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Whenever criminal justice students are asked to name some of the 'icons' of American law enforcement, they respond with names like Sir Robert Peel (19th century founder of community policing) or Theodore Roosevelt (NYPD Superintendent from 1895 thru 1897 and historic police reformer). Perhaps they mention August Vollmer (early 20th century founder of the academic study of criminal justice) or Elliott Ness (famous federal investigator during the Prohibition Era who lead a team of agents popularly known as The Untouchables).
The nod may also go to O.W. Wilson (Superintendent of police in Chicago during the 1960s and the author of numerous criminal justice textbooks); or the team of Jack Maple and William J. Bratton (who originated and developed the crime tracking system known as CompStat and who successfully synced that program with NYPD field operations in the early 1990s); or Raymond W. Kelly (the longest-serving NYPD Police Commissioner in history).
Unfortunately, many students are simply...