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SOUTH PARK SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF

BUDDY AND JANE HEBERT

FROM SOUTH PARK GREEN TO THE BLUE OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT

    OVER THE YEARS, MANY OF OUR SOUTH PARK GRADUATES HAVE ENTERED  INTO
THE FIELD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, EITHER IN BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY OR
SURROUNDING AREAS - AND WE ARE  PROUD OF THE SERVICE EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF THEM HAVE DONE FOR ALL OF US.

    TODAY, THERE ARE STILL MANY OF  THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN SERVING
THEIR COMMUNITIES IN THIS ARENA OF  LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND WE SALUTE  EACH
ONE OF THEM FOR THE SERVICE  THEY HAVE DONE.

CAPTAIN JOE CRUTCHFIELD

                                                            ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING A POLICE  OFFICER, OR A
PRO  FOOTBALL PLAYER,  BUT A FOOTBALL INJURY DURING A GAME  AT MAC ARTHUR
JUNIOR HIGH ENDED HIS  FOOTBALL DREAM.

     DURING A PARTY GIVEN BY CHIEF  WILLIE BAUERS DAUGHTER, JOE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH CHIEF BAUER AND EXPRESS HIS DESIRE TO BE  A
POLICE OFFICER, AND RECEIVED  ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE CHIEF. WHILE IN
HIGH SCHOOL, JOE WAS A DRUMMER IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND, BUT SOON
LEARNED THE MONEY WAS IN BEING A MANAGER OF A BAND - AND STARTED
BOOKING ENGAGEMENTS FOR SEVERAL BANDS.

    AFTER GRADUATION, JOE ATTENDED LAMAR UNIVERSITY FOR ONE SEMESTER,
BUT DECIDED HE WOULD RATHER BE A POLICE OFFICER, BUT UPON APPLYING WITH
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,  LEARNED HE WAS TOO SHORT. HE ENLISTED IN THE
ARMY, HOPING  THAT GETTING EXPERIENCE AS A MILITARY POLICE WOULD HELP HIM
GET ON THE POLICE  FORCE, BUT A WEEK AFTER ENLISTING  LEARNED THAT THE
HEIGHT FOR POLICE OFFICERS HAD BEEN DROPPED TWO INCHES.THE SUPERB
TRAINING JOE HAD RECEIVED IN THE ARMY HELPED HIM LAND A JOB WITH THE
BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT ON NOVEMBER 11, 1967, AND A YEAR LATER HE
ATTENDED THE FIRST LOCAL POLICE ACADEMY. ON OCTOBER 1,1977, JOE
CRUTCHFIELD WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN, BY THEN CHIEF WILLIE BAUER.

    CAPTAIN CRUTCHFIELD HAS SERVED AS A PATROL OFFICER, A MEMBER OF THE
S.W.A.T. TEAM, (AS WELL AS COMMANDER), FACED RACE RIOTS, STARTED THE
INTERNAL AFFAIRS DETAIL AND THE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICE PROGRAM.
CAPTAIN JOE CRUTCHFIELD HAS TRAINED IN THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY AND THE
U.S. SECRET SERVICE DIGNITARY PROTECTION SCHOOL, AND IN 1972  EARNED AN
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE IN POLICE SCIENCE. HE IS MARRIED TO HIS
HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, BILLIE JOE IMHOFF (JO  JO), ALSO A SOUTH PARK GIRL,
AND THEY HAVE ONE SON, TROY.

    CAPTAIN JOE HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND HE AND JO JO ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS RETIREMENT  IN A YEAR, WHEN THEY WILL SPEND A
GOOD  DEAL OF THEIR TIME  AT THEIR NEW CEDAR CABIN AT  LAKE RAYBURN, WHICH
THEY HAVE  BEEN  BUILDING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
   
    SERGEANT FAVE HARGRAVES WOODSMALL   HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE
FIRST FEMALE TO ENTER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER!  FAYE
ATTENDED MAC ARTHUR JUNIOR  HIGH SCHOOL AND SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL
DURING HER FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEARS. SHE WOULD THEN MOVE TO
HAMSHIRE-FANNETT, WHERE SHE GRADUATED IN 1967 - BUT WE STILL HAVE CLAIM
ON HER AS A GREENIE."

    AFTER GRADUATION SHE ATTENDED CHENIER BUSINESS SCHOOL AND WORKED
AS A STENO FOR  A REHABILITATION CENTER. ON DECEMBER 19, 1972 SHE WENT TO
WORK AS A SECRETARY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE CRIME PREVENTION
DEPARTMENT, WHERE SHE WORKED UNTIL THE  GRANT FOR THIS DIVISION RAN
OUT. IN JANUARY, 1976 SHE  ENTERED THE POLICE ACADEMY AT LAMAR UNIVERSITY
AND WAS SWORN IN AS A POLICE OFFICER ON MARCH 19, 1976 - BECOMING THE
FIRST FEMALE POLICE OFFICER TO BE HIRED IN THE BEAUMONT POLICE
DEPARTMENT.

    IN OCTOBER, 1979 FAYE WAS PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE SERGEANT, WORKING IN
PROPERTY CRIMES. FAYE IS VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT SHE WORKED WITH
SOME VERY GOOD PEOPLE WHO HELPED HER ALONG THE WAY, AND SHE IS VERY
APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

    IN THE EARLY 1980'S SHE JOINED THE RAPE DETAIL WITH TWO OTHER OFFICERS,
WHICH LATER  BECAME THE SEX CRIME INVESTIGATION UNIT. IN 1984, SHE MARRIED
ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER, CAPT. EDMOND WOODSMALL. SHE LATER WORKED A 2
YEAR DUTY AS SERGEANT ON THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT, AND WOULD THEN ENTER THE
JUVENILE SEX CRIMES UNIT. IN 1991 FAYE BID ON A JOB IN THE JOB TRAINING AND
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT, AND HER WORK WITH THIS UNIT  INVOLVED
BACKGROUND AND INVESTIGATIVE CHECKS ON NEW RECRUITS FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.

    IN JUNE, 1998, FAYE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER, AND HAS GONE
THROUGH SURGERY AND NOW CHEMO.ON DECEMBER 31, 1998 SHE RETIRED FROM
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG  WITH HER HUSBAND. CAPTAIN WOODSMALL, TO
BETTER CONCENTRATE ON HER TREATMENTS.

    FAYE WOODSMALL AND CAPTAIN WOODSMALL (WHO RETIRED WITH 31 YEARS
WITH THE DEPARTMENT) HAVE 4 DAUGHTERS AND 8 GRANDCHILDREN BETWEEN
THEM. WHICH THEY ENJOY VERY MUCH. THEY BOTH  ENJOY WORKING ON WOOD
CRAFTS AND HAVE  A LAKE HOUSE WHICH THEY ENJOY VERY MUCH. FAYE'S ILLNESS
HAS PUT THEIR WOODCRAFTS AND THE LAKE HOUSE ON  HOLD, BUT THEY ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ACTIVE IN BOTH OF THESE HOBBIES AGAIN.

   COP COLLECTIBLES

           Detective Sergeant
          D. GLENN DURST
                     1993                           LT. GLENN DURST  IS A 1973 GRADUATE OF SOUTH PARK
HIGH SCHOOL, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE GREENIE BAND.

     AFTER GRADUATION, HE ATTENDED LAMAR UNIVERSITY FOR 3 YEARS, THEN
WORKED IN RETAIL  AND WAS MANAGER OF THE GEMCO STORE. GLENN ALWAYS
HAD THE DESIRE TO BE A POLICE OFFICER, AND JOINED THE POLICE FORCE IN 1979,
WORKING PATROL. HE WAS LATER PROMOTED TO SERGEANT ON PATROL, THEN
MADE LIEUTENANT AND WAS A DETECTIVE IN THE  JUVENILE CRIME  DEPARTMENT.
HE WOULD LATER BE THE LIEUTENANT IN CHARGE OF HOUSING IN ZONE 1. GLENN
WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO SUPERINTENDENT OF THE  JUVENILE SPECIAL
CRIMES DIVISION.

     GLENN HAS TWO CHILDREN AND CONSIDERS HIS WIFE AND FAMILY HIS HOBBY -
BUT REALLY  ENJOYS HIS POLICE WORK.

      JIMMY ELLISON
  GRADUATED FROM SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1980, AND
PLAYED ON THE BASEBALL TEAM - BUT HIS MAIN HOBBY OR INTEREST IN HIGH
SCHOOL WAS HIS GIRL FRIEND - WHO HE DATED ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND
SHE HAS BEEN HIS WIFE FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS.

    AFTER GRADUATION FROM SOUTH PARK HIGH, JIMMY WORKED 4 YEARS FOR A
COMPUTER COMPANY - AN OCCUPATION HE DID NOT REALLY ENJOY. HE WANTED A
CHANGE AND A CAREER, NOT JUST A JOB. HE KNEW CAPTAIN CORDER (NOW
RETIRED), AND WHEN TALKING WITH HIM, CAPTAIN CORDER RECOMMENDED THE
POLICE FORCE TO JIMMY - AN AREA JIMMY HAD ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN.

    JIMMY ENTERED THE POLICE ACADEMY AT LAMAR IN 1984, AND WORKED AS A
PATROL OFFICER FOR 6 YEARS ON THE EVENING SHIFT WORKING THE OVERLAP
SHIFT - 7:00 PM TO 3:00 AM.

    HE JOINED THE STAR TEAM (A SURVEILLANCE TEAM), AND WORKED WITH THIS
TEAM FOR 2 YEARS. IN 1992 HE WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. FROM 1992 - 1996
HE WAS A SUPERVISOR FOR THE EVENING SHIFT. IN 1996 SERGEANT ELLISON JOINED
THE NARCOTICS TEAM AS AN INVESTIGATOR, WHERE HE STILL REMAINS - A JOB HE
REALLY ENJOYS.

    JIMMY ENJOYS HUNTING AND FISHING, BUT HIS MAIN HOBBY IS HIS FAMILY. HE AND
HIS WIFE HAVE 3 CHILDREN, AND HE ENJOYS SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH THEM

    CLARE RIVERS   ATTENDED PIETZSCH EMENTARY, MAC ARTHUR JUNIOR HIGH AND
SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL - GRADUATING FROM SOUTH PARK IN MAY, 1971. WHILE
AT SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, CLARE WAS AN OUTSTANDING VOLLEYBALL PLAYER,
AND PLAYED ON THE TEAM FOR 4 YEARS.

     AFTER GRADUATION, CLARE WORKED FOR FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN IN
 IT'S SOUTH PARK BRANCH UNTIL IT CLOSED.  SHE THEN WENT TO WORK FOR T. W.
MOAK REAL ESTATE.

     CLARE WAS SWORN IN AS A BEAUMONT POLICE OFFICER ON MAY 6,1980, WHERE
SHE HAS WORKED AS A PATROL OFFICER, I. TACT TEAM, PCR AND THE K-9 UNIT, HER
TRAINING CONSISTING OF 1,960 HOURS WITH THE DEPARTMENT. SHE ESPECIALLY
ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE K-9 UNIT WITH WELLS, HER K-9 PARTNER. WHEN THE
DEPARTMENT RETIRED WELLS RECENTLY, CLARE PURCHASED WELLS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT,  AND HE RESIDES WITH CLARE AND HER HUSBAND. BUT AFTER
WORKING WITH WELLS, SHE DID NOT WANT TO WORK WITH ANOTHER K-9, SO SHE
WENT BACK TO PATROL - AND SHE CAN BE SEEN IN SOUTH PARK OFTEN.

    CLARE ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS. SHE LIKES TO PLAY GOLF AND WORK IN HER
GARDEN - AND ENJOYS ANYTHING OUTSIDE WITH HER HUSBAND. THEY HAVE 3
CHILDREN - BRANDON - 26 - HANNAH - 12 AND ELLEN 10.

        KY BROWN
  WAS AN OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AT SOUTH PARK HIGH
SCHOOL, PLAYING FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL, ALTHOUGH AN INJURY WOULD SIDELINE
HIM FOR SOME OF HIS CAREER.

    AFTER GRADUATION FROM SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1980, KY ATTENDED
LAMAR UNIVERSITY MAJORING IN BIOLOGY. WHILE ATTENDING LAMAR, HE WORKED
AT BEAUMONT BRICK AND STONE, BEAUMONT BLOOD CENTER AND AS A WAITER AT
GALLAGHER'S RESTAURANT.

    WHILE AT LAMAR, KY DECIDED TO TAKE SOME BUSINESS LAW AND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE COURSES, AND IT WAS AT THIS TIME HE BECAME VERY INTERESTED IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

    IN SEPTEMBER, 1985 HE JOINED THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
WORKED AS A PATROL OFFICER. IN SEPTEMBER, 1989 HE WAS PROMOTED TO
SERGEANT AND BECAME A JUVENILE DETECTIVE.  FOR 11 YEARS HE HAS BEEN A
MEMBER OF THE S.W.A.T. TEAM AND IS IN CHARGE OF THE GANG TASK FORCE
AND STREET CRIMES - AND STILL PATROLS THE STREETS OF BEAUMONT, AND YOU
SEE HIM PATROLLING IN SOUTH PARK OFTEN.

    KY ENJOYS FISHING (MAINLY SALT WATER) AND HUNTING AND WAS THE WINNER
OF A BASS BOAT IN A BASS TOURNAMENT. HE HAS RECENTLY STARTED PLAYING
GOLF, AND REALLY ENJOYS THIS SPORT.

    SERGEANT KY BROWN IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN HELPING KIDS TAKE THE
 RIGHT PATH IN LIFE, AND ENJOYS HIS POLICE WORK. (WHEN SOMETHING GOES
 WRONG IN SOUTH PARK, WE CAN ALWAYS DEPEND ON KY TO RESPOND - AND HE
 ALWAYS HAS THE S.W.A.T. TEAM AT OUR NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME.

     KY IS A SINGLE DAD, AND HAS A DAUGHTER, KASEY. KY NOW FACES A NEW
 CHALLENGE AS KASEY RECEIVED A COMPUTER FOR CHRISTMAS AND THEY ARE
 LEARNING TO OPERATE IT TOGETHER.

    SGT. CLAY WOODWARD  GRADUATED FROM SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1967,
AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL TEAMS.

     HE JOINED THE SERVICE AFTER GRADUATION AND SERVED IN VIET NAM,
REMAINING IN SERVICE 4 YEARS. CLAY RETURNED HOME IN 1971 AND WORKED
VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION JOBS.

     IN 1972 CLAY WOODWARD JOINED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A PATROL
OFFICER WHERE HE REMAINED FOR 6 YEARS. HE LEFT THE POLICE FORCE TO WORK
FOR SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, BUT RETURNED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AFTER 6 MONTHS WITH THE RAILROAD.

    CLAY WOODWARD HAS WORKED AS A PATROL OFFICER, IN I.D., NARCOTICS AND
THE DETECTIVE DIVISION. HE WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT AND IS THE PATROL
SERGEANT IN ZONE I.

    SGT. WOODWARD HAS 2 SONS AND 1 DAUGHTER. HE STILL ENJOYS WORKING
OUT AND STAYING ACTIVE. HE PLAYS RUGBY, SOFTBALL AND SOCCER.

    CLAY ENJOYS HIS POLICE WORK, BUT STILL MISSES THE SOUTH PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD AS HE ONCE KNEW IT.

    KENT WALKER  IS A 1977 GRADUATE OF SOUTH PARK, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE
BAND. (SOME SAY HIS CLAIM TO FAME IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS GETTING THE MOST
LICKS IN A CERTAIN CLASS.)

    AFTER GRADUATION, KENT WORKED FOR HIS DAD AT BURT'S SHEET METAL FOR 2
YEARS, A JOB HE DID NOT REALLY ENJOY. HE THEN WENT TO WORK AT THE
BEAUMONT CITY JAIL, AND LATER THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL. KENT THEN
DECIDED HE WOULD LIKE TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ENTERED THE POLICE
ACADEMY IN 1981, AND AFTER COMPLETING THE ACADEMY WENT TO WORK AS A
PATROL OFFICER FOR THE SOUR LAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WAS LATER
PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. IN 1984 KENT JOINED THE HARDIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT AS A DEPUTY, WHERE HE REMAINED FOR 10 YEARS.

    IN 1994 KENT WALKER WAS APPOINTED TO THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF JUSTICE OF
THE  PEACE FOR SOUR LAKE. HE LATER RAN FOR JP AND WAS ELECTED TO A 4 YEAR
TERM. HE IS ALSO MUNICIPAL JUDGE IN SOUR LAKE, ON HIS SECOND TERM.

     KENT AND HIS BROTHER OWN 25 ACRES OF PROPERTY IN SOUR LAKE, WHICH
KEEPS THEM QUITE BUSY - AND THEIR SISTER, LAURA AND HER HUSBAND LIVE
ACROSS THE ROAD.

     AS A SINGLE DAD, HE IS RAISING AN 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND BETWEEN HIS
JOB, DAUGHTER AND UPKEEP OF HIS PROPERTY, KENT STAYS QUITE BUSY AND
DOES NOT HAVE TIME FOR ANY OUTSIDE HOBBIES.

    JOHN JULES  GRADUATED FROM SOUTH PARK IN 1981, AND PLAYED FOOTBALL
FOR SOUTH PARK. AFTER GRADUATING FROM SOUTH PARK, HE ATTENDED
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY ON A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP. JOHN WOULD
LATER ATTEND LAMAR UNIVERSITY, MAJORING IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, GRADUATING
FROM LAMAR UNIVERSITY IN 1986.

    HE THEN WORKED FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY FOR 2 YEARS, AND IN 1988 JOINED
THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE IS A PATROL OFFICER ON THE
OVERLAP SHIFT.

    JOHN HAS ONE SON AND HIS MAIN HOBBY IS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS SON.

         CINDY SONNIER BALL
  IS A 1978 GRADUATE OF SOUTH PARK HIGH
SCHOOL.CINDY ATTENDED FOREST PARK HIGH SCHOOL HER FRESHMAN AND
SOPHOMORE YEARS - BUT SHE WAS NEVER HAPPY THERE AND SHE HAD MANY
FRIENDS AT SOUTH PARK. SHE DECIDED TO TRANSFER TO SOUTH PARK AND LIVE
WITH HER GRANDMOTHER, BERNICE BIRD FOR HER JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS.

    CINDY WAS THE FIRST FEMALE TO ATTEND THE AUTO SHOP CLASSES UNDER
RAY TARA, THERE BEING A TOTAL OF 2 FEMALES IN THIS CLASS.

    AFTER GRADUATION, SHE WORKED FOR THE SOUTH PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT AS
A TEACHER'S AIDE IN SPECIAL ED CLASSES, AND SHE ALSO TOOK CLASSES AT LAMAR
UNIVERSITY. SHE MARRIED AT AGE 21, BUT CONTINUED TO WORK WITH SPISD UNTIL
THEY MERGED WITH BEAUMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

    IN 1986 CINDY ENTERED THE BEAUMONT POLICE ACADEMY AND WAS HIRED AS A
PATROL OFFICER, PATROLLING THE SOUTH PARK AREA. IN FEBRUARY, 1996 SHE
WAS PROMOTED TO AN INVESTIGATOR WITH THE FAMILY VIOLENCE TASK FORCE,
WHERE SHE STILL WORKS.

    CINDY HAS A 17 YEAR OLD SON, AND ENJOYS WORKING WITH ARTS AND CRAFTS,
AND DECORATING HER HOME. HER SPECIAL INTEREST IS WORKING WITH THE SANTA
IN BLUE PROGRAM.

         LT. DAVID TRAVIS
  IS A 1973 GRADUATE OF SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH PARK BAND, THE CHOIR AND PLAYED FOOTBALL
UNTIL AN INJURY ENDED THIS CAREER.

    AFTER GRADUATION, DAVID ATTENDED LAMAR UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED A
DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, GRADUATING IN 1979. DAVID SANG WITH THE "SHADES
OF CARDINALS", WAS A MEMBER OF THE CONCERT CHOIR AND TOOK PART IN
MUSICALS AT LAMAR.

    WHILE ATTENDING LAMAR, DAVID JOINED THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT
WORKING IN TRAFFIC AS A PATROL OFFICER. HE LATER WORKED AS A DETECTIVE,
WORKED IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WORKING UP VARIOUS PROGRAMS FOR
THE SCHOOLS. HE WAS LATER PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT, AND MADE SUPERVISOR
IN CHARGE OF HIRING AND TRAINING POLICE OFFICERS. LT. TRAVIS ALSO STARTED
THE CIVILIANS POLICE ACADEMY, AND HOLDS 2-3 CLASSES A YEAR, THE CLASSES
BEING SO IMPRESSIVE, THE STUDENTS FORMED AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. DAVID
DOES NOT REALLY KNOW WHY HE DECIDED TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER - IT
SEEMS LIFE JUST CARRIED HIM IN THAT DIRECTION.

    DAVID AND HIS WIFE, CONNIE, HAVE TWO SONS - AGE 15 AND 12. MUSIC IS STILL A
VERY IMPORTANT PART OF DAVID'S LIFE, AND HE PLAYS IN THE POLICE / FIRE
DEPARTMENT BAND, AND SINGS FOR THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH.

    LT. DAVID TRAVIS ENJOYS LIFEI HE LOVES BEING A PART OF A BAND AND SINGING.
MUSIC IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM. HE PLAYS GOLF, LIKES TO GO SAILING AND
ENJOYS RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE. HE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE FLYING LESSONS - BUT
THAT HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR HIS SON. HE FINDS HIS POLICE
WORK VERY GRATIFYING, BUT SOMETIMES FRUSTRATING. HE LIKES TO FIX THINGS,
AND WISHED THE LAWS WOULD LET HIM MAKE MORE THINGS RIGHT.

    DAVID SMITH  GRADUATED FROM SOUTH PARK IN 1977. HE LOVED SPORTS AND
PLAYED FOOTBALL AS A FRESHMAN UNTIL A LEG INJURY SIDELINED HIM. DURING HIS
SOPHOMORE YEAR, HE REINJURED HIS LEG PLAYING BASEBALL, BUT DURING HIS
JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS PLAYED BASEBALL FOR THE SOUTH PARK BASEBALL
TEAM.

    HE ATTENDED LAMAR UNIVERSITY FOR 2 YEARS, THEN WENT TO WORK FOR THE
TEACHER'S CREDIT UNION. HE LATER WORKED IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT
FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY AND IN 1981 HE WENT TO WORK IN THE JAIL. DAVID
BECAME VERY INTERESTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND KNEW HE DID NOT WANT
TO REMAIN IN MAINTENANCE. IN 1983 HE ENTERED THE JEFFERSON COUNTY
SHERIFF'S ACADEMY, AND AFTER GRADUATION WORKED 1 YEAR IN THE JAIL. FROM
1984-1990 HE WAS A PATROL DEPUTY IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

    IN 1990 DAVID WENT INTO THE WARRANT DIVISION OF THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT, SERVING WARRANTS ON CITIZENS. HE FINDS HIS WORK INTERESTING,
BUT SOMETIMES FRUSTRATING - SERVING WARRANTS ON THE SAME PEOPLE OVER
AND OVER.

    DAVID HAS BEEN MARRIED 10 YEARS, AND HE AND HIS WIFE ARE EXPECTING THEIR
FIRST CHILD NEXT MONTH. (CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SMITH FAMILY!)

    HE ENJOYS PLAYING GOLF, BUT HIS MAIN THERAPY IS WORKING AROUND HIS
HOME AND YARD. LIVING ON 1 1/2 ACRES KEEPS HIM PRETTY BUSY.

    SGT. BILL TATUM  IS A 1962 GRADUATE OF SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, AND WAS A
MEMBER OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM.

    BILL RECEIVED A BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO TEXARKANA JUNIOR COLLEGE,
WHERE HE PLAYED ONE SEMESTER, THEN DECIDED HE WOULD RATHER GET
MARRIED. HE LATER ATTENDED LAMAR UNIVERSITY.

    UPON HIS RETURN TO BEAUMONT FROM TEXARKANA, BILL WORKED AT IDECO
WHERE HIS BROTHER ALSO HAD WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AN
ADMINISTRATIVE SHUFFLE AT IDECO LEFT HIS BROTHER WITHOUT A JOB - AND IN
FRUSTRATION, BILL QUIT HIS JOB AT IDECO. WITH A WIFE AND BABY, HE PUT IN
APPLICATIONS AT VARIOUS JOBS, WHICH INCLUDED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

    BILL TATUM JOINED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1965 AS A PATROL OFFICER.
HE LATER LEFT THIS JOB AND WENT TO WORK FOR GOODYEAR FOR 18 MONTHS,
BUT DECIDED HE LIKED POLICE WORK AND RETURNED TO THE FORCE IN 1968-
WHERE HE REMAINS.

    SGT. TATUM HAS WORKED IN PATROL, NARCOTICS, THE DETECTIVE DIVISION,
HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION, POLYGRAPH AND IS NOW IN CHARGE OF THE I.D. BUREAU.

     ALTHOUGH BILL LOVED PLAYING BASKETBALL, HE HAS NEVER REGRETTED
GIVING IT UP FOR HIS WIFE. THEY HAVE 3 DAUGHTERS AND 6 GRANDCHILDREN - WITH
ANOTHER ON THE WAY.

    BILL ENJOYS PLAYING GOLF, FISHING AND HUNTING - BUT ESPECIALLY PLAYING
WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN. HE IS A MEMBER OF A BASS CLUB, AND HE AND CAPTAIN
CRUTCHFIELD TAKE CREDIT FOR TEACHING LT. RAY BECK TO BASS FISH -(BUT LT.
BECK SEEMS TO BE WINNING ALL THE BASS TOURNAMENTS.)

    BILL IS A MEMBER OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, AND ENJOYS HIS MEMBERSHIP
AND CHURCH VERY MUCH.

    CAPTAIN DAREN CASSIDY    WAS MEMBER OF THE GREENIE FOOTBALL TEAM, AND
GRADUATED FROM SOUTH PARKIN 1973. AFTER GRADUATION DAREN ATTENDED A
TRADE SCHOOL FOR 5 YEARS, AND WORKED AS A PIPEFITTER.

    DAREN'S DREAM HAD ALWAYS BEEN TO BECOME A GAME WARDEN, AND HE DECIDEDTO PURSUE THIS CAREER. AFTER APPLYING AND GOING FOR HIS INTERVIEW, HE WAS NOT ACCEPTED DUE TO HIS LACK OF LAW  ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. IT WAS AT THIS TIME HE DECIDED TO TRY A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    HE WENT TO WORK FOR THE SHERIFF'S  DEPARTMENT IN 1985, STARTING OUT IN
THE JAIL. HE ENJOYED THIS WORK VERY MUCH,  AND ATTENDED THE SHERIFF'S
ACADEMY  FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER, 1988 AND RECEIVED HIS PEACE
OFFICER'S RANK IN NOVEMBER OF 1988. DAREN WORKED MANY AREAS IN THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND WORKED HIS WAY UP THE LADDER. IN JUNE, 1992
DAREN WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN, AND IS THE JAIL ADMINISTRATOR IN THE
SHERIFFS  DEPARTMENT. HE IS ALSO A STATE CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

    DAREN REALLY LOVES HIS WORK, AND NOW REALIZES THAT THIS WAS THE
CAREER THAT WAS MEANT FOR HIM.

    HE HAS TWO SONS, AGES 21 AND 17, AND ENJOYS RUNNING - THE USUAL MAN
HOBBIES OF HUNTING AND FISHING, BUT MAINLY ENJOYS WORKING IN HIS YARD AND
GARDEN, WHICH IS HIS WAY OF RELIEVING STRESS.

    MARK FREDERICK   IS A DEPUTY IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND GRADUATED
FROM SOUTH PARK IN 1975. AFTER GRADUATION, MARK WORKED FOR 8 YEARS
FOR SERVOMATION.

    AT AGE 25, HE APPLIED TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND IN 1982 WENT TO
WORK IN THE CORRECTIONS DIVISION. IN 1990  HE ATTENDED THE SHERIFF'S
ACADEMY, AND IS A CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICER, AND IS JAIL SUPERVISOR
HE HAS 3 DAUGHTERS AND ENJOYS FISHING AND PLAYING SOFT BALL.

  LT. PAT O'QUINN   ATTENDED VIDOR HIGH SCHOOL DURING HIS FRESHMAN AND
SOPHOMORE YEARS, WHERE HE WAS ACTIVE IN ALL SPORTS .HE WOULD THEN
MOVE TO BEAUMONT, IN THE SOUTH PARK AREA AND GRADUATED FROM SOUTH
PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1967.

    AFTER GRADUATION, PAT JOINED THE MARINES AND SERVED TWO TOURS IN
VIETNAM, WHERE HE SERVED IN THE MILITARY POLICE AND AS A SNIPER. ROAD
PATROL WAS NOT HIS USUAL DUTY, BUT HE VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON A PATROL,
AND DURING THIS PATROL STEPPED ON A LAND MINE WHICH EXPLODED, BREAKING
BOTH HIS LEGS, HIS SHOULDER AND ARM, SENDING METAL THROUGH HIS WRIST - AS
WELL AS OTHER INJURIES. PAT RECEIVED A MEDICAL DISCHARGE FROM THE
MARINES, AND RETURNED TO BEAUMONT IN 1969. ALTHOUGH IT TOOK SEVERAL
YEARS FOR HIS INJURIES TO HEAL, HE WORKED THROUGH IT ALL - ALTHOUGH HE
STILL HAS A WRIST WITH METAL THROUGH IT AND HAS NO FEELING IN HIS HAND. PAT
ENJOYED HIS TIME IN THE MARINE CORPS, AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
MADE A CAREER OF IT HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR HIS INJURIES. HE FEELS THE MARINE
CORPS TEACHES RESPECT, AND HE APPRECIATES THAT.

    IN 1971 HE WENT TO WORK FOR TEXAS-GULF SULPHUR - A JOB HE DID NOT
REALLY ENJOY. HE HAD AN UNCLE WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE DPS, AND AT A
FAMILY REUNION, HIS UNCLE SUGGESTED PAT WOULD ENJOY BEING A POLICE
OFFICER - SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY BEING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AS
WELL AS SOME OF HIS BUDDIES - BUT AT THIS TIME, PAT FELT HE HAD ALL OF GUNS
AND SHOOTING HE COULD TAKE.

    PAT LATER DECIDED TO TAKE HIS UNCLE'S ADVICE AND APPLIED TO THE
BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE JOINED THE FORCE IN 1972 AS A PATROL
OFFICER ON THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT. HE LATER WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT ON
THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT. HE HAS WORKED IN THE DETECTIVE DIVISION AND NARCOTICS.
PAT WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT, AND IS IN CHARGE OF STREET CRIME
INVESTIGATIONS, WORKS WITH THE BIKE PATROL AND IS IN CHARGE OF THE K-9
UNIT. ONE OF HIS JOBS WITH THE K-9 UNIT IS WORKING WITH THE COAST GUARD
CHECKING INCOMING SHIPS. LT. O'QUINN REALLY ENJOYS HIS POLICE WORK, AS HE
FEELS IT GIVES HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A
DOWN SIDE TO SOME OF HIS WORK PAT HAS HAD A LONG AND HAPPY MARRIAGE,
AND THEY HAVE ONE DAUGHTER AND 4 SONS - WITH ONE SON NOW AlTENDING
LAMAR UNIVERSITY - AND ONE GRANDCHILD.

    PAINTING HAS BEEN LT. OQUINNS HOBBY FOR MANY YEARS, A HOBBY HE REALLY
ENJOYS, AND MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS HAVE BEEN SOLD. TWO OF HIS FAVORITE
PAINTINGS (WHICH WERE SOLD) WERE THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO AND THE
SURRENDER OF DAVID CROCKETT AT THE ALAMO - WITH THE PURCHASER OF THE
PAINTINGS LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER AND GIVING ADVICE AS HE PAINTED. PAT
ENJOYS FISHING AND WORKING ON HIS COMPUTER - AND ESPECIALLY ENJOYS HIS
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES.

  LT. KEN BARTHELL   ATTENDED SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING IN 1962 -
(A FAMOUS YEAR IN THE SCHOOLS HISTORY.) IN HIGH SCHOOL, KEN PLAYED
BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL - BUT HIS MAIN LOVE WAS MUSIC. HE HAD A ROCK AND
ROLL BAND "KEN AND THE IMPACTS", AND PLAYED AT MANY FUNCTIONS
AT SCHOOL AND OTHER AREAS. CAPTAIN JOE CRUTCHFIELD WAS MANAGER OF THIS
BAND,  AND WORKED TO OBTAIN ENGAGEMENTS FOR KEN'S BAND.

    AFTER GRADUATION, KEN ATTENDED LAMAR UNIVERSITY FOR 4 YEARS. HE LATER
WENT INTO THE MILITARY POLICE FOR 3 YEARS. HE REALLY ENJOYED THIS WORK.
AND JOINED THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1967. HE HAS WORKED AS A
PATROL OFFICER, A DETECTIVE AND NARCOTICS.

    IN 1980 KEN JOINED LAMAR UNIVERSITY AS AN INVESTIGATOR, WHERE HE
REMAINED FOR ONE YEAR.

    IN 1981 HE JOINED THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THE
FUGITIVE DIVISION, AND IS NOW SUPERVISOR OF THE DETECTIVE DIVISION. KEN HAS
2 DAUGHTERS AND 1 SON, AND STILL ENJOYS HIS MUSIC.

            LT. STEVE BASIL
     IS ANOTHER HOME GROWN SOUTH PARK
YOUNGSTER, GRADUATING FROM SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1964. DURING HIS
HIGH SCHOOL DAYS HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH PARK GOLF TEAM AND WAS
ON THE BASEBALL TEAM, BEING SELECTED TO THE ALL DISTRICT BASEBALL TEAM IN
1964.

    UPON GRADUATING FROM SOUTH PARK, STEVE JOINED THE BEAUMONT POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AND WITH 34 YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT, HAS THE LONGEST
TERM OF SERVICE OF ANY POLICE OFFICER.

    HE IS SUPERVISOR OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS, PAL
AND SUPERVISES AND HELPS COOK FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE POLICE STATION.

    STEVE MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, ALSO A SOUTH PARK GRADUATE
(RUTHIE BAUER, DAUGHTER OF FORMER POLICE CHIEF, WILLIE BAUER) AND THEY
HAVE WIO SONS, STEVE, JR. AND BRADY, BOTH OF WHOM ARE CPA'S IN DALLAS.

    LT. BASIL IS AN AVID GOLFER, LOVES TO COOK AND ENJOYS FISHING WHEN HE
ISNT PLAYING GOLF. HE HAS REALLY ENJOYED HIS CAREER AS A POLICE  OFFICER,
AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS RETIREMENT WHEN HE HOPES TO SPEND MORE
TIME AT HIS LAKE HOUSE AT SAM RAYBURN COUNTRY - FISHING AND PLAYING LOTS
OF GOLF.

  TOMMY CLEGG   ATTENDED SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL AND ENJOYED SPORTS. HE
PLAYED ON THE FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM, BUT WAS INJURED, AND FOR HIS
REMAINING YEARS AT SOUTH PARK WAS TRAINER FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM. TOMMY
WAS VERY ACTIVE IN SCOUTING, AND EARNED HIS RANK AS AN EAGLE SCOUT - A
HONOR THAT IS NOT EASY TO COME BY.

    HE GRADUATED FROM SOUTH PARK IN 1977, AND ATTENDED LAMAR UNIVERSITY
FOR 2 1/2 YEARS. HE THEN WENT TO WORK F0R TAYLOR MEDICAL SUPPLY WHERE
HE WORKED UNTIL IT WAS SOLD IN 1996, AT WHICH TIME HE WENT TO WORK AS
COORDINATOR IN CENTRAL SUPPLY AT ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL.

    KENT WALKER AND TOMMY WERE GOOD FRIENDS, AND TOMMY OFTEN RODE
WITH KENT WHILE HE WAS A DEPUTY IN HARDIN COUNTY. TOMMY BECAME VERY
INTERESTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ATTENDED THE SHERIFF'S ACADEMY,
BEING COMMISSIONED AS A DEPUTY IN 1986.

    ALTHOUGH TOMMY HAS FULL TIME OCCUPATION, HE IS SO INTERESTED IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT HE WORKS AS A RESERVE DEPUTY ON HIS OWN TIME, FOR WHICH
HE RECEIVES NO PAY. HE FUNCTIONS AS A REGULAR DEPUTY, AND PATROLS
WHENEVER HE CAN ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS AND REALLY ENJOYS THESE
PATROLS, WHICH COVERS A WIDE AREA.

    TOMMY IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE WILDWOOD COMMUNITY WHERE HE RESIDES, AND
ALSO BECAME INTERESTED IN THE FIELD OF PARA MEDICS, ATTENDING SCHOOL AND
RECEIVING HIS LICENSE IN 1980 - WHICH HE USES QUITE OFTEN ON PATROL.

    HE ENJOYS PLAYING GOLF, WILDWOOD HAVING A BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE, BUT
HIS SPECIAL INTEREST IS COLLECTING ANTIQUE TOOLS AND WOOD WORKING.
TOMMY HAS MADE SOME VERY UNIQUE ITEMS IN HIS SHOP, INCLUDING MUSIC
BOXES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY BOXES, ETC WHICH HE ENJOYS MAKING FOR GIFTS.

    TOMMY CLEGG IS A VERY UNIQUE YOUNG MAN HIMSELF - GIVING SO MUCH OF HIS
TIME TO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. DESIRE, DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION -
THE "GREENIE" SPIRIT!

             MARTY FISHER

                                                                  IS A 1975 GRADUATE OF SOUTH PARK HIGH
SCHOOL, AND WAS ACTIVE IN BOY SCOUTING.

    AFTER GRADUATION MARTY WORKED ON CONSTRUCTION JOBS, THEN JOINED
THE ARMY IN 1981 IN THE MILITARY POLICE, WHERE HE REMAINED FOR 8 YEARS, 9
MONTHS AND 27 DAYS.

    MARTY RETURNED TO BEAUMONT IN JULY, 1990 AND WORKED IN SECURITY. IN
JANUARY, 1992 HE JOINED THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE IS A
PATROL OFFICER ON THE EVENING SHIFT.

    HE HAS 2 CHILDREN, 3 STEPCHILDREN AND 2 GRANDCHILDREN.

  RANDY JULES    IS A 1977 GRADUATE OF SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE
PARTICIPATED IN FOOTBALL AND TRACK. WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL HE WORKED PART
TIME AT THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN PHYSICAL THERAPY, WHICH HE CONTINUED
AFTER GRADUATION.

    ON MARCH 1, 1980 RANDY ENTERED THE SHERIFF'S ACADEMY AND JOINED THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AS A CORRECTIONS OFFICER IN THE JAIL. IN 1989 RANDY
WENT TO THE CRIMINAL COURTS WHERE HE IS A BAILIFF IN COUNTY COURT AT
LAW #2.

    RANDY HAS 1 DAUGHTER, IS STILL A BIG FOOTBALL FAN AND ENJOYS WEIGHT
LIFTING. AND YES, THAT IS HIS BROTHER, JOHN JULES, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE
BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

  SGT. ROBERT BROUSSARD   GRADUATED FROM SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN
1968, AND WAS A  MEMBER OF THE GREENIE BAND.

     AFTER GRADUATION ROBERT WORKED FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT AND
ATTENDED LAMAR UNIVERSITY FOR 2 YEARS WHILE WORKING FOR THE POST
OFFICE. HE LATER WORKED FOR SEARS FOR 2 YEARS AND MARRIED A SOUTH PARK
GIRL, EMELDA NUNOZ, A 1970 GRADUATE.

    ROBERT DECIDED HE WANTED A DIFFERENT TYPE CAREER AND HAD MANY
FRIENDS THAT WERE POLICE OFFICERS - SO HE DECIDED TO TRY THIS FIELD. HE
JOINED THE POLICE FORCE IN 1972 AS A PATROL OFFICER IN THE SOUTH PARK AREA.
LATER HE WORKED IN THE I D BUREAU, WHERE THEY TAKE FINGERPRINTS AND
PHOTOS OF CRIME SCENES - WORKING THIS AREA FOR 5 YEARS. HE LATER
RETURNED TO PATROL, THEN WORKED IN THE TRAINING DIVISION. AND AS A
DETECTIVE. ROBERT WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT ON THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT, AND
SUPERVISES THE MIDNIGHT CREW.

    ROBERT AND EMELDA HAVE 1 SON AND 1 DAUGHTER, AND EMELDA IS A NURSE.

    HE ENJOYS FISHING, HUNTING AND GOLF, BUT HIS MAIN HOBBY IS THE
RESTAURANT BUSINESS, ONCE OPERATING ROBERTS FAJITAS RESTAURANT. WHILE
THE RESTAURANT IS NO LONGER OPEN, ROBERT WORKS DIFFERENT FESTIVALS
AND THE FAIR OUT OF HIS "ROBERTS FAJITAS" TRAILER, WHICH HE HAS FULLY
EQUIPPED TO COOK UP HIS DELICIOUS FAJITAS AND SERVE TO THE PUBLIC.

  LT. DEPUTY CONSTABLE RODERYCK DANIELS   IS A 1982 GRADUATE OF SOUTH
PARK HIGH SCHOOL, BEING A PART OF THE FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND TRACK
TEAMS.

    AFTER GRADUATION RODERYCK ATTENDED MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE ON A
FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP. AFTER PLAYING ONE YEAR AT MISSOURI VALLEY, HE
RETURNED TO BEAUMONT AND ATTENDED LAMAR UNIVERSITY.

    IN SEPTEMBER, 1992 HE ATTENDED THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS
ACADEMY, AND UPON GRADUATION FROM THE ACADEMY WORKED IN THE
CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT. IN 1993 HE BECAME A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WITH THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. IN JANUARY, 1997 HE JOINED
THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE IN PRECINCT #6, AND BECAME A LT. DEPUTY CONSTABLE
UNDER CONSTABLE JOE STEVENSON.

    RODERYCK IS MARRIED AND HAS A 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. HE REALLY ENJOYS
HIS WORK, AND ESPECIALLY ENJOYS BEING ABLE TO SERVE HIS COMMUNITY. HE
STILL ENJOYS SPORTS AND HIS CHURCH.

  DARLENE GALLIER WISBY   WHEN YOU THINK OF DARLENE GALLIER WISBY, YOU
REMEMBER A BEAUTIFUL, TALL, RED HAIRED STUDENT LEADING THE SPARKETTES IN
GRACEFUL DANCES DURING HALF TIME AT THE SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL GAMES.

    DARLENE GRADUATED FROM SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1977, AND ON JUNE 9,
1980 BECAME A PART OF THE BEAUMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE SHE IS A
PATROL OFFICER.

    HER HUSBAND IS ALSO A POLICE OFFICER, AND THEY ARE PARENTS TO TWO
DAUGHTERS.

  JAMES (JAMIE) VAN METER,    GRANDSON OF GENE AND BARBARA VAN METER,
HOPEFULLY WILL SOON BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. JAMIE JUST RETURNED FROM 4
YEARS IN SERVICE (SERVING IN DESERT STORM) AND HAS JUST ENTERED THE
POLICE ACADEMY. JAMIE GRADUATED FROM SOUTH PARK IN 1994, AND HE AND HIS
WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN ARE RESIDING IN SOUTH PARK.

    CLAY CHILDRESS   WHILE ATTENDING SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, CLAY CHILDRESS WAS A MEMBER OF BOTH THE BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL TEAMS.  HE GRADUATED FROM SOUTH PARK IN 1971, AND AFTER GRADUATION ATTENDED LAMAR UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

    CLAY THEN ATTENDED SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, RECEIVING HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE MANAGEMENT, AND WORKING FOR ONE YEAR IN THE PRISON SYSTEM IN HUNTSVILLE WHILE ATTENDING SAM HOUSTON.

    FROM 1976 UNTIL 1979, CLAY WORKED IN THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT UNTIL HE WENT TO WORK FOR A FOUNDRY. IN 1982 HE RETURNED TO THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND IS NOW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT. HE HAS BEEN DIRECTOR OF THE MALE RESTITUTION CENTER, THE FEMALE RESTITUTION CENTER, BOOT CAMP, COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE CHALLENGE CENTER.

    CLAY MET HIS WIFE, DENISE, IN THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND SHE IS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR. THEY HAVE 3 CHILDREN - A
DAUGHTER WHO IS A SENIOR AT NEDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL, A SON WHO IS A SOPHOMORE AT LAMAR, AND A 21 YEAR OLD SON WHO HAS JUST ENTERED THE JOB FORCE.

    CLAY ENJOYS HIS WORK AND ESPECIALLY FIGURING OUT PROGRAMS THAT ARE COST EFFECTIVE FOR THE TAX PAYERS.

    HE ENJOYS PLAYING GOLF AND WORKING IN HIS CHURCH. HIS REWARD COMES
WHEN HE SEES AN INDIVIDUAL TURN HIS LIFE AROUND TO STAY CRIME FREE.
 

COPS ARE HUMAN (BELIEVE IT OR HOT), JUST LIKE TUE REST OF US. THEY COME IN BOTH SEXES AND IN ALL SIZES.

    COPS ARE FOUND EVERYWHERE. ON LAND,, ON THE SEA. IN THE AIR,, ON HORSES, IN CARS. SOMETIMES IN

YOUR HAIR. IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T FIND ONE WHEN YOU WANT ONE, - THEY ARE USUALLY  THERE

WHEN IT COUNTS HOST. THE BEST WAY TO GET ONE IS TO PICK UP THE PHONE.

    COPS DELIVER LECTURES. BABIES AND BAD NEWS. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE WISDOM OP SOLOMON,

THE DISPOSITION OF A LANE AND MUSCLES OF STEEL THEY ARE THE ONES WHO RING THE DOORBELL, SWALLOW

HARD AND TELL YOU THAT A LOVED ONE IS DEAD. THEY THEN SPEND THE REST OF THE NIGHT WONDERING WHY

THEY TOOK SUCH A CRUMMY JOB.

    ON TV. A COP IS AN OAF WHO COULDN'T FIND A BULL FIDDLE IN A PHONE BOOTH. IN REAL LIFE. HE IS EXPECTED

TO FIND A BLOND BOY "ABOUT THIS HIGH" IN A CROWD OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE. IN FICTION, HE GETS HELP

PROM PRIVATE EYES, REPORTERS AND "WHODUHIT FANS." IN REAL LIFE, MOST OF WHAT HE GETS FROM THE

PUBLIC IS "I DIDN'T SEE NUTTIN."

    IF HE SERVES A SUMMONS, HE'S A MONSTER. IF HE LETS YOU GO, HE'S A DOLL TO LITTLE KIDS, HE'S EITHER A

FRIEND OR A BOGEYMAN, DEPENDING ON HOW THEIR PARENTS FEEL ABOUT IT. HE WORKS AROUND THE CLOCK.

SPLIT SHIFTS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS.

    WHEN A COP IS GOOD. "HE'S GETTING PAID FOR IT." WHEN HE MAKES A MISTAKE. "HE'S A JERK, AND THAT

GOES FOR THE REST OF THEM TOO." WHEN HE SHOOTS A STICKUP MAN. HE'S A HERO. EXCEPT WHEN THE

STICKUP MAN IS "ONLY A KID, ANYBODY COULDA SEEN THAT."

    MANY OF THEM HAVE HOMES, SOME OF THEM ARE COVERED WITH IVY,, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE COVERED

WITH MORTGAGES. IF HE DRIVES A BIG CAR. HE'S ON THE TAKE. IF HE DRIVES A LITTLE CAR, "WHO'S HE KIDDING?"

    A COP SEES MORE MISERY, BLOODSHED AND GRIEF THAN ALMOST ANYONE ELSE. HIS UNIFORM CHANGES WITH

THE WEATHER. BUT HIS OUTLOOK ON LIFE REMAINS ABOUT THE SAME, MOSTLY UPBEAT AND OPTIMISTIC, HOPING

FOR A BETTER WORLD. COPS LIKE DAYS OFF. VACATION AND COFFEE. THEY DON'T LIKE AUTO HORNS, FAMILY

FIGHTS AND ANONYMOUS LETTERS. THEY HAVE UNIONS. BUT THEY CAN'T STRIKE. THEY MUST BE IMPARTIAL AND

COURTEOUS AND REMEMBER THE SLOGAN "AT YOUR SERVICE' THIS IS SOMETIMES HARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN A

CHARACTER REMINDS HIM, "I'M A TAXPAYER. I PAY YOUR SALARY."

    COPS GET MEDALS FOR SAVING LIVES, STOPPING RUNAWAY HORSES AND SHOOTING IT OUT WITH BANDITS.

(SOMETIMES HIS WIDOW GETS THE MEDAL.) BUT THE MOST REWARDING MOMENT COMES WHEN. AFTER SOME

SMALL KINDNESS TO AN OLDER PERSON, HE FEELS A WARM HAND CLASP. LOOKS INTO GRATEFUL EYES AND

HEARS,
                            " THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. SON."
                                                                                                                            BY CONRAD S. JENSEN