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Frank Madigan (1908–1979) was sheriff the
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in
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from 1963 to 1975. Thomas Lafayette Houchins Jr. served under him during the
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protests. Sheriff Madigan had the Alameda County Sheriff's Department aid the University of California Police,
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and Berkeley Police during the Free Speech Movement in October 1964. Madigan ordered his officers to help clear protesters from Sproul Hall. During the People's Park protests, sometimes referred to as "Bloody Thursday", Madigan authorized use of
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, rather than
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, against demonstrators who were throwing bricks at the deputies. In May 1970, after the Kent State shootings he ordered tear gas dropped from helicopters on the
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. His authority came from Governor
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. In the 1970 Alameda County sheriff election, Madigan was opposed by
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of the
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. In 1973 Madigan opened the Work Furlough Center, the first incarceration facility in California designed entirely to run work release programs.


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* Alameda County Sheriff's Office Historical Fact

1908 births 1979 deaths Alameda County, California, sheriffs 20th-century California politicians {{US-law-enforcement-bio-stub