as I believe ralph spencer is the old policeman I think so,
the important decision Ralph Spencer decides to make at the end of a retrieved Reformation helps show us the readers that he saw Jimmy now and he realized that Jimmy had been a changed man since the last time he saw him and then he realized to just like leave him alone because he was in a better place I guess and he's changed and he realized that Jimmy had used his old past behaviors that werent used for good and now he used it for something good you know ?