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The Sheriff's the Sheriff's PUBLISHED BY THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT ~ I ~ ~ e ~ ~ ~ ~ SEPTENBER 19' ~ ~ ~ ~ Sheriffs Help to Cut Citrus Losses LAKELAND —Former Sheriff F. Leslie Bessenger, Director of Florida Citrus Mutual's Fruit Protection Di- vision, said the "100 per cent coopera- tion" his agency received from Sheriffs was responsible for a 50 per cent drop in citrus industry losses resulting from thefts and vandalism. Bessenger, who works closely with Sheriffs in citrus-producing counties and coordinates the activities of deputy sheriffs assigned to citrus theft investi- gations, said losses from citrus thieves and vandals dropped from $71,624 KEEPING UP during the 1964-65 harvesting season THE GOOD WORK to $37,292 for the 1965-66 season. BARTOW —Polk Coun- Robert W. Rutledge, executive vice ty Sheriff 'Monroe Bran- president of Citrus Mutual, commented nen and his Deputies, that the "cooperation of the Sheriffs their continued through Departments among themselves and alertness, h a v e recov- ered hundreds of dollars with our fruit protection division has of stolen tools and mer- paid off again in important economic chandise a n d cleared gains for our growers and in a general cases. In over 15 theft increase in respect for the law. " the lower picture are (left to right) Depu- ty W. C. Glass, Deputy Buddy Crews and Sher- iff 'Brannen inspecting stolen merchandise that was recovered when Deputy Glass picked up two suspects while on his regular patrol. When the investigation into the background of the two was completed, 15cases of theft were solved. In the upper picture Sheriff Brannen (left), along with Thomas J. Walker, Chief Engineer from Uni- versal Cable Vision, Inc. of Winter 'Haven, Chief Criminal Deputy Eddie DeReus, a n d Deputy Crews, look over prop- erty that was stolen from Universal Cable Vision and recovered on an anonymous phone call received by Deputy Crews. Bulletin Scores Two More Times NEW BUREAU BOARD MEMBER ORLANDO —Orange County Sheriff Dave TALLAHASSEE — The Sheriff's the Bulletin occurred in Fort Myers Starr has been appointed a member of the Florida Sheriffs Bureau Administra- — Florida Sheriffs when city police officers received a Crime Bulletin a tive Board by Gov. Haydon Burns to fill Bureau publication that distributes pic- copy of the Bulletin describing Leon a vacancy created when Ed Yarbrough, tures and information about wanted Floyd, who was wanted in Okeechobee former Baker County 'Sheriff, resigned agencies in Florida County in connection with breaking from the Administrative Board to be- persons to police the ~Bureau. The and and armed robbery come the Director of and other states —has scored again. entering Board is composed of five Sheriffs, the twice in fact. charges. Governor and the Attorney General. Sher- When James Reeves was arrested by The alert officers recalled that iff Starr formerly served on it under the Police Department a Floyd had been held in the city jail administration of Gov. Farris Bryant. He the Augusta, Ga. , of the National Sher- on about two weeks is a past president copy of the Crime Bulletin revealed vagrancy charges iffs Association and the 'Florida Sheriffs that he was wanted on six counts of earlier and they were on the lookout Association; and he has also served as Armed Robbery in Jacksonville, Fla., for him when he turned up at a Fort second vice president of the Florida taken there to face the Myers theater. He was placed under Sheriffs Association; as a member of the and he was Association's Board of Directors and Patrolman Newton as charges. arrest by Rayfield a member of the Florida Sheriffs Boys The other apprehension credited to and Auxiliaryman William Farrell. Ranch Board of Trustees. War Declared on "Copper Wire Bandits" TALLAHASSEE —Railroads, tele- Operating primarily in rural areas of miles of wire have been stolen and the graph, telephone and electric power the state, the "Bandits" strip valuable cost of replacing just one mile is over companies have declared war on "Cop- copper wire right off utility poles and $800. per Wire Bandits" and the Florida Sher- sell it at today's high prices. The West Florida panhandle is the iffs Bureau is playing a key role in the No state-wide total of losses is availa- hardest hit area of the state and the campaign. ble, but reports show that miles and value of wire stolen there in just one 30-day period was placed at 5100,000. Faced with this alarming situation, utility companies banded together to form the Florida Utilities Security As- sociation to tighten security measures and cooperate with law enforcement agencies. The Florida Sheriffs Bureau, with fingerprints of over 500,000 criminals FIRST RANCHER in its files, was brought into the FROM FLAGLER picture as a central clearing house of informa- BUNNELL —Douglas tion about known and suspected wire Hunter, f I r st Flagler County boy to qualify thieves. for enrollment at the The Intelligence Unit of the Bureau's Florida Sheriffs Boys Field Services Section went to work on Ranch, is pictured with the Flagler County Sheriff problem in April by asking all po- P. A. Edmonson, who lice departments and sheriff's depart- recommended him and ments in the state for information about personally accompanied wire thefts —particularly names, de- him the Ranch. to Boys scriptions, An interesting sidelight is pictures and auto tag num- that the picture was tak- bers of suspects. en by Frances Edmon- Back came a steady stream of vital son, the Sherif's wife information from which the Bureau who is a correspondent compiled a "who's who" for the Daytona Beach of the most News Journal. It origi- wanted wire thieves in the business. nally appeared in the Then this information was mailed to News Journal with a all sheriffs and police chiefs in the by-lined feature article state in the form about Douglas written of bulletins containing by Mrs. Edmonson. pictures, descriptions and other data to help them identify "the enemy" in this guerilla type warfare. New Patrol Boat Now enforcement officers all over the — state know they" are no longer "working BUNNELL Flagler County Sher- in the dark. They know who they iff P. A. Edmonson has one of the are looking for and how they operate. "navy" newest additions to the growing The Bureau is continuing to compile of water safety patrol boats operated information for further bulletins and by Sheriffs Departments. predictions are that the wire theft busi- He commissioned a 19-foot patrol ness will soon be hit by an effective boat during the past summer. It is "short circuit. " powered with a 75-horsepower motor The public can help too by reporting and equipped with an emergency red suspicious activities to local law en- light, a siren and lifesaving equipment. forcement agencies. After all, it's the A trailer will enable the Sheriff to public that suffers when utility services transport the boat to any section of the are interrupted by wire thefts. In the county in answer to emergency c!lls, long run, the public may also have to but it will be used primarily for patrol- pay for the stolen wire in the form ling Flagler County's 24-mile segment of increased utility rates. of the Intracoastal Waterway. TALLAHASSEE —James McKenzie (right) was one of 23 members of the Leon Traineil hy ReEi Cross The marek Way and Rescue Unit who County Security GREEN COVE SPRINGS —Clay MIAMI —Dade received certificates from Leon County County Deputy Sher- Sheriff Murrhee's Sheriff Bill Joyce (left) upon completion County Jennings iff Charles Celona found a stolen car of a course in Law and Order Training Deputies completed training in ad- the hard way. 30- for Civil Defense Emergency. The vanced Red Cross First Aid and his He had stopped the car of two hour course was presented over a period department was authorized the was instructed per- by youths in a search for stolen goods and of six months and by American sonnel from the Florida Sheriff's Bureau, Red Cross to operate emer- burglary tools when the stolen car the Courts, and the Leon County Sher- gency First Aid mobile units. came upon the scene. if's Department. The men of the Securi- First Aid Kits have been placed in The driver panicked when he saw ty and Rescue Unit serve hundreds of the sheriff's department cars and each Celona's each month riding with regular Deputy patrol car and hours car has deputies on patrol (without pay) in addi- a Red Cross emergency First swerved into it, knocking it 30 feet, tion to their regular drills and training. Aid sticker attached. and then fled. SEPTEMBER, 1966 Boys Ranch to Begin th Year th.e Sheriff's September, 1966 Vol. 10, No. 7 I s I ABOVE —The Nellie G. Laws Memorial Building was still under construction when this picture was taken. Financed by Mr. William Douglass Laws, Clermont citrus grower, as a memorial to his wife, the $45,000 building will house a commercial type laundry and storage facilities for boys' clothing, food and household supplies. BELOW —Interior view of Lloyd S. Bostwick Memorial Li ~ brary with its almost 4,000 professionally catalogued vol- umes selected for research and recreation. EDITORIAL BOARD Sheriff Flanders G. Thompson Lee County Sheriff W. P. Joyce .. .. .. Leon County Sherift' L. O. Davis .... St. Johns County Sheriff Joe Crevasse . .. Alachua County Sheriff Sim Lowman . .. Hernando County Sheriff Bryant Thurman. Washington County EDITOR Carl Stauffer Field Secretary of the Florida Sheriffs Assn. THE SHERIFF'S STAR is published monthly by the Florida Sheriffs Association, a non-profit corporation, P.
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