Long-Time Toccoa Police Officer To Be Laid To Rest Today

Funeral services for long time Toccoa Police Officer Curtis Scott are scheduled for later today.

Services for Scott will begin at 2 p.m. today from Mt. Zion Baptist Church with interment to follow in the Toccoa City Cemetery.

Scott passed away on Saturday at the age of 79.

He worked for the Toccoa Police Department for more than 40 years.

Scott started as a part-time patrol officer in October 1967, before he was hired as a full-time officer in March 1971.

He then remained with the Toccoa Police Department until his retirement in June 2010.

During his time as an officer with the Toccoa Police Department, Scott served as a lieutenant, captain, assistant chief, and interim police chief on numerous occasions.

City records indicate Scott served under at least 11 different Toccoa police chiefs.

Current Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell said he was humbled to have known Scott.

Jarrell called Scott “community policing” before they had a definition of the term.