WELLSVILLE â As Village Mayor Randy Shayler opened the village boardâs last meeting of 2020 Monday night, he took time to remember former police chief Tim Walsh, who passed away Dec. 21.
Saying, âWellsville has another ambassador in heaven,â in reference to the death earlier this year of former police chief Jim Cicirello, Shayler continued, âOur condolences go out to Timâs wife, Margaret, his sons, Robert, Michael and Bryan, his brother, Shaun, and his sister, Mary Kate Cole, and the entire Walsh family.
Walsh, 62, was a native of Wellsville. He started a 42-year career in law enforcement working dispatch with the Wellsville Police Department. After working as a patrolman in Alfred, Walsh returned to the Wellsville PD and rose through the ranks.