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Having served Hancock County for twenty-four years as Coroner, I believe that I have the background necessary to establish, operate and administrate the affairs of the Sheriff?s Department, in the business-like manner intended. I am a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Air Force four and a half years. I was shot down over Holland, where I was captured by the Germans and held P.O.W. for nine months.
I am a life long citizen of Hancock County, having graduated from St. Stanislaus College. I then attended Southwestern University at Lafayette, Louisiana, for one and a half years. I hold a degree in Mortuary Science from Gupton Jones College. I hold certificates in the Basic Law Enforcement courses of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers? Training Academy, Homicide Investigation, from the University of Mississippi, Drug Identification from the University of Southern Mississippi, and various courses in Criminal Justice subjects from Mississippi Southern at Gulf Park. Lastly, drug:	Identification, Addiction and In-
vestigation,' from the U.S. Bureau of Dangerous Drugs and Narcotics.
I hold memberships in the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the International Academy of Criminology, and the National Police & Fire Fighters? Association.
I am fully aware of the extreme importance that a Sheriff?s Department has upon a community. Visitors, new citizens and surely, business and industry are impressed by the quality of law enforcement in an area, and are more apt to settle and locate, where the per capita crime ratio is low, and ?safety for citizens is the rule and not the exception.? To this end, I dedicate myself.
Being a widower, I feel that I can devote the necessary time, 24 hours a day if necessary, to fulfill the requirements of a situation created by need or a tactical problem. Very
ELECT
EMILE G. PIAZZA
(Hancock County Coroner 24 Years)
SHERIFF
HANCOCK COUNTY
importantly, I will be able to be contacted day or night, without exception.
On the question of personnel, I have not promised positions to anyone - politics not being the ?name of the game.? If I am elected, applications for Sheriff?s Department positions will be given to those seeking positions, the same being awarded only to those best qualified men and women available in our area.
I fully intend that the Sheriff?s Office will be open 24 hours a day for all of our citizens, whether it be a telephone call, or whether a personal visit to the office is necessary to conduct law enforcement business. There will be a qualified person in attendance to assist you at these times. Further, the Sheriff?s Office will be open to all law enforcement officials, especially those having to do business in Hancock County, away from their respective offices.
There will be a Deputy Sheriff in each of our five beats, 24 hours daily, seven days a week. A first for Hancock County will be the centralization of all law enforcement agencies through cooperative methods of assistance, each to the other, thereby giving better law enforcement coverage to all of our people.
Lastly, I feel that I can give a fair and impartial administration of justice to everyone. To the fullest, I intend to upgrade law enforcement in the area, by offering continual in-service education to all of our officers.
To this end, I pledge all of my resources. If this is the type of Sheriff?s Office you want for Hancock County, I earnestly solicit your support and your vote. In return, I will give you a model law enforcement agency of which you can be justifiably proud.
Respectfully,
Emile G. Piazza