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After service as the chief deputy under Flournoy's successor, Sheriff James M. Goslin, Terry was himself elected sheriff in the fall of 1975 in the first ever nonpartisan blanket primary election held in Louisiana. Nine days after taking office as the sheriff, Terry had to inform the family in Shreveport of the assassination in [[Baton Rouge]] of public relations consultant Jim Leslie in the evening of July 9, 1976. Josiah Lee "J. L." Wilson, III (1940-2015),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=josiah-wilson-iii-jl&pid=176981437|title=Josiah Lee "J. L." Wilson, III|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref> then a reporter for ''The Shreveport Times'' reported that deputies told him that Sheriff Terry's eyes were red from weeping as he left his office to meet with Mrs. Carolyn S. Leslie (born April 30, 1934) and the couple's two sons, D. Scott Leslie (born November 11, 1968) and Mickey Leslie. Terry never commented on how the Leslies handled the tragedy to protect their privacy.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NvpN1t9TMrgC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Sheriff+Harold+Terry+of+Caddo+Parish&source=bl&ots=FLpFpz8sBI&sig=CiYKwwaCvjQP3tfXSYdiOVQqKZc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aaccVJbbIpSgyATF5oFg&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Sheriff%20Harold%20Terry%20of%20Caddo%20Parish&f=false|title=The Commissioner: A True Story of Deceit, Dishonor, and Death|author=Bill Keith|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company|location=Gretna, Louisiana|date=2009|pages=28|isbn=978-1-58980-655-9|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}</ref>  

After service as the chief deputy under Flournoy's successor, Sheriff James M. Goslin, Terry was himself elected sheriff in the fall of 1975 in the first ever nonpartisan blanket primary election held in Louisiana. Nine days after taking office as the sheriff, Terry had to inform the family in Shreveport of the assassination in [[Baton Rouge]] of public relations consultant Jim Leslie in the evening of July 9, 1976. Josiah Lee "J. L." Wilson, III (1940-2015),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=josiah-wilson-iii-jl&pid=176981437|title=Josiah Lee "J. L." Wilson, III|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref> then a reporter for ''The Shreveport Times'' reported that deputies told him that Sheriff Terry's eyes were red from weeping as he left his office to meet with Mrs. Carolyn S. Leslie (born April 30, 1934) and the couple's two sons, D. Scott Leslie (born November 11, 1968) and Mickey Leslie. Terry never commented on how the Leslies handled the tragedy to protect their privacy.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NvpN1t9TMrgC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Sheriff+Harold+Terry+of+Caddo+Parish&source=bl&ots=FLpFpz8sBI&sig=CiYKwwaCvjQP3tfXSYdiOVQqKZc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aaccVJbbIpSgyATF5oFg&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Sheriff%20Harold%20Terry%20of%20Caddo%20Parish&f=false|title=The Commissioner: A True Story of Deceit, Dishonor, and Death|author=Bill Keith|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company|location=Gretna, Louisiana|date=2009|pages=28|isbn=978-1-58980-655-9|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}</ref>  

Terry and George W. D'Artois, with whom Leslie had quarreled regarding payment of D'Artois' 1974 campaign bills in the [[City commission government|public safety commissioner]]'s race that year, had been deputies together prior to 1962 under then Sheriff Flournoy.<ref>Alisa Stingley (February 28, 2009). "Fateful arrest here changed course of two lives", ''The Shreveport Times'', Retrieved September 19, 2014.</ref>In a book on the Leslie murder, ''Badge of Dishonor: A True Story of Police Racism, Brutality, and Murder in a Deep South City,.'' the author Jere Turner Joiner (born  1936), a former Shreveport city police officer residing in [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]], pictures Harold Terry, then chief deputy in 1963 with a [[Thompson submachine gun]] during what Joiner calls "a planned but uneventful racial disturbance in Shreveport." In the photograph, Commissioner D'Artois is standing beside Terry.<ref>Jere Joiner, ''Badge of Dishonor: A True Story of Police Racism, Brutality, and Murder in a Deep South City'' (Morris Publishing, 2013),  ISBN=978-0989278300. Retrieved September 26, 2014.</ref>

Terry and George W. D'Artois, with whom Leslie had quarreled regarding payment of D'Artois' 1974 campaign bills in the [[City commission government|public safety commissioner]]'s race that year, had been deputies together prior to 1962 under then Sheriff Flournoy.<ref>Alisa Stingley (February 28, 2009). "Fateful arrest here changed course of two lives," ''The Shreveport Times'', Retrieved September 19, 2014.</ref>In a book on the Leslie murder, ''Badge of Dishonor: A True Story of Police Racism, Brutality, and Murder in a Deep South City,'' the author Jere Turner Joiner (born  1936), a former Shreveport city police officer residing in [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]], pictures Harold Terry, then chief deputy in 1963 with a [[Thompson submachine gun]] during what Joiner calls "a planned but uneventful racial disturbance in Shreveport." In the photograph, Commissioner D'Artois is standing beside Terry.<ref>Jere Joiner, ''Badge of Dishonor: A True Story of Police Racism, Brutality, and Murder in a Deep South City'' (Morris Publishing, 2013),  ISBN=978-0989278300. Retrieved September 26, 2014.</ref>

Under Terry, the sheriff's department faced severe budget constraints, with spending reductions in operations for both  [[narcotics]] and criminal intelligence. About half of the deputies, then numbering 150, left their jobs either through retirements or resignations. To enhance the economic stability of the department, Terry instituted a bid system for making purchases.<ref name=sheriffsdepartment>{{cite web|url=http://www.caddohistory.com/caddo_sheriff_template_page_3.html|title=Growth and Expansion of the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office|author=[[Eric John Brock]]|publisher=caddohistory.com|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref> As the department purchasing agent, Terry named Clifton G. "Windy" Vaughan (1918-2008), a native of [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. Earlier, Vaughan had worked in special services and helped to create and train a bomb disposal unit that received national attention.<ref>"Clifton G. "Windy" Vaughan (October 19, 1918 &ndash; October 6, 2008), ''The Shreveport Times,'' October 10, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2014.</ref>

Under Terry, the sheriff's department faced severe budget constraints, with spending reductions in operations for both  [[narcotics]] and criminal intelligence. About half of the deputies, then numbering 150, left their jobs either through retirements or resignations. To enhance the economic stability of the department, Terry instituted a bid system for making purchases.<ref name=sheriffsdepartment>{{cite web|url=http://www.caddohistory.com/caddo_sheriff_template_page_3.html|title=Growth and Expansion of the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office|author=[[Eric Brock]]|publisher=caddohistory.com|accessdate=September 19, 2014}}</ref> As the department purchasing agent, Terry named Clifton G. "Windy" Vaughan (1918-2008), a native of [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. Earlier, Vaughan had worked in special services and helped to create and train a bomb disposal unit that received national attention.<ref>"Clifton G. "Windy" Vaughan (October 19, 1918 &ndash; October 6, 2008), ''The Shreveport Times,'' October 10, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2014.</ref>

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In 1980, Terry retired from the sheriff's department and opened a firearms training institute and self-defense school,<ref name=terryobit/> which he sold ten years later.<ref name=oralhistory/> ]He was thereafter the weapons advisor in two [[film]]s by the Shreveport native Andy Sidaris:  ''Day of the Warrior'' (1996) and ''L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach'' (1998).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855991/|title=Harold M. Terry (Miscellaneous Crew)|publisher=

In 1980, Terry retired from the sheriff's department and opened a firearms training institute and self-defense school,<ref name=terryobit/> which he sold ten years later.<ref name=oralhistory/> ]He was thereafter the weapons advisor in two [[film]]s by the Shreveport native Andy Sidaris:  ''Day of the Warrior'' (1996) and ''L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach'' (1998).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855991/|title=Harold M. Terry (Miscellaneous Crew)|publisher=