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.
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced today that Driver Services at the Carter County Clerk’s office, 801 E Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, will close on Wednesday, Oct. 30, for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and a new self-service kiosk. Driver Services will resume on Thursday, Oct. 31.
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Knoxville Driver Services Centers and Driver Services at the Anderson, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, Scott and Union County Clerk partner locations will close next week for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) is now offering Driver Services including free replacement licenses to citizens directly impacted by the East Tennessee floods at the mobile unit at the Elizabethton Driver Services Center and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency’s three Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARCs).
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Johnson City, Greeneville, Blountville, Sevierville, Alcoa, Morristown and Oak Ridge Driver Services Centers and Driver Services at the Johnson, Grainger, Sullivan, Hawkins, Unicoi, Claiborne, Cocke, Hancock and Jefferson County Clerk partner locations will close next week for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s (TDOSHS) is issuing free replacement identification licenses and driver licenses to citizens directly impacted by the East Tennessee floods at the Elizabethton Driver Services Center, Unicoi Police Department and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency’s (TEMA) three Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARCs).
On Oct. 14, at approximately 8:17 p.m. troopers were dispatched to a person lying in the emergency lane of I-40 eastbound in Roane County at the 341-mile marker. This area is approximately one mile east of exit 340, the Rockwood Municipal Airport Road exit. Upon arrival, troopers found a black female with serious injuries. Immediately Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were notified and upon their arrival, EMS transported the female to UT Medical Center.
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Athens, Chattanooga/Bonny Oaks, Chattanooga/Red Bank and Cleveland Driver Services Centers and the Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, McMinn, Monroe, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie County Clerk Driver Services partner locations will close next week for a one-day installation of new credentialing equipment and new self-service kiosks.