Wiley Walker and Sgt. A crowd of well-wishers spilled outside the upstairs conference room Wednesday afternoon as law enforcement officials recalled their days with the two men. And that integrity is the main thing Drake hopes to see in the next generation of Abilene police officers, he said.
Integrity is the key to police work.
A Hamilton native, he now lives with his wife in Abilene. The couple has two sons. In addition to his policiing duties, Drake served the department as an informal chaplain for many years. He's as honest and as moral a man as I have ever known. But I could probably say the same for Wiley.