Jim Haydu:  

Life after i graduated from high school,i attended ohio state university for about a year. in october of 1964 i married and decided to drop out of school and prepare myself to become a member of the columbus police department. as far back as i can remember, i knew i wanted a career in law enforcement. in 1966 i completed my training and hit the street,green as new grass.as we all know,life in the 60s was a time in our society when every value and standard we had been taught was being questioned and a demand for social change was very strong.needless to say,this was a tough time for anyone who was considered to be an authority figure. lawenforcement careers can take a toll on personal relationships and in 1977 i was divorced. i had been assigned to the narcotics division at that time and i was away from home quite a bit and living a duel life had taked quite an emotional toll. i decided to transfer to the investigative subdivision where i completed my career and retired in 1990. by this time, i had re-married and had 3 beautiful daughters.tragically, in 1992 my wife became very ill and had to be hospitalized. she suffered a massive stroke, unrelated to her original illness while she was in the hospital.the doctors told us the damage was so extensive that she, more than likely,would not live. god had different plans and she managed to live and began a slow recovery, however, she never regained memory of her past life or our life together prior to the stroke. a few years later i agreed to a divorce.needless to say, this was another very tough period in my life ,but thanks t...Expand for more