ABSTRACT
The professions of policing, psychology, and police psychology have grown geometrically in the United States during the last 100 years. When American colonist Asser Levy and his brothers-in-arms served on the Burgher Guard in New Amsterdam (New York City) in 1657, they in essence became this country’s first policemen. Levy and his brethren could never imagine the current levels of technology and professionalism of modern police work and of the modern application of psychological principles to police work and law enforcement.
