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After serving in the Navy, Dick Clason joined the Beverly Hills Police Department. He was on the job for 34 years (1956 – 1990).
During his career, he worked a number of assignments including records technician, patrol officer, officer-in-charge
of the Identification Bureau, fingerprint expert and as a consultant in the examination of questioned documents. He is the author of three historical westerns; two of which are series called the “Clason Westerns.”
According to the book description of his first western, The Kid from Custer, “A band of rustlers kill a rancher. One
rustler marries the rancher's wife; another is named deputy sheriff. The rancher's grief-stricken son eludes stepfather and
deputy by escaping into the wilds of the Black Hills. Set in the Dakota Territory in 1880, this tense and gripping adventure
is well-grounded in history and generously seeded with humor, violence, romance, and sex.
Dick Clason also authored a police related book, Echoes from the Beats: Beverly Hills Cops Tell Their Stories, which
is a compilation of stories by and about Beverly Hills Police Department police officers.
According to David Snowden, Chief of Police of the Beverly Hills Police Department, “Police Officers, both current
and retired, will enjoy this book very much. I am sure it will encourage many
more stories and perhaps another book. The Beverly Hills Police Department has
a long and proud history. Some of it can be relived through these stories.”
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