A Little Background.

Sketch of Jim's home 1947 Sketch by Jim Conover

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I was born and raised down in south-east Missouri - Kennett. Worked the cotton fields until I was old enough to join the military service. Spent three(3) years in the US Army. Worked for an Apiary (honeybee company) for a year. Migrated to Pekin, Illinois in 1962. Complete my mandatory training in a local supermarket,(every young man has to work at a grocery store, don't they) where I met my wife, Judie. Worked in the construction trade, then on the Rock Island Railroad for a few years. Joined the Boilermaker union in 1965 as a welder. Spent twelve years there before leaving to joined the local police department. 

On August 30, 1974, I was sworn in as a commissioned police officer for the City of Pekin, Illinois. I was assigned badge number 114 as a patrolman.
In 1977, I was transferred to the detective division where I served until July of 1980 when I was promoted to Sergeant and assigned badge number 204. I was assigned to patrol division for 6 months, then reassigned to the detective division. 

BADGE #204

TAKEN IN 1993 JUST BEFORE MY RETIREMENT
Illinois River in background
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I retired from the Pekin Police Department on August 30, 1994. I had served twenty years.

In October of 1988,  my brother, Dennis and I, opened a private detective agency.  Though I retired from the police department after twenty years, we still have the private detective agency.

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JIM CONOVER & DENNIS CONOVER
In Front Of Our Office At 412 Court Street
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Dennis Conover - Jim Conover
Inside the surveillance van we built -1990
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Another brother, Rob Conover was our top agent. He worked for us for many years before opening his own investigative agency. It being a Paranormal Investigation Agency.

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ROB CONOVER

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Rob with His Dealing With Ghosts Booklet
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