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Year
1960 (circa)
Video Details
6:52; b&w; sound, V-235 BA338; S. 828
Description
This film focuses on the Washington County Deputy Auxiliary Unit, designed to account for the lack of an adequate sheriff's office. The film contains a dramatization of the unit in action. In closing, Sheriff George Watts makes a few statements advising other Florida county officials to be watchful of attempts to centralize government and advocates the creation of auxiliary deputy units elsewhere.
Corporate Subject
Geographic Subject
Personal Subject
Title
The Sheriff's Star
Subject
Law enforcement
Police officers
Politics
Promotional films
Description
This film focuses on the Washington County Deputy Auxiliary Unit, designed to account for the lack of an adequate sheriff's office. The film contains a dramatization of the unit in action. In closing, Sheriff George Watts makes a few statements advising other Florida county officials to be watchful of attempts to centralize government and advocates the creation of auxiliary deputy units elsewhere.
Date
1960 (circa)
Image URL
/fpc/memory/PhotographicCollection/video/ba338.jpg
Color
b&w
Video Details
6:52; b&w; sound, V-235 BA338; S. 828
Video Filename
BA338.mp4
YouTube ID
N00pRfMXN04
Geographic Term
Washington County (Fla.)
Subject - Person
Watts, George
Subject - Corporate
Washington County Deputy Auxiliary Unit
Video Snippet
A small Florida sheriff's office with few resources advocates for the use of auxiliary deputy units
Video Time
6:52
Video Category
6
Thumbnail
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/BA338.jpg
Digitized
true
Chicago Manual of Style
The Sheriff's Star. 1960 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253502>, accessed 9 January 2025.
MLA
The Sheriff's Star. 1960 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253502>