Almost every big city police department has an officer like Fort Worth’s Detective Don “D.D.” Sanders.
They’re the cops who are smart, quick-witted and funny — the cops who would rather poke fun at a situation and diffuse it with humor than take things too seriously. And they are also the ones who all too often let that humor bleed over into their official reports and case work.
Sanders was born in Houston in 1935, the son of Minnesota natives with a geologist father working in the petroleum industry. He received a solid education and often quoted Shakespeare and dabbled in playing the violin for pleasure. His vocabulary was nothing short of amazing. He was tall and athletic, winning the Texas “Police Olympics” in men’s tennis one year as well as being an avid golfer…