Chiefs, commissioners and administrators of American police departments who professionalized policing, including the founder of the first college criminal justice program, chiefs of Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, and a criminologist and police administrator who studied the use of force. A person belongs here when the cited source describes leading an American police department or reforming police administration. Entries placed here are August Vollmer, O. W. Wilson, William H. Parker, Patrick V. Murphy, Lee P. Brown, William Bratton, Jack Maple, H. Norman Schwarzkopf Sr., Joseph Kozenczak and James Fyfe.
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William H. Parker (1905-1966) - Find a Grave Memorial
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He became police chief on August 9, 1950 and is credited with transforming the LAPD into a world renowned law enforcement agency.
Wikipedia: Norman Schwarzkopf Sr.
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was the first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police
Wikipedia: William Bratton
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served two non-consecutive tenures as the New York City police commissioner (1994-1996 and 2014-2016)
Jack Maple (Wikipedia)
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He created the CompStat methodology of crime fighting and law enforcement strategy
Lee P. Brown (Wikipedia)
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he was appointed in 1982 as the first African-American police chief in Houston, Texas
Wikipedia: August Vollmer
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August Vollmer (March 7, 1876, November 4, 1955) was the first police chief of Berkeley, California, and a leading figure in the development of the field of criminal justice in the United States in the early 20th century.
Wikipedia: O. W. Wilson
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Orlando Winfield Wilson (May 15, 1900, October 18, 1972), also known as O. W. Wilson, was an American police officer, later becoming a leader in policing along with authoring several books on policing.
Patrick V. Murphy - Wikipedia
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Patrick Vincent Murphy (May 15, 1920 - December 16, 2011) served as the top law enforcement executive in New York City, Detroit, Washington, DC, and Syracuse, New York.
Joseph R. Kozenczak (Wikipedia)
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Joseph R. Kozenczak (20 March 1940-13 May 2015) was the former Chief of Police of Des Plaines, Illinois where he worked for 27 years.
James Fyfe (Wikipedia)
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James J. Fyfe (February 16, 1942, November 12, 2005) was an American criminologist, a leading authority on the police use of force and police accountability, and a police administrator.
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