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TIL of August Vollmer, the "father of modern policing." He opposed enforcing traffic and vice laws. He also encouraged discretion, leniency, and diversity in order to foster public support (99percentinvisible.org)
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Another interesting article on Vollmer.

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[–] SapientLasagna 2 points 2 years ago

It's interesting to compare Vollmer's ideas with those of the father of modern policing in the UK and British Commonweath, Robert Peel.