On May 7, 1901, J.F. Crawford was elected Marshal and on March 3, 1903, Marshal Crawford asked to resign.  His request was turned over to the Police Committee to see if a leave of absence could be granted.  On March 20 Marshal Crawford again appeared before Council stating that because of his physical condition he could no longer perform his duties.

 G.R. Cleveland was elected Marshal at this same meeting for the term ending in June 1903, and re-elected again in May of 1904.

 On September 1, 1903 the first ordinance was introduced requiring special permits and regulating use of “automobiles and vehicles of similar nature whether propelled by steam or electricity or other power.”

 The year 1904 saw the first mention of Council requesting the Clerk to have a notice typewritten and posted.

 Officer Bill Hudson was killed by an assailant in 1908.  The man who shot him was shat and killed by Policeman Henry Gordon.

 The biggest shake-up in the history of the Police Department came on March 11, 1908, when for reasons not divulged in the Council minutes, the whole police force was discharged.  However, the Ocala Evening Star ran several articles describing a policeman assaulting a councilman during an incident which occurred on March 7, 1908.