By Martin Couch
Back in his high school days at Bryant, Corporal Nick Ramsey had an idea that he wanted to be in law enforcement.
A 1997 graduate of Bryant High School, Ramsey was inspired to be a police officer by watching his father Tom work as a Benton policeman.
"I've lived here since I was 8 years old and my father was a police officer and in the military," he said. "That was something I always caught on to and enjoyed. I did ride-alongs with him when I was younger and when I turned 18, I worked at the county jail."
Ramsey has been a Bryant police officer since 2002, but during his tenure he took off a year to go overseas.[more]
"I left and went overseas as a contractor to train Afghan police and came back over here in 2009," he said. "It was a very interesting and different experience over there. I was working for two weeks over there before I started getting shot at and coming up on road-side bombs, but overall it was good and I enjoyed it."
Ramsey came back to Bryant and resumed his regular duties as a patrolman.
"It's a good atmosphere here," he said.
