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Major Richard "Dean" Hurley


Richard “Dean” Hurley was promoted in September 2010 to the rank of Major over Field Operations Bureau-East. Since 2006, Hurley has served as Captain over the 13-county Fall Branch District in East Tennessee. Major Hurley began his career with the THP in 1977, serving in Sullivan County and his native Washington County as a Road Trooper and D.A.R.E. Trooper in 1990 until his promotion to Sergeant in 1993. In 2003, Hurley was promoted to Safety Education Lieutenant in Sullivan County, where he was assigned until his promotion to Captain in 2006. Major Hurley currently teaches criminal justice courses at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City where he also received his Master of Arts degree in Criminology in 1996 and a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice in 1983. Hurley served in the U.S. Air Force from 1973-1976. He and wife Vicky have one daughter, Jessica, 25. They reside in Jonesborough.