The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-09

were eager to study criminology and
willing to work hard We directed their
courses at University Of California
while they were doing police patrol
! after study hours. The hard grind Of
patrol work taught these college boys
| practical as well as theoretical knowl-
edge. And In the end they had not
only the policeman's art, but his SCI
ence.
Experts to Aid
AT the University Of Chicago they
should be aided to IN ever greater
degree, because Of the widely recog-
nized men represented In their sociol.
ogists, psychologists, biologists, phys
icists, statisticians, psychiatrists. law
experts. etc., to present to the stu
dents the very latest In these sciences.
It will be one Of my big jobs at Chi
cago to organize these groups and
ascertain how many departments In
the university have something to
offer these police students"
Vollmer's ideas won cooperation
from University Of California in
structors In q day when crime preven-
/ ton received scant attention. Faculty
and police chief have pioneered here.
! Results have been manifold. The
| Berkeley ''supercops" or scientific p0-
| lice" have become so widely known for
their intelligence and efficiency that
| the ordinary run of criminals gives
| this community q wide berth.
Cooperation and understanding be-
tween Berkeley citizens and Berkeley
police have reached the ideal stage.
Youngsters look to the police as their
friends. Adults have overcome the
tendency to shirk responsibility and
now help the police.
Safety Director Succeeds
The police department joined many
other local organizations in q safety
drive. A specified time would be given
to acquainting the public with
phase Of safe driving. Parades, lee
lures and I've warnings would be
used. Then. after the educational Pc
Rod, arrests were followed by fines.
The drop in traffic accidents vas
material.
Ten Of Vollmer's former Berkeley
| cops now are police chiefs. Another,
! Captain Albert Woods, has been called
to reorganize the police department
| of Marking, China. Others r called
as Identification experts, to all parts
of the country. One heads Caltfor-
| MAS State Bureau Of Criminal 1den-
| LITIGATION. Police sent here from 9TH
er cities for "vollmerizing" include
the present police chief Of Los An
geles, head Of the San Diego identifi-
| cation bureau, and experts from Sac
ramento. Tacoma, Portland, Ore, and
many other cities.
What business firm compells ap-
| plicants for various vacancies in the
organization to submit to the same
| physical and mental examinations"
| vollmer asks, when personnel is dis
cussed. mo firm would think Of put
| ting the same questions to salesman,
engineer, manager and accountants,
nor expect them to meet the same
standards as to health, age. weight,
etc.-and then start at the same rate
of pay.
Picked ~ individuals
however. And this is the thing We
have striven to correct In U own
force. WI pick men as individ-
uals, with. Of course, some few re-
Quired standards"
There are many innovations in the
Berkeley training system. Several
times habitual criminals, soon to go
up for life sentences, have talked be-
fore vollmer's police, answering ques-
tions as to heredity, environment and
the like. The Berkeley policeman
treats the public as equals, not in
feriors. One campus romance grew
out of an arrest for speeding by q
polite-but firm-young student-po-
liceman.
Vollmer's work among the boys of
Berkeley has eliminated the old nest
destroying, pilfering gangs. And in
their place are boys within whom the
genesis Of good citizenship has been
planted.