Chapter 2 Flashcards
Introduced theAct for Improving the Police in and near the Metropolis (Metropolitan Police Act)passed by the parliament of England-the milestone of England’s police force.
Sir Robert “Bobbies” Peel
became famous and was considered as theFather of Modern Policing System.
Sir Robert “Bobbies” Peel
The Metropolitan Police was organized around by what system?
“beat system”
Who is the Father of American Policing?
August “Gus” Vollmer
A tireless advocate who believed that officers should function as social workers and do more than arrest offenders.
August “Gus” Vollmer
Argued that police officers could better protect the public and their property through the use of science and technology, and the education and professionalization of policing.
August “Gus” Vollmer
was a highly progressive police chief who made the city of Berkeley the center of his innovations. He became Berkeley’s first police chief in the early 1900s and began advancing policing in its use of technology, training and, most importantly, education.
August “Gus” Vollmer