Never mind that it’s half a miracle that he can get up and walk around. L. C. “Buckshot” Smith is 91 years old, but he was 80 when he became a rookie cop in Camden, Arkansas. That was five months after he retired as a sheriff’s deputy in Ouachita County, where Camden is located.
Now, you’ve got to respect a man who can walk the beat at that age, carrying a gun but working with only his knowhow. Smith says, “This badge and gun don’t make you a police officer. You got to respect people.” He says he’s taken more people home than he’s taken to jail.
Besides, he knows you personally. “He knows your mama and he knew your grandmother. So he has the authority to speak into our lives,” Camden’s mayor says.
“Buckshot” -- his name since childhood -- isn’t planning to retire. Been there, done that, didn’t like it. He says he’ll retire when the Good Lord tells him to.
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