Full Report

Aaron Bucy has been a Texas peace officer since 2010. When he graduated high school, the first thing he did was get his Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification. Aaron started working for his hometown fire department, and then completed the Fire Academy. He spent three years as a full time firefighter and EMT. He then took a job as a safety supervisor for a water park in central Texas that is the largest water park in North America. From there Aaron went to Los Angeles and worked as an executive bodyguard at Warner Brothers' Studios. He stayed there for about a year before taking a higher paying job that took him around the country building internet and data infrastructures.In 2002, Aaron started working at an NBC-TV station as a part time camera operator, and eventually worked his way to being the Chief Director of Newscasts. When he decided to go back to school, he went to the Midwest. Aaron worked on an armored car while in school. After getting involved with some of the local state representative elections, he was recruited by a United States Senator to represent him in twenty-four counties during his reelection campaign in 2006. Aaron was very active in politics from 2004-2008. He spent time in the Governor's office and traveled all over the state. During this period of time he was lucky enough to meet President George W. Bush three times, Vice President Cheney, and countless Congressional members and operators. He got to see Air Force One up close on two occasions, work with the White House staff, Secret Service, as well as travel in Presidential motorcades.Aaron went to the Police Academy in 2010 and graduated at the top of his class. That's when this series of stories began to come to life.Education:Astro-Biology; Super Earths & Life program, Harvard UniversityAssociate of Arts: Liberal ArtsAssociate of Science: General StudiesAssociate of Science: Business AdministrationCertifications:Texas EMT-BTexas FirefighterCalifornia Guard CardMissouri Guard CardTexas Peace OfficerLicenses:Texas Concealed Handgun LicenseTexas Private Security Bureau, Private InvestigatorFCC Radio LicenseAffiliations:3rd Degree Master MasonMake-A-Wish FoundationTexas Military Forces, Texas State Guard (E4)Awards:Director's Award for Excellence(Police Academy Valedictorian)Firefighter Pin2 Years of Service PinPolice Training OfficerCommunications PinPromoted to SergeantPatrol Rifle PinPromoted to Sergeant (new agency)Police Commendation Pin

A new officer talks about his personal experiences as a police officer in small-town, rural Texas. The stories are a compilation of fun events, unique experiences, and tragic circumstances as experienced by the author in his first five years of law enforcement. They are written in a non-technical, casual format that can be enjoyed by readers with or without law enforcement knowledge. The stories are told as if you were sitting around the fireplace drinking coffee with an old friend. If you think you know what it is like to be a small town cop, you may have a different outlook after reading Full Report.