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Show Know your policemen educated in Denver, fell in love in Utah and his footsteps kept returning to Springville, where he wooed and wed Connie Med-ved Med-ved in 1951. For eight years he was employed by Geneva Editor's note To better acquaint townspeople towns-people with Springville City Police Officers, a series of articles ar-ticles will be run in the Springville Herald from time to time, giving a brief history of each one, beginning with the patrolmen. The article this week, on Patrolman J. D. Dal-ton, Dal-ton, follows: For JD Dalton, member of the Springville Police Department, Depart-ment, "There is no other job." His enthusiasm for police work is shown in his willingness to "go the extra mile" and do more, than the job requires, also in his integrity toward continued training in specialized special-ized police work. It is this attitude at-titude which accounts for the good will he enjoys within the police department and his popularity pop-ularity with t,he kids and their parents alike. JD was born in Oklahoma, ' - ' " V. . ..... ,.. L ... - 1 ' ji Officer JD Dalton Steel Co. During this time he volunteered as a special officer in the police department, then in 1958, he took a cut in wages wa-ges to become a full-fledged Springville policeman. For those who might think it's a "family affair" JD is not related re-lated to Judge Dalton and he is quick to point out with a chuckle that he is in no way related to the infamous Dalton Gang of the Wild West. Inci-dently, Inci-dently, the initials do not stand for Jack Dillon or Joe Dokes, JD is his name. He and Connie Con-nie with their five children live on West Center. It is a policy of the police department for each man to specialize in one or more phases phas-es 6f police work. Since JD's graduation, in 1959, from Camp W. G. Williams, Police Academy, he has fulfilled an assignment in Safety and Accident Ac-cident Prevention, completed a Homicide Seminar conducted by the Utah Peace Officers Association and he is currently current-ly assigned to a specialized course in the Investigation and Prevention of Sex Offenses Within the Community. In connection con-nection with this study, JD has developed an efficient flip-card flip-card system which serves as an aid in the prevention of I these offenses. On one side of the card is listed all known information about the offender and the crime, on the. other side is listed all the known information in-formation about victims. Sex offenders tend to follow a pattern, pat-tern, therefore, by cataloguing the data and comparing the MO (method of operation), it is sometimes possible to prevent pre-vent further crimes of this nature na-ture even though the assailant is unknown. JD's efforts have proved so successful that other police departments have adopted adopt-ed the system to help serve their communities as well. Aside from his police work, JD belongs to several professional profes-sional groups whose efforts are directed toward upgrading police departments throughout the statej He served s.s vice president of Central Utah Peace Officers Association in 1960, he is a member of the National Peace Officers Association Associ-ation and is presently serving on the pistol committee for the Peace Officers annual conference confer-ence which will be held in He-ber, He-ber, June 4, 5, and 6. One of JD's favorite hobbies is Little League, which he coaches. He brought a winning team from the Hobble Creek District last year, to Grants-ville, Grants-ville, where they were defeated in the finals. His stress on fair play makes the police department depart-ment proud to have him as a representative. He is active in other sports including basketball basket-ball and golf. He was Golden Glove Champ in 1946 and he is very proud of the Sportsmanship Sportsman-ship Trophy awarded his M Men team from the Third and Ninth Ward. Chief Graham gives credit to his wife, Connie, for her husband's devotion to his duty It takes a dedicated wife to give her wholehearted support to a dedicated police officer |