Chapter 32
ROSS BRANCASI HAD WANTED to be a cop forever. His mother has photos of him as a toddler in his hometown in New Jersey dressed as a police officer for Halloween. It’s what he wanted to when his teenage friends were smoking weed, and trying to get laid.
Brancasi was not one of the cool kids. He always wore his hair short. He watched police television shows and movies. He read books about cops. Yes, Ross Brancasi wanted to be a cop from his earliest memories.
When he left his New Jersey high school he went into the ARMY and did two tours in Afghanistan. He learned several things while there. He was an excellent marksman, which led to his role as a sniper. He was also good at interrogation, a job he loved, a bit too much at times. During one interrogation of a suspected Taliban m
