Headline Surfer photo illustration/photos courtesy Flicker / TOP: Jim Gillum was sheriff of Pasco County, Florida from 1984 to 1993. Middle/Right: Pasco Detention Center is built in 1991 during the final year of Gillum's tenure as Pasco County sheriff. His name and title are inscribed on a plaque. BOTTOM: Left: Jim Gillum in media campaign pic for Sheriff of Volusia County in 2016. Second left: Gillum as Pasco County sheriff in this undated pic. Middle: Then-Sheriff Gillum is shown in a promotion ceremony with Pasco County Deputy Amelia Hollan, who was promoted to sergeant at the detention center, where she had worked for 30 years up to that point in 1985. Right: Pasco County Sheriff Gillum holding up seized narcotics in a drug raid.
By HENRY FREDERICK
DELAND, Fla. -- Retired lawman Jim Gillum is going to provide analysis on crime and politics for Headline Surfer's investigative reporting project - "Volusia County's Venality: A Decade of Abuse."
Gillum, former elected sheriff in Pasco County, who has called DeLand home for the past 10 years, will offer expert analysis on crime and politics over the latter six years of certain politicians and others in this journalism project over the next several months.
Gillum, former elected sheriff in Pasco County, who has called DeLand home for the past 10 years, will offer expert analysis on crime and politics over the latter six years of certain politicians and others in this journalism project over the next several months.
Among Gillum's initial topics will be the actions of County Chair Jeff Brower since taking office in 2021 and some of his advisors and associates.
About the Byline Writer: Henry Frederick is a member of the working press and publisher of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news outlet launched in 2008, that serves greater Daytona Beach, Sanford & Orlando from Lake Mary, Florida via HeadlineSurfer.com. Frederick has amassed close to 150 award-winning bylines in print & online. He earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in 2019. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade. And Before that worked the same beat for The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and covering other high-profile cases such as the George Zimmerman murder trial, Frederick has appeared on national crime documentary shows on Discovery ID, Reelz, and the Oxygen Network series "Snapped" for his analysis. AWJ: