Indiana deputy sheriff

[GoatRoper]

Upon retiring from the Air Force as a First Sergeant, I was hired by the Miami County Sheriff's Dept., Peru. Indiana. In 1973 when I was hired, there was only a Sheriff and Two (2) Deputies. I made the third Deputy, and we stayed at that level until 1976. We covered 640 square miles, 24-7. When I retired in 1994 as a Sergeant, we had 16 Merit Deputies, 2 Detectives, 10 Jailers, 1 Civil Process Server, 1 Transport Officer, 6 Dispatchers, 2 Office Personnel, 3 Cooks. The area around here is mainly farming, soy beans, corn, cattle, and large hog barns, etc. We have Grissom AFB, Miami Correctional Facility, a state minimum prison and medical facility for all prisons in Indiana. Two major highways, US 31 runs north and south and US 24 runs east an west thru the county. A Merit Deputy is hired by the Sheriff’s Merit Board and has to complete a 18 week course at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy before he can perform the duties of a Law Enforcement Officer. I worked Traffic, Domestic, Theft, Warrants, Court Duty, Murder, I had several out of state transports, Kentucky, North Carolina. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, I worked security for Country Singers: Earnest Tubb, Freddie Hart, Sylvia, Billy Crash Craddock, Merle Kilgore, Cal Smith, Bobby and Donnie The Osborn Brothers, Kenny Baker. I had a story write up for a murder that I worked in True Detective Magazine. I was the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year 1987 by the VFW.

[Colt 45]

Welcome GoatRoper!

Max

[GoatRoper]

Oh I forgot to mention that we also have the Mississinewa Lake in our county. It has a dam with a fishing outlet, a state forest, camp grounds, a large beach and several boat slips. Beach duty is really rough but some one has to do it.

[Bman505]

GoatRoper, There are things that I didn't even know about you in that bio. I am sure you have some great stories to share with us.;)

[Big Mike .45acp]

Welcome, sounds like you've had a adventurous past.

[GoatRoper]

I am sure that Bman does not know of his long line of Law Enforcement Officers. His 4th Great Grandfather was a Pvt. in the Texas Rangers (1841); His 3 Great Grandfather was a Capt. in the Texas Rangers (1860-61); His 4th Great Uncle was a Pvt, 2nd Lt, and Capt. in the Texas Rangers (1836-1842), The First Sheriff of Titus Co., Texas (1846-1852). He was found shot to death on a street in Daingerfield, Texas; His 4th Great Uncle was a 2nd Lt. in the Texas Rangers (1860-61); His 4th Great Uncle was a Pvt. in the Texas Rangers (1841); His 4th Great Uncle was a Constable in Hardin Co., Tennessee (1835), Sheriff of St. Clair Co., Missouri (1846-50). His 3rd Cousin was Sheriff of St. Clair Co., Missouri (1884-88); His Great Grandfather was a Deputy Sheriff in Bryan Co., Oklahoma; His Grandfather was a City Police Officer in Durant, Oklahoma; His Great Uncle was a Deputy Sheriff and a Detective on the City Police in Durant, Oklahoma; His Great Uncle was a Sgt. Deputy Sheriff in Miami Co., Indiana; His cousin was a Lt. on the Alamogordo Police Dept. New Mexico; His Cousin was a Lt. on the California Highway Patrol; His Cousin was a Sgt. Deputy Sheriff on the Travis Co., Texas; His cousins wife was a Commander on the Austin Police Dept., Texas; His Cousin is on the Orlando Police Dept. Florida; His Cousin was a Police Officer in Whittier, California; His Cousin was a Lt. on the Whittier Police Dept, California; His cousin’s husband was a Deputy Sheriff in Bryan Co., a City Police Officer in Durant, Oklahoma, a City Police Officer on the McKennie Police Dept., Texas and a Sgt. on the Oklahoma City Police Dept., Oklahoma; A Cousin was a Security Police Officer in the USAF; His Cousin was a Security Police Officer and then a Small Arms Instructor in the USAF; A Cousin is a Military Police Officer in the Army; A cousin that is a Master of Arms in the Navy.

[Bman505]

WOW, I did now some of that. No wonder I always felt I should have been a Police officer. Explains a little why I like guns so much.:D

Thanks Uncle Bob!!;)

[GoatRoper]

Sorry Bman, I made a mistake. It was your Uncle that was a Lt. on the Alamogordo Police Dept.

[Descreet38]

Welcom to the site. Nice to finally see a posting in the "Law Enforcement" forum.