Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy
Director
Brian Grisham
Bio:
Brian Grisham, Esq. has been Director of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA) and Executive Secretary of the Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission since April 2005. Prior to that, he served as Assistant Director since 1997. He has served as assistant to the commissioner and staff attorney for the Tennessee Department of Safety.
Grisham received his law degree from the Nashville School of Law in 1989 and his B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University in 1984. His law enforcement experience includes service with the Department of Safety’s Criminal Investigations Division and MTSU Police Department. He has been a licensed attorney since 1989 and has training certifications in criminal law, firearms instruction, asset forfeiture, police management, and courtroom security.
In addition to instructional and administrative duties at the academy, he has served as an investigator and legal advisor to the P.O.S.T. Commission. Outside of these departmental duties, serves as a member of the Tennessee Public Safety Network providing training and critical incident stress debriefing and peer support and is an advisory board member of CrimeStoppers of Nashville.
He is a graduate of the Tennessee Government Executive Institute and the FBI National Law Institute. In 2011, Grisham was appointed to the Governor’s Subcabinet for Public Safety.
Contact: law.enforcement@tn.gov
Assistant Director
Sam Reed
Bio:
Education:
Bachelor of Science, Middle Tennessee State University, 1983
Master of Science, Middle Tennessee State University, 1992
Previous Experience:
Tennessee State Parks, 1983-2008
Certifications:
P.O.S.T. Certified Instructor
Emergency Medical Technician License
Firearms Instructor
EVO Instructor
Specialties Taught at TLETA:
Emergency Medical, Patrol, Emergency Vehicle Operation
Contact: law.enforcement@tn.gov
Supervisor of Training
John F. Owens
Bio:
Education:
Graduated Shelbyville Central High School
Attended several types of specialized trainings
Graduate of Northwestern University School of Staff and Command
Previous Experience:
Served 22 years with the City of Shelbyville Police Department
Certifications:
Certified Crash Reconstructionist
Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
Crime Scene Investigations
Criminal Investigations
Police Motorcycle Instructor
Specialties Taught at TLETA:
Crash Investigation
Emergency Vehicle Operation
Police Motorcycle Training
POST Certification in Child Sexual Abuse
Various patrol subjects
Contact: john.owens@tn.gov
Instructor
Keith Dunn
Bio:
Education:
BS- Business Management
MS- Administration of Justice and Security
Previous Experience:
Hendersonville Police Department, 2000-2010
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department, 1998-2000
Certifications:
EVO Instructor
Firearms Instructor
General Police Instructor
Police Motor Instructor
Police Radar Instructor
PT Instructor (Cooper Institute)
Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor
Specialties Taught at TLETA:
Emergency Vehicle Operations
Field Training Officer
Patrol
Police Motorcycles
Contact: keith.dunn@tn.gov
Instructor
Shana R. Roberts
Bio:
Education:
David Lipscomb University
Nashville School of Law
Previous Experience:
Special Agent Criminal Investigator-TBI
Certifications:
Domestic Violence
Emergency Vehicle Operations
Non-Lethal Ammunition
Officer Survival
Simunitions FX
Street Gangs and Youth Violence
Specialties Taught at TLETA:
Cultural Diversity
EVO
Instructor Development
Media Relations
Report Writing
Sexual Harassment
Simunitions FX & Non-Lethal Ammunition
Street Gangs
Contact: shana.roberts@tn.gov
Instructor
Cary W. Erwin
Bio:
Education:
AA in Law Enforcement at MTSU, 1979
B.S. at MTSU, 1981
Previous Experience:
MTSU Campus Police, 1974-75
Smyrna Police Deptartment, 1975-84
TLETA, 1984-Present
Specialties Taught at TLETA:
Firearms
Spanish
Contact: cary.erwin@tn.gov
Instructor
T. Dale Robinson
Bio:
Education:
B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University
J.D. from Nashville School of Law
Previous Experience:
Assistant District Attorney, 16th Judicial District
Staff Attorney, Tennessee Department of Safety
Police Officer, Field Training Officer, Supervisor, Swat, Murfreesboro Police Department
Patrolman, Middle Tennessee State University
Certifications:
General Police Instructor
Firearms Instructor
Legal Instructor
COPS Instructor
Specialties Taught at TLETA:
Legal Firearms
Contact: dale.robinson@tn.gov
Instructor
Eugene Fitzhugh
Bio:
Education:
B.S. in Criminal Justice, U. T. Martin
Previous Experience:
Jackson TN Police Department
State Investigations
U. S. Army-Desert Storm
Certifications:
Courtroom Procedures
Defensive Tactics
Emergency Vehicle Operations
Firearms
Go-Ju Ryu
Hate & Bias
Latent Fingerprint Processing
Mental Health
PT Instructor (Cooper Institute)
Rural Crime Scene Investigation
Sex Crimes Investigations
Spontaneous Knife Defense Instructor
Terrorism, SWAT
Specialties Taught at TLETA:
Emergency Vehicle Operations
Hate & Bias
Mental Health
Physical Fitness
Rural Crime Scene Investigations
Sex Crimes Investigations
Contact: eugene.fitzhugh@tn.gov
Instructor
Mark R. Wills
Bio:
Education:
F.B.I. National Academy Graduate (191st Session)
Previous Experience:
U.S.A.R. - (Active Duty 1981-1985) - Military Police
Lake City Police Dept., Tennessee (1985-1988)
Anderson Co. Sheriff’s Dept., Tennessee (1988-2003)
7th Judicial District Drug Task Force (Assigned 1989-1994)
Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (2003-Present)
Certifications:
Defensive Tactics (Instructor/Trainer)
Edged Weapons (Instructor/Trainer)
Ground Defense (Instructor/Trainer)
Specialties Taught at TLETA:
Use of Force-Defensive Tactics
Edged Weapon Defense
Leadership
Contact: mark.wills@tn.gov
Instructor
Mark Hall
Bio:
Education:
Previous Experience:
Mr. Hall is a 24-year police veteran who is employed as a full time instructor at the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy in Nashville, TN. He began his career in 1986 at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation where he was assigned to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. As a Special Agent, he worked cases relating to Medicaid Fraud, patient abuse, and drug diversion by Medicaid providers.
In 1990, he left the TBI and went to work for Business Risk International. As a Corporate Security Consultant for BRI, he investigated employee theft, narcotics, embezzlement, and fraud for numerous fortune 500 companies. He was also responsible for BRI’s electronic countermeasures program.
In 1991, he returned to State Law Enforcement as a Special Agent for the Tennessee Department of Revenue. As a Special Agent, he conducted investigations of taxpayers in violation of the Tennessee Sales and Use Tax Laws relating to sales tax, gambling, and narcotics. He was assigned to the Governor’s Task Force on Marijuana Eradication for (3) years and assisted with numerous drug task force investigations during his employment with TDR. He was also a departmental firearms and defensive tactics instructor.
In 1997, Mr. Hall gained employment with the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy as a full time instructor.
Certifications:
Specialties Taught at TLETA:
Interview and interrogation, drug investigation, and is also assigned to the firing range. In addition to his teaching assignments at TLETA, Mr. Hall teaches Statement Analysis at the TBI Special Agent School.
Contact: mark.hall@tn.gov
Instructor
Philip R. Michael
Bio:
Education:
Civilian
BS Criminal Justice, UTM, Martin, TN
AS Criminal Justice, DSCC, Dyersburg, TN
Graduate, Institute of Jewish Christian Studies, ZLM, Dallas, Texas
Military
Command and General Staff College ILE
CAS III
OBC and OAC
OCS
USMC Drill Instructor School
Previous Experience:
Law Enforcement
Patrol and Training
TLETA: Full Time Instructor since 1997
Military
Various Officer and Enlisted assignments to include:
CDR of the 1/117th Military Police Battalion
MTT Team Chief, Embedded w/Afghan National Police, Kandahar, Afghanistan
CDR, Security Force Augmentees, Operation Noble Eagle - Homeland Security
CDR B Co 230th EN
CDR 913th CSE EN Co
Drill Instructor, USMC, 1st BN B Co, MCRD Parris Island, SC 1974 - 1977
Certifications:
General Police Instructor
Firearms Instructor
Man Tracking & Mountain Survival
Training Officer Development
Specialties Taught at TLETA:
Patrol Tactics
Firearms
Man Tracking
Contact: phillip.michael@tn.gov
Administrative Staff
Kitchen Staff
Kitchen Supervisor
Joe Malone
Contact: joe.malone@tn.gov
Food Service Worker
Rhonda London
Cook 1
Maurice Batey
Food Service Worker
Lori Bowers
Cook 2
Beth Burdge
Food Service Worker (PT)
Tarris Lewis
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