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Joseph Dewey Dixon Chief of Police A short time into his tenure an audit of the Departments books, in June of 1925, found shortages between the police court dockets and the reports made to the city comptroller. This prompted the creation of a police committee for the purpose of investigating the shortages and other complaints against the operations of the Police Department. Chief Dixon resigned on July 3, 1926 stating that he had not done anything illegal and had indeed paid for any differences in the accounts with his own money. Chief Dixon was exonerated on July 7th, 1926, by the City Comptroller Joseph Waugh who stated in a letter to Dixon, published in the Gainesville Sun that "the discrepancies shown were simply errors in reporting your (Dixon’s) dockets, mistaking figures for more or less than amounts shown on docket". The investigation found no criminal acts had occurred. Chief Dixon was replaced by motorcycle Officer Carl Stengel. Dixon was the father of Senator R. Earl Dixon a long time state legislator from Jacksonville.
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