Commission Members
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: | ||
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| Garry Carter | Murfreesboro Police Department |
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| The State Attorney General and Reporter: | ||
| Senior Counsel Brent Cherry | Attorney General’s Office | 1/15/2019-1/14/2023 |
| Two (2) sheriffs and two (2) municipal chiefs of police who shall be appointed by the governor and serve at his pleasure: | ||
| Sheriff Chad Partin | Coffee County Sheriff’s Office | 2/15/2019 - at pleasure |
| Chief Deborah Faulkner | City of Franklin Police Department | 2/15/2019 - at pleasure |
| Chief Steve Isbell | Dyersburg Police Department | 2022 - at pleasure |
| Sheriff Tom Spangler | Knox County Sheriff's Office | 2/15/2019 - at pleasure |
| One (1) non-supervisory police officer: | ||
| William A. Forrester | Memphis Police Department | 1/13/2019 - 1/13/2023 |
| 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: | ||
| Senator Ed Jackson | Senator | 1/21/2021 - 1/10/2023 |
| Representative Bud Hulsey | Representative | 3/3/2021 - 11/8/2022 |
| 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: | ||
| Lowell Russell | Senate Appointee | 2/13/2020 - 3/1/2023 |
| William Green | House of Representative Appointee | 1/12/2022 - 1/12/2024 |
| And three (3) additional members to be appointed by the governor: | ||
| Bob Waggoner | Knoxville, TN | 2/15/2019 - 3/27/2022 |
| Kim Birchfield | Elizabethton, TN | 2/15/2019 - 3/27/2022 |
| Brian Wright | Tiptonville, TN | 2/15/2019 - 3/27/2022 |
| (a) The Director of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy shall serve as the Executive Secretary of the Commission: | ||
| William N. Kain | Executive Secretary | |
| (b) Staff for the Commission shall be provided through the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy: | ||
| VACANT | Assistant Director | |
| Kat Cooper | LE Training Instructor/Investigator | |
| Rafael Bello | LE Training Instructor/Investigator | |
| Shana Roberts | LE Training Instructor/Investigator | |
| Stephanie Davis | Investigator | |
| Lakita Taylor | Administrative Services Assistant III | |
| VACANT | Administrative Services Assistant II | |
| Kathy Greer | Administrative Services Assistant II | |