Donald "Grandpa" O'Conner was Born in Chicago under the reign of the first Mayor Richard Daley, he was a smart child who skipped ahead first grade and later attended school at St Rita's a Catholic school on the southwest side.

After graduation he enlisted in the Army having little idea what to do with his life and spent 4 years as a file clerk in Germany and Korea. Bored with that life when he got out and came back to Chicago he took the Police exam mainly to see how he'd do.

However during the time he waited for his results he started to read up and began to see what he could do as a cop, so he joined up with the naive youthful visions of saving society. Starting out in the second District he began to get a reputation as a hard charger.

During that time he met Maureen Johansen, who was studying nursing at the local community college. Within a year they were married, and within two years they had their first child a daughter. During that time he began to be more careful having a family to provide for after all.

During this time he worked hard to get a Bachelor's degree in history and was transferred to the tactical team where he worked gang identification and narcotics. During that time he had two more children, moved to a nice southside house. And was moved to the 18th district on Chicago's northside. First moving from sector patrol to Wagon duty where he finally retired when his wife was offered a position as a senior
nursing supervisor for Sierra Falls General Hospital in the Neuro Intensive Care Unit, she had turned down a position earlier when he was moved to wagon patrol duty.

Once out in California he found retirement frightfully dull. When he was doing the mall tourist thing he saw a SFPD recruiting booth.With a conversation with the recruiter they were ready to hire him as a lateral officer, which he signed up for and was soon accepted.

After the Lateral academy he was assigned to patrol and is ready to start his new career. During some of the classes he was nicknamed"grandpa" by the younger officers.

He seems to be friendly and open when working, though he can when necessary put on his 'cop face' which hides his emotions effectively.

Off duty he is always one up for a barbecue, heading to a game, except when it conflicts with either the White Sox or Bears, teams he has followed for years

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