Tommy Walsh

Tommy Walsh, a character in Veil of Secrets book, is the Chief of the Birchport Police Department. He made his first appearance in Chapter 2.

Personality
Tommy is shown to be rude, lazy, and looks for any excuse to not do any Police work. He treats his deputies, Jeff and Naomi, very poorly, often yelling at them and assigning them menial tasks. It is heavily implied that he takes bribes from the Sterling family

Pierce Sterling
Tommy and Pierce are old friends.

Your Character
Your character immediately has a negative impression of him due to his reluctance to investigate Kate's disappearance, labeling him as incompetent and lazy. However, Flynn states that he is very influential and is not the type of person you would want as an enemy. In Chapter 3, you can accuse him of being corrupt.

Trivia

 * His policy is to not file a missing persons report until said person has been missing for 24 hours.
 * He resembles actor James Gandolfini.