E.D. Vestel (Edgar/Edward Dudley Vestel) from the Orlando Sentinel. Was the Plant City Police Chief elected for 4 two yr terms, the Chief of Police in Orlando. At one time a Railroad Spec Agent.

After Orlando, It looks like he was the Chief of Police in Gainesville for 4 years.


Murder in Plant City, Marshal Vestel (day before election)
Mon Nov 6 1911
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Plant City Election of Tue Nov 7 1911
Elected City Marshal was E. D. Vestel
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Plant City - Special, Tampa Tribune (Officer Killed)
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"assistant City Marshall Robert Yates"

Pall Bearers for Officer Yates
"and his brother officers Dudley, Vestel, Vause and Hinton."
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Yates, Robert E.
https://pbase.com/daveb/yates

Army Officer, City Marshal, Spec Agent RR, Police Chief Orlando Edger Dudley Vestel
Name Edgar D Vestel
Gender Male
Departure Date 17 Oct 1918
Departure Place New York, New York
Residence Place Plant City, Florida
Spouse
Ethel Laura Vestel
Ship NY #56
Military Unit Sup Co 124th Inf 31st Div
Rank Captain
Notes Supply Company 124th Infantry

Name Edgar D Veatel
[Edgar D Vestel]
Age 38
Birth Year abt 1882
Birthplace Missouri
Home in 1920 Plant City, Hillsborough, Florida
Street Thome St
House Number X
Residence Date 1920
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Head
Marital Status Married
Spouse's Name Ethel Veatel
Father's Birthplace North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace North Carolina
Able to Speak English Yes
Occupation Special Agt
Industry Steel Rail Road
Employment Field Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented Owned
Home Free or Mortgaged Mortgaged
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Neighbors View others on page
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Edgar D Veatel 38 Head
Ethel Veatel 30 Wife
Edgar Veatel 8 Son

http://www.gainesvillepd.org/About-GPD/History/Previous-Chiefs

Served Chief's Name
1919-1922 A.R. Perry
1922-1923 L.W. Fennell
1923-1925 Charles Pinkoson
1925-1926 Joseph Dewey Dixon
1926-1926 Carl Stengel (Interim Chief)
1926-1927 H.T. Daniel
1927-1927 L.E. Storey
1928-1928 W.T. Cooper
1928-1932 Edward D. Vestel
In 1928, Chief Edward D. Vestel, a former Army captain, instituted the first uniform for the Gainesville Police Department. Chief Vestel also started the first filing system on all individuals arrested, a system that continues today. That same year, the department had its first motorcycle patrol officer, C.E. Strickland.