Sgt. Daniel Bucci Named Greenwich Officer Of The Month For July

GREENWICH, CT — Sgt. Daniel Bucci of the Greenwich Police Department has been named Officer of the Month for July, according to an announcement from the GPD on Facebook.

Recently, Bucci was assigned as the desk sergeant during the evening shift, and he was aware that a prisoner had a history of drug abuse "and other poor coping skills", the department said in the announcement.

Bucci monitored the prisoner through the cellblock video surveillance cameras. As he watched the prisoner become agitated within his cell, Bucci alerted other officers about what was happening. Bucci then observed the prisoner making a rope out of his blanket, police said, and Bucci sprinted to the cellblock where he found the prisoner standing on the toilet with the blanket wrapped around his neck, preparing to hang himself.

Bucci stopped the prisoner from harming himself by using simple verbal de-escalation techniques, police said. The prisoner was then transported to the hospital without incident.

"Sgt. Bucci’s actions bring great credit to himself and the Greenwich Police Department and demonstrate two of the Department’s core values, Diligence, and Respect," the department said.

Bucci was hired as a Greenwich police officer on April 11, 2011, and was promoted to the rank of detective in September 2017. He was promoted to sergeant in November 2020.