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10 Deputies On Duty After Ending Training

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
March
Year
1965
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Confiscated Weapons On Display At The Washtenaw County Jail, August 1966 Photographer: Bill Treml

Confiscated Weapons On Display At The Washtenaw County Jail, August 1966 image
Year:
1966
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 4, 1966
Caption:
Sheriff's Capt. Harold Owings (left) and Deputy Jerry Russo look at two glass cases containing a variety of weapons confiscated by officers in criminal cases over the past two years. The collection includes brass knuckles, sawed-off shotguns, pistols, switch-blade knives, a straight razor and a tear gas "pen." The weapons are on daily display in the office area of the County Jail and are used in training sessions given recruit officers.

Crash Kills Sheriff's Officer

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
January
Year
1967
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Deputy's Widow Gets Payment

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
February
Year
1967
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Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department Search Huron River For Body of LeRoy W. Johnson, December 1966 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department Search Huron River For Body of LeRoy W. Johnson, December 1966 image
Year:
1966
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 15, 1966
Caption:
Start Of Search: Sheriff's Deputy Lenard McDougall (right) breaks ice in the Huron River as yesterday afternoon's search for the body of murder victim LeRoy Johnson begins. Sheriff's Sgt. Nuel K. Schneider (center) also a skindiver, watches. Moments after this picture was taken Deputy Jerry Russo (left) and McDougall pulled Johnson's body from shallow water just to the right of where McDougall is standing.

River Yields Man's Body

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
December
Year
1966
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AADL Talks to Doug Harvey

In this episode, former Washtenaw County Sheriff Doug Harvey shares his memories of the turbulent 1960s in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. He recalls some of the personal, political, and law enforcement challenges he encountered during his years as sheriff - from the 1966 UFO sightings and the South University Riots, to the Coed murders and the John Norman Collins case. He also responds to some of the controversy surrounding his reputation and he speaks candidly about the community leaders and colleagues he admired during these years - and those he did not.