The Historian Policeman

I visited with Terry Ommen at his home office, and he was able to fill me in on the structure of the Visalia Police Department as it is now versus how it was when the first detectives began working here. It's good context, and I'll be including the history in my paper.

Terry also introduced me to the man I think will be my central character, a juvenile detective named John Ward who operated from the late 1940s into the early 1960s. I'll be working the Visalia Times-Delta for articles, and I've got contact information for Ward's daughter, who still lives in Visalia.