Early
Law Enforcement
By Ray Haueter - former UPOA Historian,
UPOA President 1970 - 1971, now deceased
By
popular request, we reprint Ray's stories of Early Law Enforcement for
your pleasure
And may God have mercy on your
soul
Frank
Colclough
Gunfighters
of the West
History of the Old Sugarhouse
Prison - 1850 - 1952
Law Enforcement in the
High Uintahs
Lot Smith, Outlaw or Lawman,
which?
Marshals and Manhunters
Matt Warner - Part One
Matt Warner - Part Two
On the Dodge
They didn't all
meet Face to Face
Old Fashioned?
Some people say that I am old fashioned. I still stand up when the flag
passes in a parade and salute if I am in uniform or hold my hand over my
heart if in civilian clothes. I still say sir to my superiors and open
doors for women. I like to dress like a man and like to see women dress
like women. I believe in children being respectful to adults and adults
being respectful to other adults. I still believe that a heavy love scene
should be played behind closed doors and not in the movies, and I take
offense at most of the TV police shows now playing on the tube. I still
like to watch a good John Wayne western where the good guys win and the
bad guys lose. I still believe there is majesty in law and resent the "legal
eagles" who spend their time looking for a loop hole to let the bad guy
back on the streets. I still believe in enforcing the law as I have been
sworn to do and believe that the majority of the public respect me for
doing so. I am still proud to be an American citizen and proud of the fact
that I was physically fit to serve in the armed forces of this country.
I believe that the initials U.S. means US and it is all of us who make
up this great country we live in. When I criticize this country and its
government, I am criticizing myself and my neighbors and when I do something
to make life a little bit better for a neighbor I am doing something for
each of us, to make this country a little bit better for all of us.
Maybe I am old fashioned, but if I am, I join the ranks of millions
of other old fashioned Americans who still have a thrill run through them
when they see our flag waving in the breeze and listen to the music of
a good military band. Being old fashioned has allowed this country to stay
free and being old fashioned will keep this country free for generations
of Americans who will live long after I am gone. Yes, there is majesty
in law. Although it may never be perfect it is the foundation of this country
we live in and I am proud to wear the badge of a law enforcement officer.
LIEUT. RAY HAUETER
Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office
1978
