1977 - 1981

Democrat

Alan L. LeBeau was a deputy under Sheriff Jack Bent. In 1976, LeBeau ran against Sheriff Bent and defeated him by some 700 votes.

During Sheriff LeBeau term in office he took steps to modernize the county's ambulance service which came under the Sheriff's Office. He implemented the Explorer program for youths considering law enforcement careers. He started a program for inmates who wanted to get their GED. He also began a trusty program to use jailhouse labor to maintain the sheriff's office. It was during his term as Sheriff that Charlotte County began the first Neighborhood Watch program. The Sheriff's Office got its first computers and had a 911 emergency call system installed during this time. Sheriff LeBeau was responsible for the Sheriff's Office starting an aviation division by obtaining its first helicopter.

LeBeau's budget grew to $2.2 million in four years.

LeBeau was defeated in his 1980 bid for re-election by Glen E. Sapp.