I m 91 And The Oldest Working Police Officer In My State L.C. “Buckshot” Smith On 3/16/21 at 9:49 AM EDT
I was born and raised in Camden, Arkansas and I ve lived here all my life. If you can t live here, you can t live anywhere; it s a good town. When I was a little boy, I liked excitement and so I wanted to be a police officer or a firefighter.
I finished high school at 17 because I completed two grades in one year, and I ve been working since I was 16 years old. For a long time, I was a supervisor at a Camden furniture store, working in the shipping department and I had five or six people working beneath me there. But I d always wanted to be a police officer.
One of the oldest working police officers is a 91-year-old Arkansas man
Buckshot worked for the Ouachita County Sheriff s Office for more than 46 years. He came out of retirement after just four months to work for Camden police. Author: Melissa Zygowicz Updated: 11:41 PM EST February 5, 2021
CAMDEN, Arkansas The Camden Police Department is home to the oldest working police officer in Arkansas and one of the oldest in the country.
91-year-old L.C. Buckshot Smith has worked for Camden police for almost 10 years. I feel like, I live longer at my age to keep on working, Buckshot said. A lot of people my age and younger will tell you they wish they had kept working.”