Archive for August 2012

Los Angeles, California FORGIVE THE UNFORGIVEN Nearly thirty-years ago, in the spring of 1983, Clint “Dirty Harry” Eastwood took a few moments out of his busy life to personally congratulate me on my promotion to Detective III at Hollywood detectives. Now, I’d like to return that favor and speak out for HIM.  Did Eastwood cross…

 Los Angeles, California Some months back I received an e-mail from Steve W., who informed me that he was in possession of an original Fred Sexton oil painting, which had been in his family since the late 1940s. Fred Sexton Painting originally purchased in 1947-8. Since Steve lived locally we met for lunch and he…

Officer Ian Campbell circa 1960 August 10, 2012 Hollywood This afternoon I attended a ceremony dedicated to the memory of slain LAPD officer, Ian Campbell.  On March 9, 1963, while I was beginning my second month recruit training at the LAPD Police Academy, Ian Campbell and his partner, Officer Karl Hettinger  were working a “Z…