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Sheriff Luttrell and Tennessee Law Enforcement Officers’ Association To Honor Students Who Say “NO” To Alcohol and Drugs

Release Date: May 13, 2005

Three Shelby County area students have won awards from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Officers’ Association for writing essays. The students will be honored today at the Sheriff’s Office.

The program will be held at 201 Poplar, 9th Floor, in the Sheriff’s Office Administrative Conference Room at 2 p.m.

The students expressed their views in the essay contest titled, “Why I Will Say No to Alcohol and Drugs.” The winners from the Shelby County area are:

• First Place-Isaac Thansi-Heritage Baptist Academy-$300.00 prize
• Second Place--Tia Tyson-Raleigh Egypt Middle School-$200.00 prize
• Third Place - Nikki Mc Kelvey-Heritage Baptist Academy-$100 prize

The competition was open to 8th graders from public or private schools in Memphis and Shelby County. Home-schooled students were also eligible.

The annual contest is sponsored by the Tennessee Law Enforcement Officers’ Association. For the past eleven years the association has honored students through the essay competition which encourages children not to use alcohol and drugs.

Several Deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office are members of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Officers’ Association. They will join Sheriff Luttrell in presenting the awards to the winners at the ceremony.

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