Lady Lake and Water Oak#7 (Cop)

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LADY LAKE'S HITCHHIKING COP In 1961, as a sleepy citrus-growing town of335, Lady Lake didn't have enough in its treasury to pay for a police car. But the town did have a marshal. Retiree Jim Dudley was paid $75 a month to patrol the streets on foot.
Time and again, city fathers tried to find money to buy Jim a patrol car, but they always came up short. In spite of that handicap, he managed to catch a surprising number of drivers who ignored the towns forty-mile-an-hour speed law. Standing near the edge of U.S. Highway 441-27, Dudley would see a speeder and yell a command to stop. As a second warning he blew a whistle. If that didn't work, the marshal hitchhiked a ride with some local motorist who happened to be near,and together they pursued the offender.
At the start of 1962, Dudley renewed his plea. "What can I do if there isn't a car around I can borrow?" he asked. Councilman W. T. "Bill" Adams told Dudley the town still didn't have enough money and he'd have to continue as the hitchhiking cop. However, Council did vote to buy Dudley a bigger whistle.

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