Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 30, 1971
Caption:
Like Father... Ypsilanti Patrolman James Olson (left) receives from his father, Ann Arbor Police Department Deputy Chief Harold E. Olson, a certificate indicating completion of a police recruit program sponsored by the Michigan Law Enforcement Officers Training Council. Young Olson, an army veteran who served two years in Vietnam, has joined the Ypsilanti Police Department. He completed a four-week training course at the County Service Center under supervision of the Ann Arbor police. Deputy Chief Olson has been a city officer for the past 25 years.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 8, 1969
Caption:
Something New In Police Training - Ann Arbor Police Chief Walter E. Krasny, center, speaks to the first police recruit class in the area to graduate under the state's new Law Enforcement Training Council program. The Training Council outlines program content for police recruits throughout the state and certifies instructors for the basic course given to novice policemen. Krasny in City Council chambers yesterday presented certificates from the Training Council to five city recruits while Ypsilanti Police Chief Ray Walton, second from left, distributed the diplomas to two recruits from his department who completed the nine-week program with the Ann Arbor Department. Ann Arbor Senior Police Capt. Harold E. Olson is beside Walton at the left. All the new officers will go on duty on Monday. (Ann Arbor News Photo by Cecil Lockard)