August Vollmer

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August Vollmer

American police reformer

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…in the United States was August Vollmer. Beginning his career in 1905 as the head of a six-person police department in Berkeley, California, Vollmer ultimately produced a vision around which the country’s police forces rallied. He promoted the application to policing of concepts from the study of management, sociology, social…
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…in the United States was August Vollmer. Beginning his career in 1905 as the head of a six-person police department in Berkeley, California, Vollmer ultimately produced a vision around which the country’s police forces rallied. He promoted the application to policing of concepts from the study of management, sociology, social…
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