Brett Ward

Brett in his BCSO Cadet Uniform

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## General Description

Brett Owen Ward is a deputy with the Blaine County Sheriffs Office, badge number 202.

## Biography

### Early life

Brett Ward was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 29, 1991 to a single mother, Alexandra, and a twin brother, Charles. Brett's father and mother were never married, and Brett's mother never liked to speak about him, so no questions were ever answered about his lack of involvement in Brett and Charles' life. Without a father in the house, Brett quickly gained the role of the man of the house, very protective of his mother and brother. Taking side jobs through school, Brett attempted to help provide some financial stability to help his mother.

### Military Career

During high school, Brett flirted with the idea of joining the military. His school had the US Army JROTC (Junior Officer Training Corps), which introduced him into the idea of joining the military. After graduating, he joined the United States Army Reserves while he went to college to earn a Bachelors of Science in Nursing and then joining the United States Army as a 68W combat medic. While stationed in Afghanistan, Brett witnessed many of his friends and colleagues suffering and dying from injuries they sustained while on the battlefield. Just like his protective nature of his twin brother, Brett couldn't let a single soldier pass without a full check-up from himself. Any time a soldier had passed, Brett took it personally. Being such a strong and gifted soldier and medic, Brett would achieve MOS 68W30, Staff Sgt. Unfortunately his service in the Army would come up short. While out on duty, Brett suffered a heart attack which left him physically unfit to continue service for the Army and was given a medical discharge.

### Medical/Fire Career

Upon returning home, Brett was offered a position with the Atlanta Fire and Rescue, an EMS and Firefighting department in the city of Atlanta, through a friend from the Army. Due to his drive, determination, and prior experience, Ward quickly rose the ranks through the department. Ward ultimately achieved the rank of Assistant Chief, claiming certifications like Pokémon such as Tac Medic, Land and Sea Search and Rescue, and many more. Shortly after achieving command status, shift in department policy left a lot of former EMS to leave the department. Ward took it upon himself to build the department from the ground up in his own image.

### Trauma and Tragedy

While Ward was working in Atlanta, his mother and brother moved to Paleto Bay, San Andreas. One day while working at the hospital, Ward got a call from his mother. She was hysterical. Charles, Brett's brother, had died in a vehicle collision with a street racer. Distraught with grief, Ward quit his job, packed his bags, and moved to San Andreas to take care of his mother. His mother worked as a bank teller for the Blaine County Savings Bank while Ward started his own towing and trucking business, "Camel Toe Trucking". Things seemed to be going well, until one day a group of individuals walked into the bank where his mother worked and started robbing the place. His mother was taken hostage in an attempt for negotiations, however, as the individuals failed to get into the bank, they grew more and more frustrated, until they eventually shot Alexandra in cold blood. Ward received the call that this had happened and rushed to the hospital to find his mother on her deathbed. It was from that point that Ward vowed that what happened to his mother would never happen to any individual.

### Law Enforcement Career

#### Application and Interview

Two days after the death of his mother, Ward applied to be an officer for the San Andreas State Police. To his surprise, he was accepted for interview. He was woefully unprepared for the strangest interview of his life. As he sat in the waiting room, a man he would later look up to came into the room to talk to him, Jaspers Guardsman. Noticing his nervousness and giving him advice for his upcoming interview, Jaspers said to "be interesting." Immediately, Ward started digging and digging to find something interesting. He was still unprepared by the time he walked into the interview. Some basic interview and LEO questions were asked, until he was asked, "What is interesting about you?". Panicking, Ward said, "I like to square dance." Immediately he had noticed the mistake he made, as everyone in the room was instantly intrigued and called his bluff. An officer brought out a boombox and requested him to dance. A man of his word, Ward stood up, and danced the best dance he had done since his high school prom. Luckily, that took the cake, as he was told by the interviewers that was the defining feature that got him hired.

## Trivia

* Brett speaks Spanish at a medium level, as well as a very basic understanding of Russian and Korean.