“Let me tell you I spent a lot of ‘time-out’ time on that bench,” recalled Walsh as the room erupted in laughter. In 1975, Captain Walsh was Boy of the Month twice, July and August. A relic from days gone by, the pine bench brought lots of laughter as they recalled the many time-outs they received and were forced to “ride the pine.” In the gym, the men noticed that the walls all around were decorated with signs signifying the Boy of the Month from each year. The first thing they noticed was the long pine bench just inside the front entrance. As the three men toured the Club earlier in the day, memories came flooding back to Walsh and Thomas. Sheriff Lawson went on to say that two members of his Command Staff, Allan Walsh and Gabe Thomas, grew up in the Tucker Unit. I’m blessed to have your Club in this area.” We need to go to different Clubs and be seen. We appreciate what the Boys & Girls Clubs do, how they’ve always been involved with the community. I’m all on board with what we need to do to join hands with the Boys & Girls Clubs and whatever we can do on our end to help. We’ve got to educate our kids early and get their attention early as to how drugs will affect them. And we need to educate kids about drug avoidance. We want to be trained to respond to active shooter scenarios, yes, but we also want SROs to have a bond with kids. I’d really like to create programs where we actually get to know the students and they get to know us. program, which is good, but maybe we need to look at expanding on that with something that fits our community and works well with the Boys & Girls Clubs. I want them to know that we’re not bad guys, we’re your friends. Cash? I want to make a trend at the Sheriff’s Office where our people can get into the schools and communicate with the youth. Linda Cash, Director of Schools for Bradley County, is here today. One of the slogans I’ve heard is, ‘Build more Clubs and less jails.’ Dr. Well, I have about 500-600 walk in my doors. You said you have 800-900 kids walk through your doors on a daily basis. But, like you, we have good days and bad days. It is a privilege to be the sheriff, and I’m blessed to have this job. “As I thought about what I was going to say to you today, I thought about how I can compare the Boys & Girls Club to the job we do. Sheriff Lawson was the first to address the capacity crowd of board members and guests. Monday, March 25, special guests from the Bradley County Sheriff’s Department-Captain Gabe Thomas, Captain Allan Walsh, and Sheriff Steve Lawson-visited the BGCOR Tucker Unit to share from their perspective about the impact of the Club.
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