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Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Springer


Wayne Springer was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel over Field Operations in February 2011. Lieutenant Colonel Springer served as Major over the Field Operations - West Bureau since 2006. After beginning his service in state government in March 1982 as a Communications Operator in the Lawrenceburg District, he was commissioned as a State Trooper in 1984. He worked the road as a State Trooper in Giles and Lawrence Counties until his promotion to Sergeant in May 1989. Springer was then promoted to Lieutenant within the District 7 Lawrenceburg Headquarters in 1997, where he served as Administrative Lieutenant for more than eight years. In 2005, Springer was promoted to Captain over the Lawrenceburg District. Lieutenant Colonel Springer has expertise in Traffic Crash Reconstruction and specialized training in Traffic Services Management and Records. Springer currently resides in Loretto, Tenn., with his wife, Deborah, of 36 years. The couple have three children, Heath, Timothy, and Kimberly, and five grandchildren.