Pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated Section 38-8-102 (b)(1):
The Commission shall consist of one (1) police officer below the rank of assistant chief, or equivalent rank:
| Name |
Location |
Serves |
|---|
| Garry Carter |
Murfreesboro Police Department |
8/25/2023 – 03/26/2027 |
The State Attorney General and Reporter:
| Name |
Location |
Serves |
|---|
| Lacy Wilber |
Tennessee Attorney General's Office |
3/4/2024 - at will |
Two (2) sheriffs and two (2) municipal chiefs of police who shall be appointed by the governor and serve at his pleasure:
| Name |
Location |
Serves |
|---|
| Sheriff Chad Partin |
Coffee County Sheriff’s Office |
2/15/2019 - at pleasure
|
| Chief Jason Head |
Springfield Police Department |
4/8/2026 - at pleasure |
| Sheriff Tom Spangler |
Knox County Sheriff's Office |
2/15/2019 - at pleasure |
| Chief Dale Lane |
Collierville Police Department |
7/31/2024 - at pleasure |
One (1) non-supervisory police officer:
| Name |
Location |
Serves |
|---|
| Jonathan Beverly |
Smyrna Police Department |
4/10/2023 - 1/27/2027 |
One (1) member of the senate and one (1) member of the House of Representatives who shall be appointed by the respective speakers and who shall be non-voting members of the Commission to serve for terms of two (2) years:
| Name |
Location |
Serves |
|---|
| Senator Ed Jackson |
Senator |
3/7/2025 - 1/12/2027 |
| Representative Clay Doggett |
Representative |
1/24/2025 - 11/4/2026 |
Two (2) citizens who are not connected with law enforcement, one (1) of whom shall be appointed by a resolution of the house of representatives, and one (1) of whom shall be appointed by resolution of the senate to serve for terms of two (2) years:
| Name |
Location |
Serves |
|---|
| Lowell Russell |
Senate Appointee |
2/29/2025 - 3/1/2027
|
| William Green |
House of Representative Appointee |
1/12/2022 - 1/12/2024 |
And three (3) additional members to be appointed by the governor:
| Name |
Location |
Serves |
|---|
| Brian Legons |
Greenfield, TN |
5/1/2025 - 4/30/2028 |
| Brian Wright |
Elizabethton, TN |
4/2/2025 - 2/15/2028 |
| Jerried Jeffers |
Scott County, TN |
10/24/2023 - 10/23/2026 |
(a) The Director of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy shall serve as the Executive Secretary of the Commission:
(b) Staff for the Commission shall be provided through the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy: