The Brush Cop Author:John G Marcon "The Brush Cop is a narrative of actual experiences of Conservation Warden. Rather than use a fictitious name, I decided to just call him John; which was his first name. The names of informers and those arrested were omitted or given a nickname to protect the children of other relatives from embarrassment. John entered the field of conservati... more »on when breaking the fish and game laws was quite common. It was the accepted thing to do when the opportunity presented itself. In many cases the habitual violator was a kind of hero in his neighborhood. Only when people realized that the violators were actually stealing from the public, did this attitude change.« less