“It’s one of those things where you can always do what you set your mind to,” Officer O’Mara said. “If you really want to do something, find a way to do it.”
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Born and raised in Fort Smith, Greenwood Police Officer John Michael O’Mara has been dealing with hearing loss for as long as he can remember.
“I actually refused to wear hearing aids,” O’Mara said. “I didn’t like the way that it sounded like a 1960s television in the background all the time. I actually got my first set of hearing aids when I was in high school, and they didn’t really fit my particular type of hearing loss.”
Despite his hearing loss worsening, O’Mara did not let that stop him from continuing in his family’s footsteps of public service.
“My family actually has about 12 people that have been in law enforcement through several …
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