Department of Safety & Homeland Security
Bill Gibbons, Commissioner
2011
"Gone But Not Forgotten...You Will Be Remembered"
Trooper Andy Wall
Rutherford County
May 7, 2011
Trooper Wall and Trooper Buddy Head were riding their THP motorcycles and escorting the U.S. Air Force Thunderbird pilots to an air show. A crash occurred involving three vehicles and the two state troopers.
Trooper Joe Snipes
Bradley County
September 1, 2011
Trooper Snipes was killed in an off-duty motorcycle accident in Bradley County. Trooper Snipes died just before 5 p.m. when he lost control of his bike on Pleasant Grove Road. His wife was also injured in the crash.
Governor Bill Haslam
