Fighting to Win
How a lone Florida Sheriff fought the U.S. Justice Department—and won!
The amazing career of Bob Vogel began in the Florida Highway Patrol, where he personally took over billion dollars in street value of drugs off the market in just three years. Bob tells his story about the war on drugs, on the controversial practice of profiling, and about his years-long battle to prove that his law enforcement efforts were both lawful and prudent. His results helped stem the flow of drugs north and south up Interstate 95 for a number of years, and he was featured on 60 Minutes for his remarkable record.
Bob Vogel had taken the upper hand in the fight against drugs. Word in the drug trade spread—avoid Volusia County. His office and officers received numerous citations for a job well done. What should have followed was thankful support from the local media, the state of Florida and even the U.S. Justice Department. Despite full clearance by two separate FBI investigations and a Governor's Panel, and further vindication from a judge who tossed out a class action lawsuit for lack of evidence, two Department of Justice attorneys spent more than two years investigating Sheriff Vogel and his office, at a cost of millions to taxpayers.
Fighting to Win is Bob Vogel's own story of his nightmarish odyssey against forces he never dreamed he'd have to battle. But, as he will tell you throughout this compelling chronicle of his career, when you have right on your side you will ultimately triumph.
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Book details
- Author
- Robert Vogel
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Biography & Autobiography › Law Enforcement
Political Science › Law Enforcement
History › United States › State & Local › South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) - Topics
- war on drugs · law enforcement memoir · Florida Highway Patrol · Volusia County · drug trafficking · profiling controversy · U.S. Justice Department · Interstate 95
- ISBN-13
- 9781563116278 (Hardcover)9781630269357 (Paperback)
About the authors
BOB VOGEL served as a trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol before being elected Sheriff of Volusia County, Florida, in 1988, and is the author of Fighting to Win.
Vogel developed a drug-courier profile as a trooper, making drug arrests along Interstate 95 that earned national recognition and a feature on the CBS program 60 Minutes. He won re-election as sheriff in 1992 and 1996.
When he’s not writing, Vogel continues his career in Florida law enforcement. Fighting to Win is his first-person account of his law enforcement career and a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into alleged civil rights violations that concluded without finding violations.
JEFF SADLER is an American author who has collaborated with law enforcement figures on book-length biographies. His books include Fighting to Win and The Cuban Cop.
Sadler co-authored The Cuban Cop with Nick Navarro and Fighting to Win with Volusia County Sheriff Bob Vogel.
