Let's Go for a Ride: The Wild Life of Maine's Longest-Tenured Undercover Game Warden
Heralded as "one of the best covert investigators in the country," William (Bill) Livezey is the longest-tenured undercover operative of the Maine Warden Service. "Let's go for a ride" is the universal bad-guy code for breaking the law. Among Maine's wilderness offenders, its utterance often incites alcohol-fueled night hunting, high-speed car chases, drug dealing, arson, and attempted murder. The worst of the worst were Bill Livezey's bread and butter.
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A graduate of Unity College, William Livezey briefly worked as a corrections officer in the Maine State Prison before beginning a thirty-year career in the Maine Warden Service. He worked for twenty years as an undercover investigator and in 2005 received the "Living Legend Award" as an Officer of the Month from the National Fallen Officers Memorial. He was named the Maine Warden Service Warden of the Year in 2004. Bill is also a recipient of the National Boating Award, and the Maine Warden Service has further recognized his duty with a Meritorious Service Award and six Exemplary Service Awards. After retiring from the Warden Service in 2020, Bill now lives in Hershey Pennsylvania, with his wife, Gail, where they serve as house parents at the Milton Hershey School.
Daren Worcester is the author of Open Season, True Stories of the Maine Warden Service. He has also been published in Backpacker and Down East magazines. A native of Hanover, Maine, and a graduate of the University of Maine, Daren lives in New Hampshire with his family.
