federal Boston, Massachusetts Liberty 5600 1002 Post Office & Court House Buffalo, New York Cleveland 2030 612 Marine Trust Butte, Montana 2-4734 302 Federal Charlotte, North Carolina 3-4127 234 Federal Chicago, Illinois Randolph 6226 1900 Bankers' Cincinnati, Ohio Main 6720 (*) 426 U. S. Custom House & P. O. Dallas, Texas 2-3866 420 Post Office Denver, Colorado Main 6241 722 Midland Savings Detroit, Michigan Cadillac 2835 907 Federal El Paso, Texas Main 501 1331 First National Bank Indianapolis, Indiana Riley 5416 506 Fletcher Savings & Trust Jacksonville, Florida 3-2780 (Pvt. 5-8209) 412 U. S. Court House & P. O. 1616 Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City, Missouri Victor 3113 Little Rock, Arkansas 6734 500 Rector Los Angeles, California Mutual 2201 617 Federal Nashville, Tennessee 6-6771 508 Medical Arts New Orleans, Louisiana Raymond 1965 3263^ Post Office New York, New York Caledonia 5-8691 370 Lexington Ave., Room 1403 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2-8186 224 Federal Omaha, Nebraska Atlantic 8644 629 First National Bank Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Walnut 2213 414 Philadelphia Saving Fund Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Grant 0800 620 New Federal Portland, Oregon Atwater 6171 411 U. S. Court House Salt Lake City, Utah Wasatch 3980 503-A U. S. Court House & P.O. San Antonio, Texas Fannin 8052 1216 Smith-Young Tower San Francisco, California Hemlock 4400 (**) 405 Post Office St. Louis, Missouri Central 1650 801 Title Guaranty St. Paul, Minnesota Garfield 7509 232 Post Office Washington, D. C. National 5303 5745 U. S. Dept. of Justice (*) The telephone number to (**) The telephone number to be used for calls after 6 P.M. and on holidays is Main 6729. be used for calls after 6 P.M. and on holidays is Hemlock 4420. We are sending the foregoing statement and list of field offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to all member banks in the Second Federal Reserve District at the request of the Federal Reserve Board. GEORGE L. HARRISON, Governor.
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