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Florida Sheriffs and Revenuers: A Brief History

There has been a long-standing relationship, beginning when Florida was a Territory of the United States, between our Florida sheriffs and what is now called the State Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco.

Chief Charles Scriven: Florida Law Enforcement Pioneer

After completing his enlistment in the Army, Charles Scriven joined the Jacksonville Police Department in 1955. Rising through the ranks, sometimes under difficult circumstances, he was appointed as the first African-American Chief in the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office in 1973 after the charter government of Duval County was formed in 1968. He went on to serve in two other criminal justice agencies in Tallahassee.

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Sheriff Bob Baker and the Ashley Gang

In the early 1900s Florida, father and son sheriffs chased a gang of bootleggers, robbers, and murderers from deep in the Everglades to what would later become known as the Gold Coast of Florida resulting in what would become a blood feud between the two families.

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