August Vollmer: The Father of American Policing by Willard M. OliverCall Number: on order for Ellis Library
ISBN: 1611635594
Publication Date: 2017
August Vollmer is creditedwith professionalizing not only his own Police Department in Berkeley, California, but police departments across the country and around the world. He was instrumental in the creation of the polygraph machine (lie detector), patrol car radio communication systems, and, as the Los Angeles Police Chief, the first crime lab in America.