I first met Sgt. Brent Thompson of the Mount Vernon Police Department when I enrolled in the MVPD's Citizens Academy -- a twelve-week program designed to teach folks in our community about how local enforcement works. It's an experience that I recommend for anyone who lives here -- and if you believe that a community gets the law enforcement it deserves, I'm pretty sure you're going to feel better about where you live as a result.
But there is another role that Brent Thompson plays. He happens to serve on the board of the Mount Vernon High School Scholarship Foundation -- and it is in that capacity that I interviewed him about the foundation and a particular scholarship drive that he is championing to honor members of his graduating class (Class of '93) who are no longer with us. One of these is very near and dear to Meyer Sign: Gregg Collins.
In this interview with Brent we'll talk about the MVHS Scholarship Foundation and what it was like to be in high school in Mount Vernon in the early '90s -- and pay our respects to those in Brent's class who have gone on before us.
