Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Richard H. Sylvester (1860 – December 11, 1930) was the Chief of Police for Washington, District of Columbia, USA for 17 years from July in 1898 to April in 1915. He is one of the people credited with coining the term third degree for police interrogation. Sylvester was the first president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and "was widely regarded as the father of police professionalism.. }
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- Richard_H._Sylvester comment "Richard H. Sylvester (1860 – December 11, 1930) was the Chief of Police for Washington, District of Columbia, USA for 17 years from July in 1898 to April in 1915. He is one of the people credited with coining the term third degree for police interrogation. Sylvester was the first president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and "was widely regarded as the father of police professionalism.".