"Helped to Mold the Modern Police Force in the Image of the Military, Both in Tactics and Mindsets"

"Holstrom, and many other former colleagues, say Vollmer was an upright, moral person whose aim was to make policing more respectable and professional. How he did that, however, is where his legacy becomes murkier."

Katrina Schwartz at KQED's Bay Curious discusses Berkeley's August Vollmer, the "Father of Modern Policing."