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C. Thomas Whitt spent a lifetime in law enforcement.
He worked three years as a sheriff's deputy, nearly two as a California Highway Patrol officer, more than a year as a Fresno police officer, and for the rest was a criminology instructor at Fresno City College.
But, careers aside, Tom Whitt's real brush with fame came in 1974, when he played a central role in Fresno County's disputed sheriff's election.
Whitt -- who passed away last Friday at age 74 of natural causes related to Alzheimer's disease -- declared himself a write-in candidate and entered the race after things got ugly between longtime Sheriff Melvin Willmirth and challenger Guy Langley, who had been a sergeant in the department.
Read the full story at Political Notebook.
