MALAGASY NATIONAL POLICE

A. Tamatave
VII. FIELD TRIPS
1. On 25 October 1961 the Public Safety Team, accompanied by the
Director General of the National Police, Pierre Bora, and the Attorney
General, Victor Ramanitra, visited the Tamatave Provincial and Urban
Police Departments.
2. The Provincial Headquarters is located in a large, well main­
tained 2 story, 8 room, masonry building. Commissioner Ravelonanosy con­
ducted a tour' of the divisions of his department which are, on the pro­
vincial level, a replica of the divisions visited in Tananarive.
3. The Identification Bureau is located in an adjoining building.
Approximately 45,000 fingerprint cards are filed there, in metal cab­
inets, according to the same system of classification used in the Central
Bureau of Tananarive. Criminal records are also filed in metal cabinets
in another room. In addition, all fingerprint cards and criminal ree­
ords are cross-indexed to a separate name card file, an improvement over
the Tananarive system.
4. Adjacent to the Identification Bureau there is a well equipped
photographic laboratory.
5. The Tamatave Urban Police Division is housed in one of the first
floor wings of the Municipal Building. This is a huge palatial type
masonry building, handsomely landscaped and well maintained. Office
facilities are good and compare favorably, although on a smaller scale,
with those found in the Hotel de Police in Tananarive. The two precinct
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