Members Killed On Duty
As of 2010, 90 sheriff's deputies have been killed in the line of duty since the department's founding in 1850.
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“Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of dominion not only gladdens the eye of the master who rears and protects it, but even its servants are uplifted by the thought that they are members of a whole, which rises high above the life and strength of single generations.”
—Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)
“Mrs. Grayle: You know, this’ll be the first time I’ve ever killed anyone I knew so little and liked so well. What’s your name?
Philip Marlowe: Philip for short.
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“Not once or twice in our rough island story
The path of duty was the way to glory.”
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