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According to Academic Politics and the History of
Criminal Justice Education, “between 1925 and 1932, V.A. Leonard was a part-time student at the University of California
and a full-time police officer in the Berkeley Police Department. In 1933, a
mixture of economic and academic problems forced Leonard to return to his home in Texas where he spent a year working on his
book, The Police Communication System
(1937). He then settled into his new job as Superintendent of Identification
in the Fort Worth Police Department. While he worked his way through the ranks
in the police department, Leonard earned a BA and Masters in Criminology and Public Administration.” In 1941, he applied for a position as chief of police of the Pasadena Police Department. While waiting
for a decision on that job, Leonard was approached by August Vollmer to head a new police program at Washington State College.”
V.A. Leonard founded Alpha Phi Sigma, the criminal
justice honor’s society, in 1942. He received his Ph.D. in Criminology and Public Administration. The V.A. Leonard Scholarship was established in 1982 in honor and recognition of Dr. Leonard’s leadership
and hard work in the field of Criminal Justice. V. A. Leonard is the author or
co-author of 16 books: Police Organization
and Management; Police of the Twentieth Century; Police Science for the Young American; Police Organization and Management;
Police Personnel Administration; Police Traffic Control; The Police Communications System; Police pre-disaster Preparation;
Survey of the Seattle Police Department; The Police Enterprise: It’s Organization and Management; Memories of August
Vollmer; Academy Lectures on Lie Detection; Police Detective Function; The General Administration of Criminal Justice; Police
Crime Prevention; and, The Police, the Judiciary, and the Criminal.
According to the description of Police Organization and Management, “This work describes the
basic tenets of organization theory and applies them to the police setting. It describes the problems of integrating the individual
into the organization, responding to change through community policing, motivation, leadership, and productivity.”
About the Berkeley Police
Department:
The City of Berkeley was incorporated
in 1878. The City was policed by a elected town Marshal. In addition the Marshal was assisted by elected Constables. Through
these years the Marshal and Constables mostly served papers and seldom arrested without a warrant. Crime increased through
the turn of the century. In 1905, August Vollmer was elected town Marshal. In 1909, he was appointed as this City's first
Chief of Police. Chief August Vollmer was instrumental in organizing this department,
creating what we now call a "Code of Ethics", which included eliminating the acceptance of gratuities, rewards or favors." Chief August Vollmer demanded a high level of honesty, efficiency, interest
and hard work by his officers. This has continued to this day, which has been the foundation for our world wide reputation
in the law enforcement field.
Chief August Vollmer is considered
by some as the father of modern day law enforcement. His progressive thinking and use of new innovations in law enforcement
became the foundation that our department has built on. Some of the early innovations by Chief Vollmer and this department
were: In 1906, the department installed a basic records system (One of the first in the United States); In 1906, installed
the first Modus Operandi (MO) System; In 1907, first use of scientific investigation (Kelinschmidt case - analysis of blood,
fibers and soil).; In 1907, the department's police school was established. It included instruction from professors on such
subjects as the law and evidence procedures. This was the first school of its kind in the world and had a far reaching effect
on law enforcement; In 1911, organized the first Police Motorcycle Patrol; In 1913, changed to automobiles for patrolling;
In 1916, Chief Vollmer established the first School of Criminology at University of California, at Berkeley. Chief Vollmer
became a strong advocate of college educated police officers; In 1918, began using intelligence tests in recruiting police
officers; In 1920, the first lie detector instrument was developed at University of California and used by our department;
In 1921, began using a psychiatric screening in recruitment; In 1923, the first Junior Traffic Police Program was established;
In 1924, established one of the first single fingerprint systems; In 1925, established our first Crime Prevention Division
and hired the first Police Woman.
Source:
ci.berkeley.ca.us/police
/history/history.html
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