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In 1950, he joined Troop G of the Louisiana State Police and was  a state trooper until 1954, when he began employment with the Bossier Sheriff's Office.<ref name=shrtimes/> With the state police, he developed an expertise in fingerprinting and photographic equipment, which he brought to the sheriff's department.<ref name=statepolice>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4GtEKTzUGIC&pg=PA28 |author=Charles D. Cardin|title=Images of America: Bossier Parish|page=28|publisher=[[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]: Arcadia Publishing Company |date=1999 |isbn=978-0-7385-0172-7|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref>​

In 1950, he joined Troop G of the Louisiana State Police and was  a state trooper until 1954, when he began employment with the Bossier Sheriff's Office.<ref name=shrtimes/> With the state police, he developed an expertise in fingerprinting and photographic equipment, which he brought to the sheriff's department.<ref name=statepolice>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4GtEKTzUGIC&pg=PA28 |author=Charles D. Cardin|title=Images of America: Bossier Parish|page=28|publisher=[[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]: Arcadia Publishing Company |date=1999 |isbn=978-0-7385-0172-7|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref>​

==Twelve years as sheriff==​

==Twelve years as sheriff==

===Succeeding Willie Waggonner===​

===Succeeding Willie Waggonner===

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Sheriff's Dooley became the chief deputy to Sheriff [[Willie Waggonner|William Edward "Willie" Waggonner]] of [[rural]] Plain Dealing, the older brother of the late [[U.S. Representative]] [[Joe Waggonner]] of Louisiana's 4th congressional district (now represented by [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Mike Johnson]]). Waggonner was elected sheriff in 1948 to succeed Louis H. Padgett, Sr., for whom Waggonner had been the chief deputy.  As acting sheriff under appointment from [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], Dooley won a [[special election]] for the position held in conjunction with the 1976 presidential election for the remainder of Waggonner's term.<ref name=shrtimes/> He defeated Don Martin Whittington (born 1935), a farmer<ref>"Vol Dooley wins," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' November 3, 1976, p. 3.</ref> and the father of current Sheriff [[Julian Whittington]], a Republican.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41485994|title=Lydia Ann Merritt Whittington|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 2, 2009|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> Dooley was subsequently reelected to regular four-year terms in 1979 and 1983.<ref>Lt. Bill Davis, Public Information Officer, Bossier Parish Sheriff's Department, List of Sheriffs since 1843.</ref>​

Sheriff's Dooley became the chief deputy to Sheriff [[Willie Waggonner|William Edward "Willie" Waggonner]] of [[rural]] Plain Dealing, the older brother of the late [[U.S. Representative]] [[Joe Waggonner]] of Louisiana's 4th congressional district (now represented by [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Mike Johnson]]). Waggonner was elected sheriff in 1948 to succeed Louis H. Padgett, Sr., for whom Waggonner had been the chief deputy.  As acting sheriff under appointment from [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], Dooley won a [[special election]] for the position held in conjunction with the 1976 presidential election for the remainder of Waggonner's term.<ref name=shrtimes/> He defeated Don Martin Whittington (born 1935), a farmer<ref>"Vol Dooley wins," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' November 3, 1976, p. 3.</ref> and the father of current Sheriff [[Julian Whittington]], a Republican.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41485994|title=Lydia Ann Merritt Whittington|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 2, 2009|accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> Dooley was subsequently reelected to regular four-year terms in 1979 and 1983.<ref>Lt. Bill Davis, Public Information Officer, Bossier Parish Sheriff's Department, List of Sheriffs since 1843.</ref>​

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