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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“This Administration has declared unconditional war on poverty and I have come here this morning to ask all of you to enlist as volunteers. Members of all parties are welcome to our tent. Members of all races ought to be there. Members of all religions should come and help us now to strike the hammer of truth against the anvil of public opinion again and again until the ears of this Nation are open, until the hearts of this Nation are touched, and until the conscience of America is awakened.”
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““Alas! Good Lord,” he said. “I have killed my former master, my friend, and my brother-in-law; I am the kindest man in the world, and here are three men I have already killed; and two of the three are priests.””
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“It is seldom very hard to do one’s duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out.”
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