Terry Ommen served with the Visalia Police Department for twenty five years until his retirement in 1997. Ommen has been a regular columnist for local newspapers, including the Fresno Bee and the Visalia Times Delta, and he currently authors the "Voices from Four Creeks Country" column for the Valley Voice and a "Historic Happenings" blog. Ommen is also a past president of the Tulare County Historical Society.