Deputy Sheriff
I am dispensing with my life story for a moment to write down some stories of when I was a deputy sheriff for LASO ( Los Angeles county sheriffs office ) This comes at the request of my youngest granddaughter Evelyn Root. she is the one who typed this up for me. I need to set this up 1st. I was attending school at Ricks collage Rexburg, Idaho. 2nd semester I decided I wanted to be a pilot. So I took the basic ground school at Ricks. After transferring to LBCC ( Long Beach city collage ) I continued along the plan and took flight training, while also taking commerical pilots rating at LBCC. I eventually recived a AA degree in areonautics with a commercial pilots license. Some time in that era, 1968 - 1969 - I went on a ride along with Helen's brother Bob who at the time was a patrolman with his partner Dave Doosenburg ( Long Beach PD ). They stayed fairly busy, responding to calls and also stopping vehicals for driving infraction. One ...