"History of the Office of Sheriff" Excerpts Table of Contents

The History of the Office of Sheriff: Table of Contents
	*By Schenectady Sheriff Harry C. Buffardi* *© 1998. The History of the Office of Sheriff* was published and copyrighted in 1998 by Schenectady County Sheriff Harry C. Buffardi.**		NYCHS posts this Excerpts Presentation with permission from the author, who retains all rights. For the full text, visit Sheriff Buffardi's web site.

The Author Harry Buffardi is a twenty-six year veteran with the Schenectady County Sheriff's Department in New York State. He began his career as a deputy sheriff assigned to the county jail. Soon he was promoted to the road patrol and served in various positions, including investigations and K-9 police dog handler. For four years he was assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force, in an undercover post, investigating mid to upper level drug cases.
With the task force, he was a team leader in charge of federal agents, NYS Police investigators, and municipal police investigators.
He rose through the ranks in various capacities and in 1991 he was appointed the undersheriff and chief administrative officer of his agency. In 1998 Harry was elected the Schenectady County Sheriff.

Harry is a graduate of the State University of New York, Empire State College, with a bachelor of science degree in Criminal Justice Administration. He also holds a masters degree from Syracuse University in social science. He is married with three children.

Table of Contents
Of Excerpts
Presentation

Introduction

ORIGINS OF THE OFFICE

EARLY ENGLISH SHERIFFS

COMING TO AMERICA

SHERIFFS MOVE WESTWARD

FAMOUS SHERIFFS OF THE WILD WEST

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Chapter 19 -- Politics
Chapter 20 -- Academic Inferiority
Chapter 21 -- The Contemporary Sheriff
Chapter 22 -- Demographics of Sheriffs Department Officers
Chapter 23 -- Equipment
Chapter 24 -- Jails
Chapter 25 -- Courts

THE FUTURE

Chapter 26 -- The Prospects
Chapter 27 -- Professionalism
Chapter 28 -- Corrections

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By Schenectady Sheriff Harry C. Buffardi

NYCHS poststhis Excerpts Presentation with permission from the author, who retains all rights. For the full text, visit Sheriff Buffardi's web site.

NYCHS presentsthese excerpts with Sheriff Buffardi's permission. He retains all rights. For the full text, visit his site.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form including photostat, microfilm, xerography, or fax transmission. Nor may any part be stored in a computer or other information storage system without the permission of the author.

NYCHS posts
this Excerpts
Presentation
with permission
from the author,
who retains all
rights. For the
full text, visit
Sheriff
Buffardi's
web site.

NYCHS presents
these excerpts
with Sheriff
Buffardi's
permission.
He retains all
rights. For
the full text,
visit his site.