PUBLISHED BY THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION —FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

SEPTEMBER 1974

Self-ProtectionWas The NameOf The Game(See back cover)

viewpoint"It's a Mistaketo Call a Police Officera Law Enforcement Officer"

The January, 1974, issue of THE SHERIFF'S STAR carriedan article about Dr. George Kirkham, a Florida State UniversityCriminology Department professor, and the changed perspec-tive he acquired during a temporary hitch as a deputy sheriffunder Jacksonville Sheriff Dale Carson. Since that timeDr. Kirkham has continued to work part-time as a Tallahasseepolice officer; and the following article excerpted from aspeech he made to the Utah Peace Officers Association providesan update of his changing concepts and opinions.

I discovered that the occupation of a Police Officer, which Ionce thought was very simple, requires tremendous skill. Youknow it's a mistake to call a Police Officer a law enforcementofficer really. Because we know from study after study, and Ifound out this summer that isn't what a Police Officer doesmost of the time. They most of the time deal with all kinds ofproblems, settling arguments and helping lost people, doing all

kinds of things that aren't to be handled in terms of the crimi-nal law. If all a Policeman had to do was to enforce the law,that in itself would be simple, but, it is all the other things thatmake the job so terribly difficult. I discovered, ironically, thatthe job of a Police Officer required far more human skill thanany other practitioner in the art of behavioral science. He has toknow more about, in a practical sense, how to handle humanbeings in trouble than a psychiatrist ever dreamed of. You knowa psychiatrist sits on his couch and listens to the patient pulling

out his woes; he dosen't confront the patient when that indi-vidual is paranoid, upset, hysterical, suicidal, depressed.Those things are behind him. But the Police Officer must con-front this individual in exactly these kinds of situations. I dis-

covered also, despite my comments about the Police Officerfunctioning like a robot, that the job is an emotional job. ThePoliceman is an ordinary human being who is put in incrediblydifficult positions of stress, where he must do things that wouldtest the limits of any reasonable man. We fault Police Officersfor behaving like a reasonable man in a situation, for doingnothing more than a reasonable man might be expected to do.Responding to an insult. Responding to the pressures buildingup on him. And yet we expect more of a Police Officer.

One of the things that I discovered, and this came as a sur-prise to me because I had always said that I had no temper atall and that I had unlimited frustration tolerance. Things nevergot to me. But it didn't work out that way, I saw so manythings which really began to get to me in a sense. The victimsof crime for example. You know to a judge, to jurors, a crime,people who suffer from it, particularly a brutal crime, it's hardto explain because I have been in those positions. It is just manywords on a piece of paper you can read about. And I have inmy prison work. The most hideous of crimes. And you don't getupset because they are just words. And they are far removedfrom your consideration of the act. But to give you an example,so many things like this have happened, last week I picked upan ambulance at the city limits, which was coming from Quincy,about 25 miles out of Tallahassee, and escorted it on an emer-gency run to the hospital. He was coming from the scene of avery bad accident, in which a drunk driver, who was veryplainly drunk, had gone over the double line and hit head on avehicle with a woman and small child in it. There were twoambulances I was escorting and the one had a little boy whowas badly injured and a mother who was critically injured. Well,I got back to the hospital and the other officer who was es-corting another ambulance behind us, got there and seeing thecondition of the child and mother, and seeing the drunk pre-dictably as so often happens, wasn't injured at all and thoughtof this as something of a joke. There is a strong need to grab thatman and beat the hell out of him, which I refrained from doing.You know a couple of years before I would have looked at thatsituation or read about that situation, not seeing it, not havingto see a mother with a two-month-old child, I would have beenconcerned with the social psychological damage of that man' sdrinking problem, which part of me still is.

You know I would like to take judges and jurors, talkingabout street mugging, and let them see an old woman I pickedup off the street who was hobbling on down the street to eather meal, her pension stolen by a street gang, her glasses broken,and let them experience the urge for vengeance. Time and againI would receive things like that and I would wish that I couldfind some pretense to shoot the person that did that. I wouldbecome so angry sometimes. And I was amazed that time andagain Police Officers with far less education than I had seemedto show more control. They had gotten used to it. They seemedbetter able to handle these things. I began to be overwhelmedwith many of these things.

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This prcture was taken at St. Joseph Hospital after Sgt. James Jacobs and Deputy Fernando Ferro had been showing off the newestaddition to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Department ambulance unit. (Photo by Fred Haitz, Port Charlotte)

BENTS DEPUTIES LOG THOUSANDS OF MILES ON

ERRANDS OF MERCYPUNTA GORDA —What happens when a fast-growing

Florida County suddenly finds itself without emergency ambu-

lance service? Charlotte County was faced with such a dilemma

eight years ago.Working on a financial shoestring, the Charlotte County

Sheriff's Department stepped in to try to fill this void. An

ambulance was outfitted with financial and equipment contri-butions coming from department personnel and members ofthe business sector.

When J. P. (Jack) Bent was appointed Sheriff, he realizedthat the service being provided was less than adequate, and he,working with the County Commission, began an upgrading andexpansion of the ambulance service which today is a modeloperation being imitated by other sheriffs' departments through-out the State.

"Emergency ambulance service is an area that a sheriff is notlegally responsible for providing, "Bent said, "but we couldn' tsit back and see a community suffer from lack of this service. "

At present, the Sheriff's Department has four ambulancesserving the county, including the City of Punta Gorda. Theyare manned by specially trained regular deputies, providing24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week emergency service.

In an effort to meet stiffer State specifications, Sheriff Bentis "experimenting" with four different types of emergency ve-

hicles. Presently on the road are a Modular unit, Maxivan,Carryall, and a station wagon.

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"There are advantages and disadvantages in each type 'rig', "Bent said. "Eventually we will have to settle for one type vehi-

cle which both serves the purpose properly and also meets Statespecifications. "

Two men are assigned to each "rig". All are EmergencyMedical Technician (EMT) certified. Sgt. James Jacobs is incharge of the ambulance crew, being responsible for scheduling,equipping and maintaining the ambulances. Sgt. Jacobs hasbeen a deputy-ambulance attendant since 1967. Deputy JamesManganiello is the senior member of the crew, having been onthe "rig" since 1966. Deputy James Vallier is a former doctor' sassistant.

The cost of operating the ambulance service, includingequipment purchases, is borne by Sheriff Bent in his annualbudget. "It is an expensive operation, "Sheriff Bent said, "butwe are convinced that our department is giving excellent serviceat a lesser cost than would be realized through a subsidized pri-vate firm. "

An added advantage to the Sheriffs Department is the factthat the ambulances can be used as patrol vehicles when not onan emergency run. The attendants have power of arrest andspend much time in keeping an eye on businesses during nighthours.

"It isn't too often that a law enforcement agency gets a paton the back, but an appreciative public quite often publiclyand privately tosses bouquets to my deputies who man the am-bulances, "Bent said with pride.

ARTOW —What is green and white, flies so quietly at1,000 feet it's practically noiseless, can light up a football field

at night, can orbit a crime scene at 35 miles per hour, and canland in a field less than 1,000 feet long?

Enthusiastic raves from the Polk County Sheriff's Depart-ment would lead one to believe it's some sort of a giant "lovebug".

But it's not. Actually it's a rather ordinary looking airplanecalled a Cessna Sky Sentinel, and (just like those plain girls whomake fabulous wives) you have to get to know this contraptionintimately before you can begin to understand its great virtues.

This, buddy, is no ordinary airplane. If it was, Sheriff MonroeBrannen would not have taken several of his deputies all theway to Santa Monica, California to look at it.

It was almost "love at first sight", because after kicking thetires, making a careful prop-to-rudder inspection and listeningto the performance statistics, the Sheriff and his men decidedthis airborne crime fighting tool was what they needed. Theyagreed it would be superior to a helicopter for patrolling thebig, wide open spaces and the many city thoroughfares in

sprawling Polk County.

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BRANNEN SNOT SHOPPINGFOR ANY POLK CHOPPERS

And so, they ordered one; they put it into use in April, andwithin a few months they began singing its praises. It proved tobe effective in catching escaped prisoners, solving narcoticscases, locating drowning victims, tracking cattle rustlers, andeven putting illegal garbage dumpers out of business.

"The Sky Sentinel, " said Sheriff Brannen, "has proven tobe the best investment our department could have made in an

aircraft. It is a tremendous tool to use in the fight againstcrime, as well as being a good investment of tax dollars. "

World Associates of Santa Monica designed and started pro-ducing the Sky Sentinel (a modified Cessna 172) several yearsago. It is equipped to carry a pilot, a co-pilot or supervisor, and

an observer.Large observation windows mounted in the sides of the cabin

give the observer excellent visibility; and a special optical sys-

tem featuring 10 x 50 power binoculars and a 3.5 million candle-

power spotlight enables him to observe as much from 1,000feet as a helicopter observer can see from 500 feet (at leastthat's what those enthusiastic fellows at the Polk CountySheriff's Department tell us).

Special modifications described as a STOL (short take offand landing) kit allow the Sky Sentinel to fly in a tight circle at35 miles per hour, and land in an area the size of a footballfield.

This winged crime stopper is completely IFR (InstrumentFlight Rules) equipped, and has a four-channel radio forcommunicating with the Sheriffs Office and all of its mobileunits. Other radio gear includes an inter-city frequency and aspecial surveillance channel.

A list price of $52,000 makes the Sky Sentinel competitivewith helicopter prices, and, according to Capt. Ray Willis, whosupervises Sheriff Brannen's aerial arm, operating costs are also

something to brag about. Capt. Willis said $4.87 kept the craftaloft for one hour in the early months of operation. This in-

cluded gas, oil, maintenance and insurance —but not the salariesof the pilot and observer.

He added the cost was expected to go up to about $5.70 perhour when the warranty expired, "but this is still a bargin com-

pared to the 25 or 30 dollars per hour it costs to operate andmaintain a helicopter. "

Chief Pilot Frank Kendall, a retired military flight instruc-tor, pointed out there is a great fatigue factor in a helicopterbecause it is constantly vibrating and this is very wearing onthe pilot and the observer. "In the Sky Sentinel, " he said, "thereis little or no vibration. This allows us to remain more alert anddo our jobs better for longer periods of time.

"Most helicopters can only stay airborne for about one anda half or two hours, "Kendall added, "but with the Sky Senti-nel we can stay aloft for up to eight hours on a single tank ofgas for extended partols and surveillance. "

Deputy John Lyons, the aerial observer, said the craft is

equipped with a special muffler which allows it to fly as lowas 1,000 feet without attracting attention on the ground.

"Departments using helicopters, however, have receivedcomplaints about the racket they make, and in some areas

officers are hesitant to use 'copters after midnight because ofthe noise factor, "he added.

Of course, there are a few things 'copters can do that the

Sky Sentinel can't do —like landing on hospital rooftops, orpulling shipwrecked boatmen out of the water —but we hadto find that out from other sources, not from the Polk CountySheriff's Department.

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Polk County Sheriff Monroe Brannen (in photo at left) is well satisfied with the Sky Sentinel which tip-toes

through the sky on mu e wings mos offl d' t f the time but can make itself heard with a big siren under the fuselage

when the need arises. n t e picture e ow, rI h t below, Sheriff Brannen poses with (left to right) his pilot, Frank Kendall;fficeobserver, Johnny Lyons; an apt. ay i is. nL; d C t. R y Willis. In the background is the Sheriff's Department Aerial Petro o ice

at the Bartow Air Base.

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SEPTEMBER 1974

FT. MYERS —When the youth organizationthat Mrs. Jean Loaiza and two other ladieswere raising money for folded up, the moneywas divided among the women to go to theirfavorite charities. Mrs. Loaiza presented hershare to Lee County Sheriff Frank Wanickafor the Florida Sheriffs Girls Villa.

BRADENTON —Longboat Key Fire ChiefRobert Cannon (left) presented ManateeCounty Sheriff Richard Weitzenfeld with acheck for the Florida Sheriffs Youth Fund.Chief Cannon is President of the ManateeCounty Firemen's Mutual Aid Associationwhich made the donation in memory ofMadelon Snyder who was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Association for many years.

HOLIDAY —Jeanne Eddinger of Hugo's Fur-niture Store presented Pasco County SheriffBasil Gaines with two checks —one for theFlorida Sheriffs Boys Ranch, the other forthe Girls Villa. (Photo by Wade Godfrey, Jr.,ST. PETERSBURG TIMES)

People who write worthless bad checksare known as Bad Check Artists andoften go to jail. Good Check Artistswrite very worth while checks for theFlorida Sheriffs Boys Ranch and GirlsVilla; and while they also go to jailsometimes, it's only to present thcchecks to their Sheriffs.

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ORLANDO —Sheriff Mel Colman (right), ofOrange County, and Florida Sheriffs BoysRanch Trustee Ed Pickerill (left) accepted acheck for almost $1,000 from Paul Kittinger,President of the Central Florida Power BoatAssociation. 'This group each year sponsorsthe Silver Do'liar Regatta, in Ocoee, to raisemoney for the Boys Ranch.

OCALA —Marion County Sheriff Don More-land (left) received a donation to the FloridaSheriffs Boys Ranch from James Richardson,Chairman of the Board of the Sun Bank ofOcala. Moreland was a member of theSqueeze-Off team that won the 1974 Inter-national Orange Juice Squeeze Off Cham-pionships in Orlando. Other team membersare (from left) Ray Kinsey, Carl Perry, Fran-ces Tompkins, Glen Smith and Hunter Foster.(OCALA STAR-BANNER Photo)

TAMPA —Sgt. John Syron, of HillsboroughCounty Sheriff Malcolm Beard's Crime Pre-vention Division, thanked members of Amer-ican Legion Post No. lll for generous donationsto the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch and GirlsVilla.

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FT. MYERS —The Okaloa Chapter, Order ofDeMolay, put on a spaghetti dinner to raisemoney for the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch.Lee County Sheriff Frank Wanicka acceptedthe check from (left to right) Chuck Ellis,Robert Surges and Wade Schieber.

JACKSONVILLE —The Chief Petty OfficersAdvisory Group, of the Jacksonville NavalAir Station, raised $1,000 and presented it toSheriff Dale Carson as a donation to theFlorida Sheriffs Boys Ranch. Chief JohnMalloy passed the check to Sheriff Carsonwhile (from left) Don Brown, Ed Renckleyand Jim Beasley looked on.

NEW PORT RICHEY —A check for $1,000was presented to Pasco County Sheriff BasilGaines (right) by Jack Lovejoy, President ofthe Eagles Club, Suncoast Aerie No. 3I53.

Artist Gallery™

CLEARWATER —After making a speech tothe Seminole Women's Club of PinellasCounty, Sheriff Don Genung was presentedwith checks for the Florida Sheriffs BoysRanch and Girls Villa by Club PresidentMrs. Ervin Heisley (left) and Program Chair-man Mrs. Walter Benz.

CLEARWATER —Pinellas County SheriffDon Genung (right) accepted checks for theFlorida Sheriffs Boys Ranch from officers oftwo citizen band radio clubs —Kenneth L.Coutre (left), Treasurer of the Sparkling CityC. B. Club and William C. Johnson, Presidentof the International Order of Ding-A-Lings.

CLEARWATER —The Florida Sheriffs GirlsVilla was better off by $1,000 after PinellasCounty Sheriff Don Genung accepted a do-

nation from officers of the Sea Gull's CoffeeClub of Largo. Presenting the check were(from left) Mrs. Helen Graham, Vice Pres-

ident; Mrs. Harry Thorson, President; andMrs. Wally George, Past President.

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The subject was collective bargaining, and the group discussion leaders were (from left) John Riley Smith, Directive Services, Jacksonville Sheriff's Department; Jack Skelding, Tallahassee attorney; Paul F. Pothin, Executive C

Institute for Management; Berwin Williams, Director of Research and Development for the Sheriffs Association;Florida Department of Commerce, Division of Labor Conciliation and Mediation.

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Host Sheriffs Mel Colman, Ernest P. (Kayo) Murphy and John Polk (from left) received astanding ovation of appreciation from an audience of some 230 Sheriffs and guests.

Honored with distinguished service awards for appderers of a Florida Highway Patrolman were RalpStarling, private citizens from Levy County. Morriand Starling represented both men. He is shown h

by Levy County Sheriff Pat Hartley (right) and ShPresident Raymond Hamlin (left).

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of Administra-ector, Americanid Joe Shuck,

RLANDO —Into the spaced out enter-0tainment galaxy revolving around Disney World, Circus World,Sea World and other Central Florida figments of fantasy cameFlorida's Sheriffs on July 9 to attend the 61st Annual Confer-ence of the Florida Sheriffs Association. However, there wasnothing "Mickey Mouse" about the issues they faced; andnothing make-believe about the results. During the three daysof business sessions and group discussions at the Carlton HouseResort Inn they fabricated a "Sheriffs' World" of hard nosedreality in which they dealt with the problems of collective bar-

gaining, the intricacies of constantly changing criminal laws, andthe vagaries of recent court opinions. It was an outstanding pro-fessional conference hosted by Orange County Sheriff Melvin

Colman, Seminole County Sheriff John Polk, and OsceolaCounty Sheriff Ernest P. (Kayo) Murphy. It was, moreover, areminder that Sheriffs —as a viable breed —are still alive, and

well, and vitally concerned about the advancement of profes-sional law en forcement.

Florida Sheriffs Manual Editor Iven Lamb (left)and Circuit Court Judge M. Daniel Futch, Ft. Laud-erdale, brought Sheriffs up to date regarding lawsof arrest, laws of search and seizure, criminal stat-utes and civil rights liability, based on 1974 legis-lative ection, court decisions and attorney general' s

opinions.

Supreme Court Justice Ben F. Overton wasthe principal speaker.

He was introduced by Pinellas County SheriffDon Genung.

ending the mur-orris and Richardas unable to attendbeing congratulatedfs Association

Sheriffs AssociationPresident RaymondHamlin wielded thegavel throughoutthree days of meetings.

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Sheriffs' World(continued J

Sheriffs come to conferences look-ing for answers to their problemsand spend hours in meetings hop-ing a speaker or another sheriffwill have a solution.

No Fantasy Here - Strictly Business

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Sheriff O. L. Raulerson (leftl inquires about thetechnical aspects of establishing 911 as a univer-sal emergency telephone number.

6r ' "'rt ~.Sheriff W. A. Woodham getting the feel ofhelicopter controls.

Sheriffs Melinn Kelly and Basil Gainesdiscuss the high cost of law enforcement.

Sheriff Roy Lundy (facing cameral and Sheriff Jim Holt discuss themerits of helicopter patrols.

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Treasurer J. L. McMullen (standing) reports to the Boys Ranch-GirlsVi((a Trustees.

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Disney World characters Pluto, Chip and Dalewith Holmes County Sheriff Wilburn Relay.

Governor Reubin Askew (left) with Santa Rosa CountySheriff Harvell Enfinger.

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Among Those Present. ..

State Senator Jim Williams withSheriff Walt Pellicer (left)

State Senator Bruce Smathers andwife Nancy.

Minnie Mouse

Former Florida Senate PresidentJerry Thomas (right) with MartinCounty Sheriff Jim Holt.

Commissioner of EducationRalph Turlington

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Former Florida Senate PresidentMallory Horne.

tLieutenant Governor Tom Adams

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LIFETlh'IE MEMBERS BUILDERS CLUB

MR. W. D. ATWOOD

Kissimmee

MRS. MABLE BLAIRClearwater

MR. & MRS. ARTHUR J. BRODRICKHobe Sound

MRS. EMMA B. CONSTANTINEJacksonville

ROY A. DAVISVera Beach

MR. GEORGE F. FISHERBradenton

LT. DUDLEY D. GOULDEN

Gainesvill e

MRS. SIMON J. HILARIDESSt. Petersburg

MR. FRED KLASSFt. Lauderdale

MRS. EZRA G. KLEINECKEClearwater

MR. J. A. McCALLISTERBabson Park

MR. M. P. MOORESenatobia, Mississippi

MRS. WINIFRED B. MORTON

Tarpon Springs

MRS. RALPH NEMO

St. Augustine

MR. & MRS. JESSE POLMANTEERTampa

DR. & MRS. JOHN B. REW

Zephyrhills

MR. & MRS. LOUIS F. VALSEKTreasure Island

MR. & MRS. WILFRED C. VARNTallahassee

FANNY FARMER'S CANDY SHOPClearwater

SAFETY HARBOR VOLUNTEER FIREMENSafety Harbor

SELIGMAN & LATZ

New York, New York

THOM McAN SHOE STORESTallahassee

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Mr. & Mrs. FL A. Alford, LakelandAllen Drugs, St. PetersburgCharles Allen, TallahasseeMrs. J. Bradford Allin, CaptivaAmerican Legion Keystone-Melrose Post 202,

Keystone HeightsAmerican Legion Post 270, Port OrangeC. V. Anderson, Vero BeachMrs. E. FL Baker, Winter HavenMr. & Mrs. A. P. Baldree, ClewistonAnthony J. Beisler, Ft. LauderdaleCol. Renaldo G. Belanger, JacksonvilleMr. & Mrs. Richard R. Bergmann, JacksonvilleDr. & Mrs. Thomas K. Blain, KissimmeeGladys W. Blair, Pompano BeachElla Bonk, Prudenville, MlDavid C. Bradford, BrooksvilleJohn W. Bradley, Vero BeachRichard Brost, Live OakMrs. Ralph P. Brown, SarasotaCol. P. H. Brownfield, BradentonBurger King Warehouse, JacksonvilleTom Carter, Green Cove SpringsClearwater Athletic House, ClearwaterJane W. Cole, ClearwaterColonial Refrigerated Transportation,

LakelandColonial Security Service, Vero BeachMr. & Mrs. Walter J. Cummings, St. PetersburgJohnny Cummins, Port CharlotteRev. J. H. Daniel, LakelandDavis Amusement, New Port RicheyDonald J. Davis, LeesburgDefiance Company, TallevastFrank Dewey, Ft. LauderdaleHarold E. Doane, Ft. LauderdaleMr. & Mrs. Donald Donaldson, Winter ParkBrice M. Draper, Atlantis LantanaJames E. Edwards, Ft. LauderdaleEpiscopal Church of Women of St. Andrews,

Lake WorthRichard A. Esterbrook, Daytona BeachEverglades Rifle & Pistol Club, West Palm Bch.Fairway Markets, John Bone, Mgr. , OrlandoFairway Markets, Dennis LumaMr. & Mrs. Robert W. Fegan, Port CharlotteJ. M. Fields, Aaron Braskear, Mgr. , OcalaMr. & Mrs. George A. Fowler, West Palm Bch.Frisch's Restaurant Commissary, TampaJim Gains, DunedinFrank FL German, BradentonMarie Geffert, ClearwaterGerald Givens, TallahasseeMr. & Mrs. Charles Glancy, SarasotaLeah Edna Glasser, BradentonDudley Goulden, Gainesvil leGreet Bay Distributors, Inc. , LargoJames Grey, New Port RicheyMr. & Mrs. John FL Grey, New Port Richey

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Gulf Harbors Civic Ass'n. , Ed Gruenewaldt,President, New Port Richey

Mal. Gen. D. D. Hale, Winter ParkEsther Halvorsen, SarasotaE. J. Harrison, New Port RicheyJack Henderson, Shop Rite Grocery,

Ft. MeadeW. F. Higginbotham, MiamiWilliam E. Hinkel, St. PetersburgJames A. Hogan, JacksonvilleJ. H. Homrighous, LargoPublix Market, Bill HopkinMr. & Mrs. Jack House, BradentonCol. & Mrs. Paul C. Howe, New Port RicheyEarl B. Hughes, AuburndaleThe Interlock Club, St. PetersburgE. E. Jackson, JacksonvilleDon FL Jamieson, Old TownMr. & Mrs. Ferdinand Jelke, SarasotaDick Johnson, Harbor BluffsV. C. Jordan, Jr., TampaKappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, BelleairMr. & Mrs. Grace F. Kiker, DunedinMrs. King, West Palm BeachMr. & Mrs. Grover H. Kinsey, DeBary SpringsElmer F. Kost, ClearwaterWalter Lacey, PalmettoMaderic Lanctot, ClearwaterVernon Lanier, Avon ParkCarolyn Law, Lake WalesMr. & Mrs. Luther Lee, Fruitland ParkMcCurdy A. Lowry, Vero BeachMr. & Mrs. J. A. McCallister, Babson ParkMrs. Henry McDuffie, ClewistonDr. & Mrs. R. M. McGraw, CenturyMae K. McQueen, LargoMr. & Mrs. Jack FL Mace, Key BiscayneMr. & Mrs. Basil Marotta, Coral GablesRegina I. Marshall, TampaMr. & Mrs. John G. Medo, TampaEmilio Menendez, TampaMr. & Mrs. Alexander Miller, Ridge ManorJane A. Moore, ClearwaterEmmett Michael Morris, S. DaytonaMurphy's Department Store, Holly HillThomas Myer, Lauderdale LakesMrs. Robert Lee Oertle, JacksonvilleWilliam G. O' Neill, WillistonGrace D. Osgood, Tarpon SpringsL. E. Owens, TampaJess C. Palmer, TallahasseeMr. & Mrs. W. C. Palmer, II I, Vero BeachMrs. Paul Parent, Vero BeachMrs. C. Patterson IFlorence), Ft. MyersMrs. William C. Petry, Daytona BeachLeonard L. Poffenbarger, OrlandoMr. & Mrs. J. A. Rhoton, LargoLillian Rountree, KissimmeeW. G. Ruskin, AnthonySt. Mary's Hospital, West Palm BeachSarasota Public Library, SarasotaHarry M. Saunders, Lighthouse PointCharles H. Schneider, St. PetersburgHoward Sherwood, Katie's Kitchen, DavenportMrs. Clyde Simmons, BartowD. H. Sloan, Jr., LakelandF. H. Smedley, South PasadenaMr. & Mrs. A. W. Soine, SarasotaGladys P. Soler, M.C., JacksonvilleGeorge W. Sparks, JacksonvilleRobert Spector, Longwood,Speedline Athletic Wear, Inc. , TampaRuby Spence Sewing Circle, KissimmeeA. B. C. Staple Company, PaceDr. & Mrs. Charles FL Stewart, Columbus, GASunshine Aroma No. 44 Deodorized Order of

the Skunk, St. PetersburgMr. & Mrs. Barsam Tamanian, ClearwaterTampa Amateur Radio Club, Tampa

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Deputy Beau Taylor, SanfordTice Community Club, TiceTreasure Coast Council of Welcome Wagon,

Ft. PierceUnited Diesel Equipment, Ft. MyersUnited Record & Tamp, Inc. , Hialeah GardensMr. & Mrs. Luis Villanueva, BartowRaymond L. Vittitow, TampaMrs. Julian Warren, JacksonvilleThomas W. Waters, Winter Haven

H. N. Webster Manufacturing, Inc. , SebringMrs. D. Weiner, MiamiMrs. Ross Whistler, Hobe SoundJohn E. Wilkinson, Arkon, OH

Winn Dixie Store No. 641, BartowWinn Dixie Store No. 685, BartowMr. & Mrs. Richard K. Wittcoff, Miami

Mr. & Iylrs. Vernon Wright, Live Oak

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SAFETY HARBOR —The ladies in theSafety Harbor Volunteer Fire DepartmentAuxiliary raised $1,000 for the FloridaSheriffs Girls Villa to use in the purchase offire fighting equipment. Pinellas CountySheriff Don Genung presented a FloridaSheriffs Association Lifetime HonoraryMembership plaque to (left to right) BettyOstendorp, Lucille Phillips, Barbara Douglasand Ann Casner.

FSA LIFETIME HONORARY MEMBERS

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SAFETY HARBOR —Members of the SafetyHarbor Volunteer Fire Department donated$1,000 to the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranchfor the purchase of fire fighting equipment.Pinellas County Sheriff Don Genung (holdingaward) presented a Florida Sheriffs Associa-tion Lifetime Honorary Membership plaqueto (left to right) H. Douglas, H. Fox andDavid Casner.

BRADENTON —Sheriff Richard Weitzenfeld(center) of Manatee County presented twoawards to Mr. and Mrs. George F. Fisher.One was a Builder's Certificate from theFlorida Sheriffs Boys Ranch and Girls Villa;the other was a Florida Sheriffs AssociationLifetime Honorary Membership plaque.

SANFORD —Seminole County Sheriff JohnPolk (left) presented a Florida Sheriffs Asso-ciation Lifetime Honorary Membershipplaque to Mr. and Mrs, Leslie C. Weiss ofAltamonte Springs in appreciation for thememorial fund they established at theFlorida Sheriffs Girls Villa in memory oftheir daughter.

OCALA —For his generous support of theFlorida Sheriffs Boys Ranch, BrowardSanchez (right) received a Florida SheriffsAssociation Lifetime Honorary Membershipplaque from Marion County Sheriff DonMoreland.

TAMPA —Sheriff Malcolm Beard of Hills-

borough County, presented a Florida SheriffsAssociation Lifetime Honorary Membership

plaque to C. L. Whaley in recognition of his

contributions to the Florida Sheriffs BoysRanch.

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ST. AUGUSTINE —Mrs. Ralph Nemoreceived a Florida Sheriffs Association Life-time Honorary Membership plaque fromSt. Johns County Sheriff Dudley Garrett forher generous contributions to the FloridaSheriffs Boys Ranch and Girls Villa.

SEPTEMBER I974

NOBRICKBATSHEREStrong Leadership

Law enforcement isn't all brickbats.Sometimes there are bouquets too-awards, honors, special recognition-and that's what this page is all about.

Found Just ln Time

WAUCHULA —Using airboats, officers fromthe Hardee County Sheriff's Department, theGame and Fresh Water Fish Commission andthe Highway Patrol teamed up to locate a BoyScout who had gone camping without medicinehe needed to stay alive. They knew GustovaAranegui was canoeing somewhere on the PeaceRiver with his Boy Scout troop. On the secondday of the search, the scouts were found andGustova received the medication which wouldprevent his kidneys from becoming blocked.

PUNTA GORDA —In a letter to CharlotteCounty Sheriff Jack Bent, Harold J. Parce,President of Forward, Inc. , expressed gratitudeto the Sheriff's Department for cooperationgiven in Driver Improvement —Defensive Driv-ing courses taught by several deputy sheriffs.The letter noted that five deputies are certifiedto teach defensive driving. "These men do anexcellent job of imparting knowledge, " Parcesaid. "They are well informed, have a profes-sional attitude and take sincere pride in theirclassroom presentations. We feel this is a for-tunate community to have this strong leader-ship in the Driver Improvement program. Withthe present traffic fatality death rates in ourown county, and all over the nation, we appre-ciate the efforts being made by your Depart-ment and the men involved in the program,and are pleased to be a part of that effort. "

Search For Excellence

The search for excellence goes on and onamong Sheriffs and their deputies, and it wasmanifested in recent months when:—Bradford County Sheriff Dolph Reddish at-tended an intensified management course atthe National Sheriffs Institute.—Lake County Sheriff Guy Bliss attended athree-day field seminar on management com-munications also sponsored by the NationalSheriffs Institute.—St. Lucie County Sheriff Lanie Norvell, agraduate of the FBI National Academy, at-tended a one-week refresher course at theAcademy.

IFfsmpr,Alertness Pays Dff

FT. MYERS —The alertness of Lee CountyDeputy Bob Moore resulted in the solving ofeight breaking and entering cases and his sub-sequent selection as Lawman of the Month forSouthwest Florida. According to his boss,Sheriff Frank Wanicka, Moore was responsiblefor the apprehension of four adults and onejuvenile. "It was Deputy Moore's professional-ism which resulted in the initial break in thesecases, "Sheriff Wanicka said.

Sheriff Receives "Superior" Audit

MOORE HAVEN —Most public officials feelthey received a good audit from the AuditorGeneral if he has only found a few problemsto be corrected. Glades County Sheriff RoyD. Lundy apparently has a higher standard.Auditor General Ernest Ellison did not make asingle negative comment in the report on theSheriff's accounts and records from October 1,1972, to March 31, 1974.

Even a perfect audit usually has no superla-tives, just comments such as "properly en-forced, promptly remitted, budgets were prop-erly prepared, supported by appropriate vouch-ers, properly filed, properly insured. " But thereport on the Sheriff's books, in two differentplaces mentioned that records were "well kept"

Hats off to Sheriff Lundy for a job "welldone".

What We' re Paid For

ORLANDO —Cpl. J. A. Dendinger holds aCitation for Bravery presented to him by DonTarsney (left) of the National Police OfficersAssociation. Orange County Sheriff MelColman (right) said the deputy handled a po-tentially tragic situation "very professionally"when he was able to disarm a mentally retard-ed youth who had threatened to kill his moth-er and sister with an automatic weapon."We' re paid to help people, " Dendinger said.

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National Award

WEST PALM BEACH —Master DetectiveMagazine selected Lt. Richard L. Sheets(center) to receive its National Police Officerof the Month award on the basis of his recordof distinguished service to his community. SidDoroshow (left) represented the magazine atthe presentation and Palm Beach CountySheriff William R. Heidtman cited some ofthe cases Lt. Sheets has worked in the pastfew years on his way to national recognition.

Sheriff Chosen

SANFORD —For his efforts to improve con-ditions at the Seminole County Jail and be-cause of his professional excellence in theperformance of his duties, Sheriff John Polk(left) was voted the Law Enforcement Officerof the Month Award by the Sanford Jaycees.The plaque was presented by Jaycee PresidentDick Gishler. (Orlando SENTINEL-STARphoto by Ray Powell)

Deputies Among Grads

WASHINGTON, D.C. —The 97th graduatingclass of the FBI National Academy includedfour officers employed by Florida sheriffs.Herschel Dean, Investigator, Jackson County;Henry R. Hidey, Sergeant, Office of the Sheriff,Jacksonville; Jerome Hudepohl, Agent, BrevardCounty; and Robert G. Herron, Captain, PalmBeach County, received 12 weeks of executivelevel training in police ethics, behavioral sci-ences, police management, recent court deci-sions and police problems.

THE SHERIFF'S STAR

Computer And DeputyCo-Star in Solving Lee County Rape Case

FORT MYERS - With the aid of a computer, common sense,experienced background and a keen imagination, Agent Tom Wal-

lace of the Lee County Sheriff's Department was able to solve a

rape case.The unusual method of solving the rape of a 20-year-old white

female, began at 9:00p.m. on July l9, 1974. Agent Wallace wasnotified by the girl that a Negro male had picked her up at a prom-inent intersection in Fort Myers where she was hitchhiking.The man had taken her to an isolated area where she was rapedat knife point. As the rapist drove away, the girl was able to readsome of the numbers in his license plate and wrote them down.A check of the tag number revealed that it did not meet the de-

scription of the vehicle driven by the assailant.After a statement to the Agent by the girl, it was believed that

she had basically written down the correct number, possibly with

only a digital error. Agent Wallace immediately contacted the Da-

ta Processing Center and requested they run a program for speci-fic information about the type of vehicle she had described. Wal-

lace's previous experience enabled him to understand how theprograms are set up.

The computer obtained a list of 2,562 vehicles matching ageneral description. On page 40 of a 44 page printout, Agent Wal-

lace found a vehicle matching the description and was a single

digit off the license plate number given by the girl. The namegiven on the printout was taken to the records division. A priorrecord was established. Mug shots of the suspect and othersmatching the general description were given to the girl for identi-fication. She gave a positive identification on the man shown onthe printout. The suspect was taken into custody. A search ofthe vehicle revealed the knife used in the attack, and the subjectwas held for trail.

After the solving of this crime, the Data Processing Centerestablished a general program that can be used effectively forsimilar cases. The information may be obtained within one hournow, instead of the three day wait that Agent Wallace had. Thiscomputer program system will be a definite asset to the Sheriff'sDepartment.

Drug CrackdownLIVE OAK —County Commissioners voted funds to increase

Suwannee County Sheriff Robert Leonard's staff, so that onedeputy could be assigned almost exclusively to drug abusecases. This action was in line with recommendations made bya Drug Problems Study Committee. The committee chairmanwas Harry Weaver, Executive Director of the Florida SheriffsBoys Ranch.

That Ain't No High Cotton

STARKE —Bradford County Deputy Sheriffs Glen Moore, John Dempsey,Steve Backus and Samuel Eunice (left to right) destroyed this high andhealthy stand of marijuana, but were unable to find the owner.

Santa Rosa's youngest Deputy

MILTON —Larry E. Pearson, 20, was congratulated by Sheriff HarvellEnfinger after he became the youngest deputy sheriff ever hired in SantaRosa County. The new deputy is an amateur wrestler and holds the titleof Gulf Coast Amateur Champion.

Dean Of

Florida Cabinet Honored

TALLAHASSEE —Plaudits ex-tended to Agriculture Commis-sioner Doyle Conner during atestimonial dinner attended bymore than 500 residents of sixcounties included a plaque ex-

pressing the admiration and ap-preciation of the Leon CountyMounted Sheriff's Posse. Theplaque was presented by LeonCounty Sheriff Raymond Ham-

lin (right), President of TheFlorida Sheriffs Association.

Fortunately It Fizzled

BRADENTON —Sheriff DickWeitzenfeld (right) and EdHoss inspected fragments ofa fire bomb that exploded,but fortunately caused nodamage, at the entrance ofthe Manatee County SheriffsOffice. The bomb had appar-ently been made from a barglass, and the wick was soak-ed with Sterno and gasoline.

(ST. PETE RSBUR G TIMESphoto by Betty Kohlman)

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Self-ProtectionWas The Name

Of The Game

FT. MYERS —Some were old, some were

young, some wore faded blue jeans, some choseexpensive pantsuits. They carried a wide assort-

ment of weapons ranging from small derringersto heavy calibre pistols, shotguns and rifles, and

the name of the game was "self-protection" for115 women who enrolled in a "Home FirearmsSafety" course sponsored by Lee County SheriffFrank Wanicka. In the beginning there werequestions like "where do the bullets go. . . howdo I crack it open. . . which is the front of thebullet?" —but after three days of instructionthe ladies not only learned how to shoot, butalso how to handle their weapons safely. Theirenthusiastic reaction encouraged the Sheriff toplan similar sessions for the future.