Buford Tyrone Jr.

Buford Tyrone Jr. is currently portrayed by a bottle of whiskey, a badge and a shotgun.

## Early Life

Buford Tyrone Jr. was born on a small farm in Paleto Bay. Buford's family lost the farm as it was foreclosed on during the oil crisis of 1973 when Buford's father Buford Tyrone Sr., spent all the families money and took out a loan in order to invest in corn oil as an alternative fuel in a get rich scheme.

With their savings in samples and in a lot of debt Burford's family had to sell the land off to the Blaine County Savings Bank. The bank eventually sold it to the Clucking Bell Farms Company and it is now currently a chicken factory inside of Paleto Bay.

## Military Service

Buford's father resorted to alcoholism and left the family at a young age forcing Buford to have to take up work at the age of 14, where he worked at the Cluckin Bell Chicken Factory for 4 years until on his 18 birthday he wanted to see the world.

Buford then enlisted in the USMC, during his first enlistment period he was deployed in Operation Desert Shield as part of the events leading up to Operation Desert Storm, also known as the Gulf War. During the Gulf War, Buford would go on to see many things and experience a bit of combat, some of which still haunts him to this day. Buford was wounded in the leg by stray friendly fire during the war and was awarded the purple heart for his service.

After the war Buford decided that he did not want to continue to serve in the military and did not re-enlist once his contract expired. However, Buford did enjoy some of his time in the military, and the things in which it taught have continued to serve him well in his current career.

## Life in Paleto

On his return from the military and back to Paleto Bay, Buford Tyrone Jr., met the love of his life, Samantha. During this time he secured a job as a traveling salesman that sold John Deere Tractors. Buford and his wife spent much of their time enjoying the wilderness of Paleto and going on camping trips as well as road trips.

Tragically, Buford's wife was killed as a hostage in a robbery gone bad at the Blaine County Savings Bank. Buford was heartbroken by the loss and during this time quit his job and decided to travel around the country. After a few years wandering around America, hitchhiking, living off the land and being in some weird cults. Buford decided that he needed a change and that the love of his life would be disappointed in his lifestyle.

In the late 1990s Buford joined the Blaine County Sheriff's Department. He would reside in this job residing mostly in Sandy Shores & Grapeseed before being assigned as a deputy at the Paleto Bay Sub-Station, for the BCSO in the early 2000s. During his time on the job he would achieve the rank of Captain. It was not until 2020 that the residents of Paleto Bay put legislation forward to have their own Sheriff Department. Buford wanting to make a difference in his hometown decided to run for Sheriff of the newly created Paleto Bay Sheriff's Department.

### Sheriff of Paleto Bay

By an overwhelming majority Buford won with a 100% of the vote. However the Paleto Bay Sheriff's Department has limited funding and suffers from being able to pay for much expenses. Currently the department only had a few vehicles with only 2 working ones, One being a Chevy Caprice from the 80s and a Crown Vic purchased from another department. As of right now the department currently has only 1 active officer and has not been able to take on another deputy.

As of right now Buford's main goal as Sheriff of Paleto Bay is increasing the value that Paleto Bay has to offer other than it being the hotspot for bank robberies. During his time as Sheriff of Paleto Bay, he has stood up for business rights and has done his best to bring about community policing back to the good folks of Paleto Bay. Buford Tyrone has made a lot of efforts to combat the Meth Epidemic in Paleto Bay and has sought to deter operations that are currently prevalent, during these operations all meth cookers spotted by Buford were brought to justice with help from federal and state authorities. As part of his community policing initiatives, Buford offers public meetings to residents of Paleto Bay to talk about issues and or ideas to improve Paleto Bay. In addition Buford Tyrone Jr., offers firearm certification training from the Paleto Bay Sheriff Department.

Buford's relations with LSPD soured under former chief Brian Smith, when the LSPD set up a illegal checkpoint under Paleto Bay Ordinance at the Mojito Inn. harassing patrons and trying to conduct illegal searches of the premise. Due to pressures by citizens whose rights were violated, Buford was forced to confront Brian Smith. During this confrontation Brian Smith basically said that LSPD would no longer offer any support to Paleto Bay, since they did not appreciate the checkpoint. However the overwhelming majority of officers were never informed of this directive and would of most likely ignored it, due to the internal brotherhood amongst officers and the tendency to want to help fellow officers. Hopefully under the new chief Marshall Holiday, relations may improve.

Buford also worked with the commander of the grapeseed detachment, John Winchester. The two were good friends and would often help each others jurisdictions out when the other was unavailable to police the region. However Buford's friendship with Mr. Winchester would come to an end when, Mr. Winchester was shot dead on the job by a man in all blue clothing. Buford Tyrone Jr., was saddened by this loss and hosted a candlelight vigil in Mr. Winchester's honor in grapeseed. There were a good member of people who attended including some members from the Ricardo Family Mafia and Chief Marshall Holiday. At this vigil Buford recounted some of the good times that he had with Winchester and a bit about his life as well, and said "Grapeseed has lost a hero". In addition Buford posted a press release about the death of Mr. Winchester. Due to business matters, Buford was not able to attend the funeral of Mr. Winchester.

## Personal Life & Trivia

### Relatives

Buford Tyrone Jr.'s great great grandpappy, Buford Tyrone was a U.S. Marshal during the era of United States History known as the Wild West, not much is known about his Grandpappy except he did participate in a few skirmishes in the Great Plains Buffalo conflict, regarding regulations of Buffalo Hunting.

### Political Views

Buford Tyrone Jr. does not believe in outside intervention of different police agencies in his city. Although he does appreciate help from different agencies he does not believe other agencies should be doing active policing regarding residents in the town without approval from himself. Buford Tyrone likes to keep his constituents happy and supports the bar and nightclub scene that Paleto Bay brings. Buford Tyrone Jr. was also a member of John Winchester's Conservative Party, which now seems to be in shambles due to the death of John Winchester. Buford Tyrone Jr. does not support the current governor who seems to be very complicit with the actions of foreign powers.

### Fun Facts

* Buford Tyrone Jr. can occasionally be seen driving older model police vehicles, due to his main vehicle a Crown Vic being in the shop for repairs
* Buford Tyrone Jr. has often been accused of being a drunkard, but most of these allegations are false.
* Buford Tyrone Jr., likes people to be quiet in his station.
* Buford Tyrone Jr., does not take to kindly to outsiders especially those who come to his city to commit crimes or lie to him.