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On February 1, 1968, Waggonner hired Wilbert Anderson, the first [[African-American]] deputy sheriff in Bossier Parish. Anderson was also the first black licensed bail bondsman in the parish. He retired as the first black detective in the department.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackdigitalnetwork.com/bct/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=30&limit=1&limitstart=2|title=Significant People|publisher=blackdigitalnetwork.com|accessdate=February 7, 2014}}</ref>
On February 1, 1968, Waggonner hired Wilbert Anderson, the first [[African-American]] deputy sheriff in Bossier Parish. Anderson was also the first black licensed bail bondsman in the parish. He retired as the first black detective in the department.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blackdigitalnetwork.com/bct/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=30&limit=1&limitstart=2|title=Significant People|publisher=blackdigitalnetwork.com|accessdate=February 7, 2014}}</ref>
In 1973, outgoing [[Bossier City]] [[Mayor]] George Leon Nattin, Sr. (1918-2002), was charged by a [[grand jury]] under then District Attorney Charles Allen Marvin (1929-2003) of three counts of public bribery. Waggonner booked Nattin, his son, George, Jr. (1940-2014), and three other suspects but refused to fingerprint them or take their mug shots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/34965302/|title=Former Mayor Indicted On Bossier City Corruption Charges|publisher=''The Camden (Arkansas) News'''|date=July 3, 1973|accessdate=December 21, 2014}}</ref> Ultimately, Nattin was acquitted of two charges, and a third was dropped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mrt.com/import/article_ab13b936-ac7a-5805-af4f-1fab64358698.html|title=
In 1973, outgoing [[Bossier City]] [[Mayor]] [[George Nattin]] was charged by a [[grand jury]] under then District Attorney Charles Allen Marvin (1929-2003) of three counts of public bribery. Waggonner booked Nattin, his son, George, Jr. (1940-2014), and three other suspects but refused to fingerprint them or take their mug shots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/34965302/|title=Former Mayor Indicted On Bossier City Corruption Charges|publisher=''The Camden (Arkansas) News'''|date=July 3, 1973|accessdate=December 21, 2014}}</ref> Ultimately, Nattin was acquitted of two charges, and a third was dropped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mrt.com/import/article_ab13b936-ac7a-5805-af4f-1fab64358698.html|title=
Former Bossier City mayor dead at 83|publisher=''Midland (Texas) Reporter-Telegram''|date=April 26, 2002|accessdate=December 21, 2014}}</ref>
Former Bossier City mayor dead at 83|publisher=''Midland (Texas) Reporter-Telegram''|date=April 26, 2002|accessdate=December 21, 2014}}</ref>