a stolen walker for an elderly man and helped clothe and feed three children in a child neglect case after their mother was arrested. “I couldn’t be prouder. Tim is so deserving of this,” Palmetto Police Chief Scott Tyler told the Bradenton Herald at the awards ceremony. “When I wrote the nomination, it was for what we knew Tim does, but Tim is the kind of of��cer where I’m constantly hearing about things that he does that he never tells anybody about.” “I would rather help someone than hurt someone,” Matthews told the Herald. “I treat people with respect and do the best job I can.” The year before, in 2015, Palmetto police of��cer Lucianno Diaz was named Officer of the Year. In late February 2014, Diaz responded to a ��ght inside a Palmetto nightclub where a woman’s brachial artery, the major blood vessel of the upper arm, was lacerated. Diaz secured the crime scene and stopped the victim’s bleeding. Each year, a few days after the awards banquet, the Manatee County 100 Club offers a barbeque lunch for all of Manatee County’s law enforcement personnel and their families. �������������������������� After nearly four decades of generosity, the 100 Club of Manatee County remains ��ercely committed to supporting local law enforcement. Members of the organization are constantly searching for new ways to honor these courageous officers and their families. For instance, the 100 Club has plans to offer a scholarship program to relatives of Manatee County of��cers. “Through a recent partnership with Mission BBQ, our organization is hoping to develop a scholarship program with the Manatee Technical College’s Law Enforcement Academy,” Mills says. He explains that the scholarship program would target the children and siblings of current and past of��cers. “It would give them an opportunity for ��nancial assistance, providing for a better, more educated of��cer in the future,” he adds. After giving back to Manatee County law enforcement for 37 years, the 100 Club is far from ��nished with its noble mission. “As we move towards the future,” Mills says, “we look to provide assistance and education to the next generation of law enforcement of��cers and to promote and recognize the law enforcement community for the job they do in making our community safer.” 87
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