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 |