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W OF REPLEVIN Coue ofthe Dutchess Coun Crk A writ of replevin directed the sheriff to recer stolen property. In the example above from 1781, Judge Zephaniah Platt order Sheriff Louis Dubois to seize a variety of household goods and bric that Jonathan Brown had stolen m Sarah and Elibeth Williams. DEPUTIES AT THE NEW HEQUARTERS Cour of the Dutchess Coun Sheff e origins of the Law Enforcement and Civil Divisions stretch back to 1717, when a single constable served all of Dutchess County. Since that time, the Sheriff and his deputies have provided a core set of services that have grown with the advent of new technologies. Early duties including arresting offenders, serving legal papers, and recovering property have expanded to include road patrol and emergen response. The governor appointed sheriffs from 1721 until 1822, when a new state constitution authorized voters to elect this official. While technology and the law have changed, the tradition of service to Dutchess County residents has remained steadfast. = �-�- ._ TECHNOLOGY BRINGS NEW EMERGENCIES Cour of the Dutchess Coun Sheriff The automobe revolution in Dutchess County brought new challenges for the Sheriffs Office. , .. .. CU0£ c,,s,CA�0 , - At th H tr,,t . SHERIFF'S OFFICE. COUNTY O F DUTCHESS 1no NOT OLn OR +ou +1s KPO ' f) No. �33 INVESTITION REPORT Of I I DEPUTY SHERIFF • Actnent report . TO of l • t, J. �NE W YO m ;i , of oCHE�� s: P� ; ... i the potentc� � -,. jouP . 1Jpdd l. w e t, S rd• t __ :i-ta o f fdP bwu., • 0 £ any f o re\ gn p o -o t y -r--- Wat tat no • f b� on arr· sreat Europ n N Y - fear y mv u 1 on � d c ou cʦ l f Dut e s& Cou n ty, • ., cbly abo ut hi! bu &1nel & an . hU long a1 he go p ea nz , _ bidin mner· c o n fis cated e p rop t y in a aaw- a er in an y war, . " Th e United St a te • h u n e h v. ' w n b o1ti l e a ct& he mad e i t ne e . ' de nt unlea s by 1" 0 • bo re1 id ti of y for eign r, f d1a ing to all foei gn· d oY " l ta ke this for ƣ al � e ; : nership of th e ir p o � lonl l w ill be protd t n molu taDt f \hat � ___ .:u free from p er ili e d inan 0 and that t he y w , N tion S te and C ount y o b t he law• of e a ' th e y . u\d e y r ide in 1, frain f ro m pl i c clisc ll• • City, • .,. ᵫ1t at e11 our pe o ! � re d mainta in a c a l m a " l enuJ r _ 1 • &l.- en t ,,1 1 11 . • - . involv ID u ... r· ?t n a D -•• ion qu onl a ll withou t reg a , . . - _ . t e attude t w • • 0 wea unv id . c er • . __ c r s to tbat e ry abz en l f l \ oblicab " Let 1t be . t to 0 Y Y a d: how• . fl at at he 111 bi that J • • Ame an ' • dc im upo m , i• trl, f ._, _ \. " t enlh i p and r e in mforl t o the J b i WU • ,ve 0 at p uniah t e ight, tend in g t o . dion . " L:ri h .evete pcn a\? prov, y o f a\J ait ,n w - . . ,_ a: upo n tlte m• ,p i � n _ �-�--- - In 1931, the deputies and guards moved into their new offices and jail on North Hamilton Street in Poughkeepsie. Pictured here on the building's ont steps, the deputies wear "putts and breeches:" lther leings paired with riding breeches. e guards behind them wear trousers. A growing number of cars mnt more accidents, requiring new equipment and protocols. In 1938, Sheriff Dwight Sedgewick secur an emergency truck (right). It came filled with all of the supplies needed to respond to car crashes and other tastrophes, including space to transport injured individuals to the nrest hospital. The first aid squad that operated the truck treated 38 injuries at the Dutchess County Fair in 1938. Deputies spent an increasing amount of time handling automobile crashes, including single vehicle accidents like the one above. PANDING THE FORCE Courte of the Duhess Coun Sheriff In the face of a growing need for services throughout the 1960s, Sheriff Lawrence E. "Larry" Quinlan advocated for new technolo and new deputies. In 1963, he hired 50 part-time deputies and created an expanding system of - - SHERIFF �c."7 cou h . •• •r SUB- STATION sheriffs sub-stations to insure countywide coverage. On May 28, 1967, Quinlan opened a sub-station at lcox Park in Milan (above right). Attendees at the opening included (&om l to right), Milan Supervisor Thomas J. Odak, Sheriff Quinlan, Pine Plains Supervisor John F. Battistoni, Jr., Sheriffs Corporal Hen W Small, and Deputy Louis Imperato. Quinlan also introduced a new style of sheriffs cruiser with gold lettering and a county seal on the doors (above le&). In instituting these and other innovations, Sheriff Quinlan drew on decades of service with the force, stretching back to when he first joined as a deputy in the rly 1930s. PROTECI1NG NATIONAL LEERS Coue of the Dutchess Coun Sheriff As Dutchess County appeared more uently on national campaign trails, deputies found themselves assisting and protecting national leaders, from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Robert F. Kennedy. Pictured here at Poughkeepsie's Riverview Field on September 12, 1964, Kennedy was campaigning to become the region's nt U.S. Senator. In the bottom right corner of this photograph, Deputy Sheriff Louis Werner provides directions to Kennedy's driver. A ERINE FORCE Courte of the Dutche Coun Sheff Search and recove operations in the Hudson River provid another opportunity for new technolo to ease deputies' duties. Initially, deputies performed such duties using a row boat and hooks. By the 1960s, scuba equipment od a more etive way to search the Hudson River and other bodies of water. Pictured at Sylvan Lake (Town of Beekman) in 1967 (bottom), the sheriffs dive tm included (&om le& to right) Hal Houghtaling, Bill Gillette, Bruce Anderson, and Harold Krum, sranding with Sheriff Lar Quinlan. A department boat (top) provided the tm with a mobile base. SERVICE IN w AR Cour of the Adnce Memorial Lib During both world wars, the Sheriffs Office played a vital role in protecting the home ont. As sn in this proclamation &om World War I, those duties included pro- • • • tect1ng 1mm1grants &om xenophobia. Twenty years later, deputy sheri guarded war industries through- out Dutchess County, including the Schatz-Federal Bearing Facto in Poughkeepsie, which created ball bearin r warplanes.
