Smith, Bruce (1892–1955)

US police consultant and criminologist. He created a uniform international system for reporting crime statistics publishing the first Uniform Crime Reports in 1930. He was noted during the 1950s for his critical scrutiny of the New York Police Department. He helped survey police departments in 50 American cities and several foreign countries.

He was born in Brooklyn. He worked at the New York Bureau of Municipal Research while completing a degree at Columbia University 1914–16. Through the bureau he was sent to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to conduct a police study in 1923, which led to a career as a police consultant. He taught at the FBI's national police training school 1935–55, and was director of the Institute of Public Administration 1954–55. He was also an avid sailor.