Tamar Bucci, fallen Massachusetts State Trooper, to be honored during National Police Week
FOXBORO — Fallen Massachusetts State Trooper Tamar Bucci will be honored by members of her academy class with random acts of kindness as they travel to Washington D.C. for National Police Week.
A ceremony for Bucci was held Thursday morning at Gillette Stadium to kick off the trip.
"This is just a really emotional event for all of us in the association," said Patrick McNamara, president of the Massachusetts State Police Association.
Bucci died on March 3, 2022, after her patrol cruiser was hit by a gas tanker on Route 93 while she was trying to help a driver who was stopped in the breakdown lane. She was just 34 years old.
During the ceremony, Bucci's mother, Maral Bucci, remembered the day she graduated from the Academy calling it the proudest day of her daughter's life.
"She was so proud of herself and we were so proud of her," Maral said. "It was pretty clear from that beginning of her career that as a trooper, that she didn't just want to take bad people off the street, she wanted to find a way to help everyone."
In honor of her, members of her academy class, the 85th Recruit Training Troop, will drive from Foxboro to D.C. performing random acts of kindness in cities along the way.
"We found it fitting that we would start our journey where we began our careers," said one of Bucci's classmates.
The first will be for workers at the new Mass General Brigham Center for Sports Performance and Research in Foxboro. The group will eventually stop in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland before reaching Washington.
Bucci's classmates will also do a set of burpees in each city in honor of her dedication to fitness and physical toughness.
The Massachusetts State Police's pink cruiser will also be part of the trip. It has been renumbered to cruiser 4440, Bucci's badge number, in her honor.
"Being a state trooper truly meant she wanted to be out there helping the world and doing something positive," said Maral. "Tamar would be very proud that they are remembering her and honoring her in this way."