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The Way I Remember It...The Sheriff's Office

by Buddy Wilkes
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781502511447
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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  • Pages: 110
  • Original Price: USD 6.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 127 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

This book chronicles the author's time as a Deputy Sheriff in the rural South during the 1980's, in a place where everyone was kin, or nearly so, and police action often meant a good talking-to rather than a trip to jail. This was a time when moonshiners still made corn liquor, and before the dramatic increase in violent crime, a time when common sense and a sense of humor were the most important attributes a lawman could have. Lt. James McConnell, the author's first mentor in law enforcement, passed down many lessons, the first of which was "Just because you can lock a man up doesn't mean you should." The Lt. demonstrated this and many other life lessons as he dealt with people who were not evil, just wrong. Buddy Wilkes began service as a Deputy Sheriff in Fairfield County, SC in 1981, just after graduation from The Citadel with a degree in English. He enjoyed a long career in which he served as a street cop, investigator, and administrator. He retired as a Captain with the SC Law Enforcement Division in 2014. The Way I Remember It...The Sheriff's Office is a light, amusing collection of stories of a time gone by, but well remembered.

Buddy Wilkes was born Earl Douglas Wilkes, Jr. in 1959. He was raised in Fairfield County, South Carolina, where he attended school and helped in his father's welding shop and antique store. Following graduation from Richard Winn Academy in 1977, he attended The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, where he graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor's Degree in English. After training to serve as an Infantry Officer in the South Carolina National Guard, Buddy started work with the Fairfield County Sheriff's Department, where he served as a Deputy, Sergeant, and Captain over the next seven years. In 1987, Buddy became the Supervisor of Corporate Security at Mack Trucks, Inc., which had just built a new assembly plant in Fairfield County. In 1990, Buddy began work as a Special Agent with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, retiring as a Captain in 2014, In 1983, Tracey Delesandro moved into a house across the street from the Sheriff's Office. She and Buddy were engaged three weeks later and married three months later, over thirty years ago. Tracey is a career Mary Kay Director, and the couple has two grown children, both gainfully employed and repaying student loans. Buddy spends his time writing, kayaking, and hanging out with his granddaughter, Reagan.

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