[Miscellaneous pamphlets, etc.] : Chicago.

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[Miscellaneous pamphlets, etc.] : Chicago.

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Chicago History Museum

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Wilson, O. W. (Orlando Winfield), 1900-1972

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Brief Biographical Sketch Orlando Winfield Wilson, criminologist, police administrator and educator, was born on May 15, 1900 in Veblen, South Dakota. He started police work in 1921 as a patrolman with the Berkeley, California Police Department, working his way at the University of California as one of August Vollmer's "college cops." Graduating with an A.B. in 1924, he resigned from the Berkeley force in April 1925 to become chief of police ...