Bossack, David

This interview was recorded at the base of Tumamoc Hill in Tucson, Arizona on September 11th, 2018. It covers the following themes:

b. 1955 

Childhood in Long Island. Community and knowing neighbors. Work and learning trades. 

Joining the Marine Corps in 1972 and medical discharge. Joining the New York City Police Department. Living with diabetes in the 1970s. Work for NYPD. 

Move to Arizona in the late 1970s. Life in Douglas. 

Working with Cochise County Sheriff in Bowie and San Simon. Drugs and crime in rural southeastern Arizona from 1980 to 1984. Arrests. Working alone in remote places. Cooperation between agencies.  

A brief aside about Bossack’s move to Tucson and work for Southwest Gas. 

Other Cochise County law enforcement stories, including Miracle Valley and a Phelps Dodge strike. 

Bossack’s career in customer service and field repair for Southwest Gas. 

Continued involvement with law enforcement, working with the Tucson Police Department’s Explorer youth outreach program.