San Jose Adult Entertainment: Locking up WPD’s history
In addition to the collection of memorabilia, the department has also done some research and updated its Web site with a history of the department. Officer Monica Gonzalez has been in charge of the project, and discovered that the first death of a Watsonville policeman in the line of duty was actually in 1897, not 1920 as previously thought. On Feb. 6, 1897, night watchman Wesley Alford was shot and killed on South Main Street during a patrol. Officer John T. Whalen was shot to death on Oct. 25, 1920, in a city lot near the jail.
Myers recounted a couple of close calls he had with some of Watsonvilles worst. A brothel owner once pulled a knife on him and, armed only with a can of mace, Myers was forced to flee into the street.