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While working within the school system, Walls also attends school himself. He earned his associate degree years ago, but this December, he will graduate with a bachelor\u2019s in criminal justice \u2014 and he plans to pursue his master\u2019s as well. Walls said college wasn\u2019t part of his plans for a long time, but his wife\u2019s journey influenced him. She went to school to be a teacher, but did not end her education there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe kept striving for more, and then she went back to school and obtained her master\u2019s degree and then an education specialist degree (EdS),\u201d Walls said. \u201cI never really thought college was in my plans, but then seeing her do it inspired me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After he earns his master\u2019s degree, Walls said he hopes to teach online classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Walls\u2019 community focus extends outside the school system as well. He has been a part of Bowling with Badges and Nashville Night Out, and helped retirement communities learn about online safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt gives the community a different look at their officers,\u201d Walls said. \u201cA lot of the time, communities don\u2019t see their officers out speaking with the community, [or] talking with or interacting with the community. They just kind of see them in a negative light.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His community service has also been recognized outside of Tullahoma. This March, Walls was one of a few thousand people across the United States chosen to receive the Kentucky Colonel Award. It is the highest title of honor given by the Commonwealth of Kentucky for outstanding service to a community, state, or nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is an amazing thing for a local police officer to be honored beside doctors, presidents, and popes, but the day-to-day community service of Tyler Walls has certainly earned him the title. GN<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TYLER WALLS is not just a school resource officer. At Robert E. Lee Elementary, he is a mentor when he talks to kids in the halls, a teacher when he goes to the classroom to talk about his job, a cheerleader when he encourages athletes during games, and a friend when he eats lunch with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n