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~ ENSACOLA —If you don't know why EddieBarnard was chosen as the Florida Sheriffs Asso-ciation's Deputy of the Year for 1994, ask the drug

dealers whose hopes of financial success he ruined while

breaking drug enforcement records in Escambia County.

In 1993 alone, Barnard made 96 drug-relatedarrests; seized $603,000 worth of illegal drugs; and con-

fiscated $76,000 in illicit cash. This, however, was justthe beginning of his impact on the illegal drug business.During spinoff investigations resulting from the 1993cases, the young deputy made 137 more arrests, seizeddrugs valued at over $2 million, and confiscated $112,000in drug-tainted cash.

Florida Sheriffs Association Executive Director J.M."Buddy" Phillips, Jr., said the five-year veteran accom-plished all of this in just 18 months "to set a record for themost productive performance by any law enforcementofficer in one year in the history of Escambia County.

"He has gained the respect and admiration of his fel-

low-investigators, " said Phillips, "and he has become aDeputy of the Year Eddie Barnard shares the spotlight with his wife,Sandra.

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Sheriffs and guests attending the 81st Annual Con-ference of the Sheriffs Association in Naples, July 12,gave Barnard a standing ovation when he was intro-duced as the 1994 award winner. Then he received a"Deputy of the Year" plaque and $1,000 from AssociationPresident Tbm Tramel.

2 A THE SHERIFF'S STAR N SEFTEMBER1994

Pinellas County Sheriff Everett Rice (R) presents a Finalist Award

to Deputy Peter Eigo and " Major ".Hernando County Sheriff Tom Mylander (left) presents a 1994 Flori-

da Sheriffs Association award to Sgt. Frank Bierwiler.

Deputy of the Year finalists honoredfor outstanding courage and tenacity

he Florida Sheriffs Association presents threeannual "Deputy of the Year" awards to honorees

chosen by a committee composed of individuals

who are not affiliated with the Association. This year the

top award was received by Escambia County Deputyheriff Eddie Barnard; while finalist awards went to

Hernando County Sheriff's Sgt. Frank Bierwiler, and

Pinellas County K-9 Deputy Peter Eigo.

ed mobility, he would use his talents to help others."The rest is history,

" said Florida Sheriffs AssociationExecutive Director J. M. "Buddy" Phillips, Jr., when he

announced the finalist award, "and the Sheriff's Office

and Daystar Hope Center have reaped the benefits eversince. "

PETER T. EIGO, JR.

SGT. FRANK BIERWILER

BROOKSVILLE —When Hernando County Sheriff's

Sgt. Frank Bierwiler was diagnosed as a victim of multi-

ple sclerosis over 20 years ago, he did not allow this trag-

ic turn of events to end his law enforcement career.Refusing to remain immobilized after he was completely

paralyzed from the waist down in 1974, he endured

months of painful therapy, acquired the ability to walk

with crutches, and not only resumed his law enforcement

career, but also volunteered for charitable work.

Sgt. Bierwiler started his 30-year law enforcement

career with the New York State Police and the StateDepartment of Corrections. After moving to Florida in

1975, he joined the Hernando County Sheriff's Office

staff. Currently he is Sheriff Tom Mylander's Public

Information Officer, and spends much of his off-duty

time serving as the volunteer director of Daystar Hope

Center, a church-supported charity that feeds andlothes thousands of needy families each year.

According to newspaper accounts, while Sgt. Bier-

wiler was immobilized by multiple sclerosis he promised

God in prayer that, if he was able to achieve some limit-

LARGO —The courage and tenacity Pinellas CountyDeputy Sheriff Peter Eigo displayed while chasing two

suspected burglars caused him to receive two awards. On

May 3, as Pinellas County's "Deputy of the Year, " heaccepted the prestigious Ruth and Tim Johnson Award.

On July 12 he was honored as a statewide finalist in theFlorida Sheriffs Association's annual selection of a"Deputy of the Year."

Dispatched to a burglary in progress on August 1,1993,Deputy Eigo and his K9 partner "Major" cornered asuspect, but the suspect elbowed the deputy on the nose

and broke away. Although Eigo was bleeding profuselyfrom a broken nose and cheekbone, he and Major contin-

ued in pursuit and found the suspect fighting with anoth-

er deputy who had arrived at the scene. Major grabbedthe suspect and Eigo was able to handcuff him.

Ignoring his injuries again, Eigo put Major on thetrail of a second suspect and tracked him into a swamp.

When the suspect refused to stop, Major caught and held

him until he could be placed under arrest.Eigo's injuries required surgery, but he was on the

mend when he received the Ruth and Tim JohnsonAward on May 3.

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F or the first time in anyone's memory, former Hillsbor-

ough County Sheriff Ed Blackburn was renderedspeechless when the Florida Sheriffs Association honoredhim for his "lifelong dedication and commitment to help-

ing Florida's young people."

"My cup runneth over, " was all he could say after acommemorative plaque was presented to him by SheriffsAssociation President Tom Tramel (right).

During his long public service career, Blackburneventually traded his Sheriff's badge for a desk in theFlorida House of Representatives, and through it all keptthe welfare of Florida's children uppermost among hispriorities.

He was one of the founders of the Florida SheriffsYouth Ranches in 1957, and served without pay as itsfirst executive director. Retirement from public life hasdiminished his opportunities for speechmaking, but nothis interest in the Youth Ranches.

The services of Everett Ricemerited a pair of awards

or his outstanding services as chairman of the Sheiff's Association's Legislative Committee, Pinellas

County Sheriff Everett Rice (center) received twoplaques. One was a Distinguished Service Award and theother an Appreciation Award. The awards were present-ed by Columbia County Sheriff Tom Tramel (left), imme-diate past president of the Sheriffs Association, andManatee County Sheriff Charlie Wells, newly-electedpresident.

Fame comes at last toDave and Roger

T he Florida Sheriffs Association is blessed with loyalsupport from many suppliers of law enforcement

equipment and services who exhibit their wares at theAssociation's conferences, but none has been more loyalthan Dave Caldwell (center), representing Law Enforce-ment Equipment Corporation; and Roger Simmons, rep-resenting Harrison Uniform Co.

Florida Sheriffs Association President 'Ibm Tramel ispictured presenting appreciation awards to Dave (center)and Roger (right) to honor them and their firms for morethan 30 years of dedicated service and support.

6 A THE SHERIFF'S STAR A SEPTEMBER 1994

Hero of the drug warapplauded by Sheriffs

T he Wakulla County Sheriff's Office, represented by

Sheriff David Harvey (left), honored Florida Depart-

ment of Law Enforcement Special Agent Carlos Agusto

Bosch, for his dedication, commitment and persistence in

drug enforcement activities."Bosch's cooperation with Major Donnie Crum, of the

Wakulla County Sheriff's Office, has produced outstand-

ing results in seizures of illicit drugs and liquid assets for

Wakulla County, and he has also identified sources for

future investigations, " said Harvey. "He is a true friend

of our agency, as well as a proven law enforcement pro-

fessional. "

Summing up Bosch's activities since 1990, Harvey

said the special agent has managed to "control" more

than 15 sources on two continents and in the Caribbean

while being responsible for 13 arrests, as well as confis-

cation of 5,877 kgs. of cocaine valued at $107 million.Harvey also credited Bosch with the seizure of liquidassets such as cash, jewelry and precious stones valuedat $2.5 milhon.

Deceased Sheriff remembered asBrevard County's "modernizer"

TITUSVILLE —When for-

er Sheriff Leigh S. Wilson

died on July 11, a newspaperarticle described him as theman who single-handedly,and against overwhelmingpartisan opposition, modern-

ized the Brevard CountySheriff's Office, bringing itout of its "Mayberryesque"ways and into the space age.

Florida Today guestcolumnist Nick Whiterecalled that Wilson became

Leigh S. WilsonBrevard County's firstRepublican official when he was elected in 1962 to com-

plete the unexpired term of the late Sheriff Jimmy Dunn.

At that time, said White, Brevard County had only 58deputies, no 24-hour patrols, a jail that did not always

have a jailer on duty at night, and an archaic communica-

tions system plagued by "dead spots. "

Wilson's innovations, according to White, included

the first NCR Century 100 computer used by any law

enforcement agency in the nation. "It was amazing to

ze," said White, "that a fellow who served as a New York

~ity beat cop and 17 years as a detective on that force, got

so far ahead of the game in the computer field. "

The budget battles waged by the former New Yorker

with Democratic county commissioners determined tocut his purse strings were really something to witness,White said.

Former Sheriff Wilson was born in Brooklyn, NewYork, on April 4, 1909, and attended the public schools ofthat city. He served 20 years with the New York CityPolice, and enhanced his law enforcement career byattending Delehanty Police Training Institute, the NewYork City Police Academy, the Police College of New Yorkand various FBI courses.

After moving to Brevard County (FL) he served asMelbourne's Chief of Police for 5 ~ years before he waselected Sheriff in 1962 for a two-year term. He was sub-

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The Sheriffs pictured here were installed as officers at the 81st AnnualConference of the Florida Sheriffs Association, July 10-18.They willserve until the next Sheri ffs Association election in July, 1998.

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lim iePborder-to-border and coast-to-coast attended the annual

conference of the National Sheriffs' Association, June 12-

15, Florida Sheriffs were featured speakers in the follow-

ing series of seminars:Subject: "Sheriffs'Solution to Youth at Risk"—Com-

mander Lee Vallier, from Manatee County, described how

a boot camp sponsored by Sheriff Charlie Wells is chang-

ing the attitudes and values of "last chance" juvenileoffenders; and Gary Higgins, Chief of the Duval CountySheriff's Office Planning and Research Division, dis-

cussed SHOCAP, a program that enables the juvenile jus-

tice system, schools and human service agencies to make

informed decisions when dealing with habitual juvenile

offenders. J. M. "Buddy" Phillips, Jr., Executive Director

of the Florida Sheriffs Association, was the seminar mod-

erator.Subject: "TRIAD, the Law Enforcement & Seniors

Program for the '90s"—Polk County Sheriff Lawrence W.

Crow, Jr., described crime prevention programs for thelderly developed through cooperative efforts of the Sher-

Sumter County Sheriff Jamie Adams (right) and Sgt. Gary Brannenassisted in manning a TRIAD display that included informationabout the crime prevention programs developed in their area ofFlorida.

iff's Offfice, Police Departments and representatives ofsenior citizen organizations. Sheriff Jamie Adams andSgt. Gary Brannen, from Sumter County, also assistedNSA staff member Terri Hicks in manning a booth fea-turing TRIAD literature and a new TRIAD video.

Subject: "Community Policing: What It is and Howto Get Started" —Chief Deputy Thomas A. DePolis,Major Larry B. Terry and Capt. Gene Stokes from theHillsborough County Sheriff's Office described how toobtain and administer a Community Policing Grant.

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".. .but seldom was heardan encouraging word"

subIect of illegal immigrants who are taxmg Flori-da's resources beyond limits and impacting thecrime rate. " The crisis is the product of years of

neglect, he said, "but it is solvable. " That was good

news.

PERRY

State Senator Ander Crenshaw dropped a good

news nugget when he pledged to continue support-

ing Sheriffs in their efforts to stop the state prison CRENSHAWsystem from turning out prisoners to ease over-

crowding. "The first order of government is to protect its citizens, " said the former Sen-

ate President. He too was a candidate for governor.

When Volusia County Sheriff Bob Vogel announced that a strong effort has beenmounted to end his current status as a charter government department head, and

restore the office of sheriff to its historic constitutional status, Sheriffs gave a unani-

mous endorsement to the proposed charter amendment.

Fortunately the information Sheriffs took home from the conference wasn't all bad.

BUSH

APLES —If any Sheriffs came to the 81stAnnual Summer Conference of the FloridaSheriffs Association on July 10 expecting to

hear nothing but good news, they went home dis-

appointed on July 13.Patiently, politely and sometimes glumly, they listened to speaker

after speaker, but seldom was heard an encouraging word,

Early on, a survey reported by Douglas L. Jamerson, Florida's Commissioner of

Education, set the tone. He said 22 percent of school children carry guns to school and 38

percent have been in a recent fight. Gloom seemed to settle over the room.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Tim Moore scattered no

sunshine when he described the severe problems casino gambling has created in other

states, and warned Sheriffs that approval of a current proposal to legalize casinos "will MOORE

have a negative impact on you locally." Sheriffs responded by reaffirming their opposi-

tion to the casino proposal.

The subject was less than cheerful when St. Johns County Sheriff Neil Perry report-

ed on the deliberations of Florida's Hate Crimes Task Force, a group on which he is serv-

ing. He said plans are being formulated to implement task force recommendations, and

he urged his fellow Sheriffs to be responsive to hate crime problems.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeb Bush (son of

former President and Mrs. George Bush) gave aninformative and interesting talk about his stronganti-crime platform. He focused upon the need for

Florida to build additional prison beds and his G~gAGHERdesire to see a new and improved juvenile justicesystem which will be responsive to the ever grow-

ing crime problem being inflicted upon our resi-

dents by youthful offenders.

State Treasurer Tom Gallagher, who was also

a candidate for governor, brought up the difficultC4

THE SHERIFF'S STAR 4 SEFTEMBER 1994 ~ 11

Sheriffs Association supporters who care. . .Progressive business firins have always been

major supporters of strong law enforcement, but untilrecently they remained in the background like "silentpartners. "Now the Florida Sheriffs Association is giv-

ing them special recognition by enrolling them asBusiness Members. There are three categories ofmembership determined by the amount of annual

dues. Bronze members pay $60 per year; Silver, $250;and Gold, $500. Each member receives a distinctivewall plaque, a plastic identification card, an officewindow decal, and a subscription to The Sheriff's Star.To apply for a Business Membership, please write toFlorida Sheriffs Association, P. O. Box 12519,Talla-hassee, FL 32817-2619; or call (904) 877-2165.

WEST PAUN BEACH —Col. Frank Fosle-man (right), from the Palm Beach County

.Sheriff's CÃflce, presents a Gold BusinessMembership to Bruce A. Olotser, PA.

DAYTONA BEACH —YolusM County. SheriffBob Vosel (left) presents a Gold BusinessMembership to Dr. John Ortolanl, from Day-tona fleuroloslcal.

Buckeye Plumblns Dr. Gerald T. Stashak

WEST PALM BEACH —F'aim Beach County Sheriff Richard P. Wills presents Gold BusinessMemberships to Kevin Glllum, represeritlns Buckeye Plumblns, Inc.; and Dr. Gerald T. stashak,from Ookl Coast Orthopedics.

KISSIMMEE —.Osoeola County S~C.W. "Charlie" Croft (left) presents a GoldBusiness Membership tb Attorniy JackBowen, from Troutman, Williams, Irvln,Green and Helms, PA.

ASSOCIATION

HONOR BOLLThis Honor Holi gives special recogni-

tion to individuals who have demon-

strated a strong commitment toprogressive law enforcement. Distin-

guished Servios Certificates are award-

ed to those who have supported the,Sheriffs Association as Honorary Mem-

bers for 26 or 80 years. Lifetime Hon-

orary Memberships are awarded toveteran law enforcement officers whose

careers have spanned 40 years or more;

hTijSVILLE —Brevard County Sheriff C. SEBIIIIIO —Hlshlands County SheriffW. "Jalie" INlser (hdt) preseras s 25-Year Hovrard Oodvrtn. (left) prdsente a S'4i YearDlstlnsulshed Service Certificate to INary Distinguished Service CertNcate to Mr. andColoslm'o. Mrs. K. E. Phlslps.

and to supporters whose donations to the Florida Sheriffs Associa-tion total $1,000 or more.

12 4 THE SHERIFF'S STAR r SEPTEMBER 1994

Bogfsr ofonetime Honor@ Members

Home towns eliminated

To protect our Lifetime Honorary Members from receivirigunvranted soiicitations, ttnd junk truul, we have disconthiued print-

ing their home towns when we print their names.We decided this was nec~ after w'e learned that certahi

organizations of questionable legitimacy were adding our Life-to thee ~::~.O~ing a complete ~ad~

was relatively easy for them as long as they had the Lifetimers'hc'r'ne towns. "Without the home ~, it wiI be extrem'ely difficult.

We have never permitted other orgaiuzations to use our mem-

bership lists, "and we will continiie'to do ~ing poz'sible to pro-tect the privacy of our members.

On these pages we give special recognition to generous sup-porters of the. Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches who have qualifiedfor Lifetime Honorary Memberships in the Florida Sheriffs Associ-atiori by giving. $1,000 or more to tbs. Youth Rariches. Each LifetimeHonorary Member receives a plaque, a lifetime identification cardand: a lifetime':Subscriptkm to The 8heri ff'» Bier. Urider a regula-tiori which became effective in 1984, those whose gifts total over$6,000 will rec'eive additional gold-stars on th'eir plaques —one for$6,000, two for $10,000, and so on, up to a maximum of five starsfor gifts totaliri'g over $25,000.

"Presentations. We regret that phobe of Lifetime Honorary Members are not

always available when their names appear on the membership ros-ter. Consequently, we often find it necessary to print the names inone issue of The 8heriff ir 8tur and the photos in a subsequent issue.

New LifetimeHonorary Members

Affordable ConsignmentFurniture

Mr, Joseph M. AlukonisMr. Robert Arnold

Mr. Don AutcaltMr. and Mrs. John M.

Barr onMrs. Mary T. BelcherMri Eugene BernardiMr; Bob BlutneBradford County Sheriff's

OfficeMr. Joel T. Brannen:Mr. and Mrs. George W.

BrownCharles F. and Lillian F.

AppalCharitable Trust

Mx; and Mrs, Ethan .,

Colchiski'

Mr, :George broganDr, Daniel Davis1Vb" David A'. BeesMr, and Mrs; Roger B.ErvinMr. and Mrs. Donald L EveyMi";::John 8:;':FennimtttiG. M. P. Industries, Inc.Gilchris Coulnty Sheriff's

OfficeMr. and Mrs. Dennis GilliamMr. and Mrs; Robert I .Gold

Mr. and Mrs. BobbyGoldsboro

Mr. and Mrs. JuliusGoodman

Mr. Lionel E. GiossteffanHamilton County Sheriff's

OfficeHamilton Turpentine Co.,

Iilc.Heilig Meyers —Lake CityJoseph F. Cornelius Family

Foundation, I'nc.

Mr. and Mrs. William V.

KennedyMrs. Dwight W I ambeLevy County Sheriff's OfficeMs. Michele LinebaughLieutenant Thomas MadiganMadison County Sheriff's

Office"

Mr, Anthony MargadonnaMr. Richard McBride

::: Mr. ~Mrs. John J.McCarthy

Metropolitan Oi ganized'

Ci ime Intelligence UnitMr. and Mrs. Kenneth MillerMobil Mining k:Mineral--

CompanyMoralei and Shumers

Engineers, Inc.Mr. and, Mrs. J.R. Nix, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. John J.Novak

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Dr. and Mrs. BrucePlatzek

Mrs. Victoria PokornyMr. and Mrs. Bruce

PotterMr. Rocheile PrescottMr. Ron PriceMrs. Theresa RobinsonMr. and Mrs. Leonard

RubrightMr. Thomas R SeiterMr. and Mrs. Joseph S.

Simon, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Kal

SpiridesSpirit of the SuwanneeMr. Harry J.Stamm

Mr. and Mrs. LannyStephens

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.:. StoutMrs. Bertha StraussM'r .Rob 'InnerMrs. Carla WilderMr. John WoltersMr. and Mrs. Howard

WoodMs. Donna WoodsMr. Gaylord H. Wot ring

ORLANoo —, Presented. by orsngs county sherif Kevin leery(In uniform) snd Youth Ranches Vice President tor Planned Olv-

Ing Bill Sees (left) to Sir. snd Mrs. RudOlph Yy, Swatch.

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man who gave freely of his time, talents and treasure. His acts of generos-ity —including the endowment fund he established for the Florida Sher-iffs Youth Ranches —were accomplished without fanfare, and yet he wasunable to avoid the limelight. In 1959he was honored as Suwannee Coun-ty's "Man of the Year. "Not long thereafter the Florida Sheriffs Associationelected him to its Board of Directors, and appointed him to the FloridaSheriffs Boys Ranch Board of Trustees. In January, 1994, the SuwanneeCounty Chamber of Commerce chose him for its "Trailblazer Award, " anhonor that recognized his talents as a pathfinder who had set a progres-sive example for others to follow.

Mr. McCallister —known up and down the Suwannee River Valley as"Mister Duke" —was born in Wakulla County on October 8, 1910; laterbecame a timber dealer in Suwannee County and served on the Boards ofDirectors of two banks and an insurance company.

He was appointed Sheriff of Suwannee County in 1963, and was elect-ed to a four-year term in 1964.He chose not to run for a second term, eventhough it was clearly obvious (said a close friend recently) that he couldhave been reelected without opposition.

Mister Duke died July 3, 1994, and the 27th Psalm which appeared inthe church bulletin at his funeral service seemed to sum up his lifetime ofunselfish service. It said in part: "Teach me thy way, 0 Lord, and lead mein a plain path. "

LIVE OAK - Suwannee County will never be quite the same now that for-mer Sheriff Duke Donovan McCallister, Sr., is gone. He was a kindly,fatherly sort of man with a smile so free of guile that strangers meetinghim for the first time knew this was aman they could trust —a man whoseword was his bond.

Many people are going to miss himfor many different reasons. Civic lead-ers, for instance, will regret beingdeprived of the leadership he providedfor projects designed to advance theprogress of Suwannee County.

Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranchesofficials are going to feel the loss of theloyal support he always devoted totheir child care activities. Moreoverthey will be hard pressed to find hisreplacement as a barbecue chef. YouthRanches President Emeritus Harry K.Weaver recently estimated that Mr.McCallister supervised the barbecuingof at least 70,000 pounds of chickenand fish for Youth Ranches anniver-sary celebrations between 1959 and

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