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"j$' 1 ' fkt p "' 'l p ' N /~yes ~l I 'I'I I E SI I F.RIFF'S S'I'A R Volume 13, No. 5 July, 1969 EDITOR Carl Stauffer Executive Director of the Florida Sheriffs Association ':TllE SlIERIFF'S STAR is publish-:' ' :II cd monthly by the Florida Sheriffs, :.'.:. NATIONAL RECOGNITION :::Association, a non-profit corpora-:::: ::tion, P. Box 1487, Tallahassee, :I:I BUNNELL —Flagler County Sheriff P. A. 0. ::: Florida 32302. The subscription, ".". (Zip) Edmonson holds a citation presented to ::rate is !l2.50 per year. Second:::. his department by Official Detective Magazine : : Class postage paid at '1'allahassee, :'. for helping to solve a 1967 double murder :.::;Florida, and at additional mail- '' that sent Kit Armid Hayden, 22, to prison ':::ing offices. for a 20-year hitch. (Flagler Tribune photo) . FOR BIKE SA FETY K I SSI MME E —The "Lite-A-B ike" program of the local VFW post gets a helping hand from Osceola County Sheriff Ernest P. "Kayo" PRESIDENT AND" FIRST LADY" Murphy (right) who is also the VFW Commander. Assisting the MIAMI BEACH —Sheriff and Mrs. Ross E. Sheriff in putting the reflective Boyer, of Sarasota, photographed during the tape on the bikes is Deputy Bill banquet at which he was installed as Levez. On the left is VFW Quar- president termaster Ken Atherton, and in of the National Sheriffs' Association. The back of the bike is Jack Ruma, date was June 18, and the place was the Junior Vice Commander. The pro- Carillon Hotel, Miami Beach. gram was aimed at putting the reflective tape on all bikes at the local schools. 'lla i „ il', BACKYARD MOONSHINE OPERATION WAS A "DOUBLE HEADER" QUINCY —Gadsden County Sheriff Robert Martin (in white shirt) found two moonshine NATI ON A L OF F I CI AL stills operating side by side and a 1,200-gallon supply of mash (the raw material from which moonshine is made) when he led a raid on a homesite just south of the Georgia-Florida MIAMI BEACH —Putnam County Sheriff border. A man and his wife were arrested and charged with operating the two stills. Their Walt Pellicer was re-elected to the Board of home was 200 feet away from the still site, Sheriff Martin said, and a hose from the residence Directors when the National Sheriffs' Associ- provided a water supply. Pictured at the still site with the Sheriff are (from left) Kenneth ation held its 29th Annual Conference at Shepard, James Mitchell, Charles Jackson (behind the Sheriff), E. L. Robinson, J. D. McCray and Melvin Faircloth. McCray and Jackson are auxiliary deputies and the others are regu- the Carillon Hotel, here, June 15-19. He lar deputies. Auxiliary Deputy Gerald Johns also participated in the raid but is not in the is also a member of the Board of Direc- picture. (Havana Herald photo by Martin Studio, Quincy. ) tors of the Florida Sheriffs Association. THE SHERIFF'S STAR THE CLIMATE IS FAVORABLE An Address by Pinellas County Sheriff Don Genung, President of the Florida Sheriffs Association, presented at the Annual Conference of the National Sheriffs' Association, in Miami Beach, June 16, 1969. President Spurrier, distinguished guests, fellow law Information Center; and our legislature has just voted funds enforcement officers, ladies and gentlemen. .. to create our own Florida Crime Information Center. On behalf of the Florida Sheriffs Association, it is my More than a decade ago we put our deputies in uni- pleasure and privilege to welcome you to Fabulous Florida. forms, standardized our patrol car markings, and created I hope you are thoroughly enjoying our sunshine, our ocean an official star badge. breezes and our scenic attractions - - - particularly the ones Sheriffs have taken the lead in developing training in miniskirts. opportunities for law enforcement officers, and they have We really do have a fantastic climate down here, and guided through the legislature many good laws that have we' re sort obsessed with of it. We play it up in all of our strengthened law enforcement. promotional advertising. We talk about it to the point of In this year's session of the Florida Legislature we boredom; and I want to apologize for the fact that - - - like co-sponsored a new "stop-and-frisk" law, a wire tapping bill a true Floridian - - - I am going to devote most of time my similar to the federal statute, and laws that will hit criminals here on the podium to my favorite subject - - - "climate. " with heavier penalties for narcotics violations, or for using Actually, I am not to talk about the going physical firearms in the commission of crimes. climate --- the sun and salt air and ice-free winters. We First steps were also taken this year toward a "minimum don't really take credit for things like that. We just sit back foundation" program which we hope will eventually make and enjoy the fact that we are endowed with these blessings. state funds available to strengthen and elevate local law Instead I would like to ramble on for a few minutes enforcement. about another kind of climate - -- our law enforcement One of the features of this proposal is a minimum climate - -- because I want you to be aware that the winds salary of $6,000 a year for all local enforcement officers. and tides and barometric pressures of public opinion have This program will require the state to supplement created a situation in Florida that is very favorable to law enforcement salaries to bring them to the minimum good law enforcement. up level in counties or cities where tax revenues are inadequate. I would like you to know that - - - because of beneficial Such a principle is in keeping with our law enforce- public attitudes --- Florida is one of the states where control ment climate here. Traditionally the state government has of law enforcement still remains where it belongs --- at the played a supporting role, while the local level. day-to-day front line work of general law enforcement - - - the so-called And we do take some credit for that! war against "crime in the streets" --- has remained the res- Florida is a state where the Sheriff is still the chief law ponsibility of local law enforcement. enforcement officer in each county. I could on at It is also a state without a state police simply because go considerable length about our law enforcement local law enforcement officers have been doing an outstand- climate, but, with your indulgence, I am going to limit ing job and there is no need for a state police to come in and my comments to one more important aspect of -- - take over. it The Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch. The Boys Ranch is a home All this is not a coincidence. In fact, the present stage for needy and worthy founded and sponsored of progress was reached as the result of a lot of hard work, boys by the Florida Sheriffs Associ- ation. Its mission is to imaginative planning and close cooperation involving law help good boys who have had some bad breaks. We want to enforcement officers at the city, county and state levels. keep these boys from drifting into a life of or Salaries of law enforcement officers are constantly delinquency hopeless futility. upgraded in our state. Nationally famous now, our Boys Ranch represents an investment over a --- Qualifications of men who wear the badge are also of million and a half dollars all moving up toward full professionalization. We now have a voluntary contributions raised by Sheriffs and their friends. Other states minimum standards law which requires every new police such as Alabama, Georgia and Minnesota officer or deputy sheriff or state agent to have at least 200 also have Boys Ranches sponsored by Sheriffs, but the Florida Sheriffs hours of state-approved basic training before he can pin on Boys Ranch was the first institution of its a badge and go out to enforce the law. kind when it was established in 1957. Sheriffs can serve an unlimited number of elected terms We like to think that our favorable law enforcement in Florida, and, at retirement age, they can anticipate a climate --- plus the prestige of our Florida Sheriffs - - - made reasonable amount of security from a sound retirement this great humanitarian project possible. system. And now, finally, may I extend to all of you, on be- Sheriffs in this state no longer operate their offices half of all Florida Sheriffs, the hand of friendship and under the obsolete, and sometimes corrupt, fee system. We hospitality. I hope your stay with us will be a happy one; now draw salaries and operate within the limits of approved and I hope you will especially enjoy the experience of being budgets. in a state where "Sheriff" is still an important title; and where Over the years we have worked out an effective state- local law enforcement is still running the show. wide system of radio and television communications. Now For many of you this will not be a new experience. we are linking up with the computerized National Crime For all of you I trust it will be reassuring. JULY 1969 HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT SCORED IN THE LEGISLATIVE BALL GAME" Because of the new Florida Constitution, "two party" politics, a crop of eager but unseasoned lawmakers, and other factors, it was "a new ball game" during the 1969 session of the Florida Legislature. Nevertheless, the Legislature tried to deal effectively with the problems that daily frustrate "the men who wear the badge"; and the final box score added up favorably for law enforcement. Here are some of the highlights: REORGANIZATION of the executive branch of state a firearm or concealed weapon.

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