On December 12, Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Jeff Long and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Colonel Matt Perry welcomed the newest graduating classes of Tennessee State Troopers. Lateral Trooper Cadet Class 1224 completed a rigorous 11-week training. Commissioner Jeff Long served as the keynote speaker during the graduation ceremony and delivered the oath of office as the graduating class was sworn in.
Driver Services self-service kiosks in Crockett, Lauderdale and Shelby Counties will close Monday, Dec. 9 for new kiosk installation. Tennesseans can see when these locations will reopen and all Driver Services closures on the Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s website, tn.gov/safety/driver-services/locations.html.
Driver Services self-service kiosks in Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Moore and Rutherford Counties will close Monday, Dec. 9 for new kiosk installation. Tennesseans can see when these locations will reopen and all Driver Services closures on the Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s website, tn.gov/safety/driver-services/locations.html.
Driver Services self-service kiosks in Anderson, Fentress, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon and Meigs Counties will close Monday, Dec. 9 for new kiosk installation. Tennesseans can see when these locations will reopen and all Driver Services closures on the Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s website, tn.gov/safety/driver-services/locations.html.
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Columbia Driver Services Center, 1701 Hampshire Pike, will close on Thursday, Dec. 5 and will reopen Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, for carpet replacement.
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) is replacing the Driver Services self-service kiosks at the Memphis Police Department Appling Farms Station, 6850 Appling Farms Parkway; Tillman Station, 426 Tillman Street; and Mt. Moriah Station, 2602 Mt. Moriah Road. They will all close on Monday, Nov. 25, and reopen on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.
Driver Services self-service kiosks at the City of Hendersonville, Lavergne Public Library, Metro Center and the Hickman, Houston, Macon and Smith County Clerk locations will all close Monday Nov. 25, while the Department of Safety and Homeland Security installs new kiosks.
On Friday, Nov. 15, Governor Bill Lee, Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Jeff Long, and Tennessee Office of Homeland Security Deputy Commissioner Greg Mays presented badges to 16 new Tennessee Office of Homeland Security Special Agents in a graduation ceremony at the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy in Nashville.
Beginning Jan. 10, 2025, new or returning Tennessee residents who currently have a driver license from California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Nevada, Oklahoma, Vermont or West Virginia must present a Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) from their former state when applying for a Tennessee license.
The REAL ID Act of 2005, which requires anyone 18 years old or older to have a REAL ID or other federally issued photo ID, such as a passport, to enter certain Federal buildings, military bases and nuclear power plants or board commercial flights within the United States, will go into effect on May 7, 2025.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unidentified female found lying in the emergency lane of Interstate 40 eastbound in Roane County, one mile east of exit 340 Rockwood Municipal Airport Road near the 341-mile marker, on Oct. 13, at approximately 8:17 p.m. She succumbed to her injuries at the UT Medical Center.
Today, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) Commissioner Jeff Long, Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Colonel Matt Perry, and Dispatch Director Caiti Medling welcomed the latest graduating class of THP dispatchers.
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Rockwood Driver Services Center, located at 1070 North Gateway Ave., which closed for a planned remodel on Sept. 11, will reopen to the public on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Today, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) announced the expansion of its Judicial Outreach Liaison (JOL) program to include two additional judges, Judge Beau Pemberton and Judge James Ross. Tennessee is first in the nation to expand the JOL program model beyond one judge.
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The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Tullahoma Driver Services Center, 307 Industrial Blvd, will close on Thursday, Oct. 31, for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks. The center will reopen on Friday, Nov. 1.