Sheriff Perry Hall was killed during a confrontation with a moonshiner in 1927
BUNNELL — The Flagler County Commission on Monday proclaimed the week of May 7-13 as National Correctional Officers & Employees Week and later that day Sheriff Rick Staly announced that the Flagler County Detention Facility would be re-named to honor a former Flagler sheriff.
The jail will now be known as the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility. Hall, Flagler County’s second elected sheriff, was also the county's first law enforcement officer to die in the line of duty.
“Sheriff Perry Hall was killed while attempting to raid an illegal liquor operation on August 27, 1927," Staly said in making the announcement. "He believed in justice and he made the ultimate sacrifice while enforcing the law.
“Naming our jail after him is our way of honoring his memory and making sure his sacrifice is never forgotten.”
In addition to renaming the jail, Staly showed his support for correctional personnel by serving as a detention deputy working with his team at the jail for the afternoon. He assisted in supervising inmates, working in the control room, and booking any offenders who were brought in under his watch.
National Correctional Officers Week is observed annually during the first full week of May. The week was designated by President Ronald Reagan under Proclamation 5187 enacted on May 5, 1984. It is designed to provide correctional employees the respect and recognition that they deserve.