To help ensure a safe Labor Day weekend, the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) announces they will increase enforcement beginning Friday, Sept. 1, at 6 p.m. and ending Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 5:59 a.m. and encourages everyone to make safe choices on Tennessee’s roadways.
The Nashville Downtown Express Driver Services Center, located in the William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower at 312 Rosa Parks Ave., will close for a planned remodel on Friday, Sept. 1, and will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.
On Thursday, Aug. 24, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Jeff Long, Assistant Commissioner of Driver Services Michael Hogan, Rutherford County Mayor Joe Carr, and Rutherford County Clerk Lisa Duke Crowell held a ribbon cutting ceremony, celebrating the opening of the Bart Smith Building, which will house an additional Rutherford County Clerk’s Office and an Express Driver Services Center.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s Gallatin Driver Services Center, located at 855 North Blue Jay Way, will close for a planned remodel on Monday, Aug. 21, and reopen mid-October.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security will temporarily close the Gallatin Driver Services Center, located at 855 North Blue Jay Way in Gallatin, for a planned remodel beginning Monday, Aug. 21, and reopen in mid-October.
For the American Association of State Troopers (AAST) 10th Annual America’s Best Looking Trooper Cruisers Contest, the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) took photos next to the iconic circle on stage at the country music capital of the world, the Grand Ole Opry.
Today Secretary of State Tre Hargett, the Department of Health and the Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced a statewide partnership to distribute free Baby in the Back hangtags to help prevent heat-related child deaths in cars.
On June 23, Tennessee 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. The department simultaneously instructed a regular 17-week trooper cadet class and an 11-week lateral trooper cadet class.
Today, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security welcomed Cannon County to the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network (TACN). Cannon County’s decision to join TACN provides first responders the ability to have additional coverage to talk on the radio with surrounding state communication towers during major events and disasters.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s (TDOSHS) two mobile driver license units were recently rewrapped for a cleaner more, modern look.
Robertson County announced its intention to upgrade to the Tennessee Advanced Communications Network (TACN), improving the communications capabilities for their first responders and giving them the interoperability to talk with local, regional and statewide partners.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) will temporarily close the Athens Driver Services Center for a planned remodel beginning Monday, April 3 and reopening Monday, April 17.
On March 17, Tennessee 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 at the Hermitage Hills Baptist Church on Lebanon Road in Nashville.
On March 2, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Jeff Long swore in the newest members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP). This THP cadet class is composed of prior certified law enforcement officers.
On Feb. 28, at approximately 2:40 p.m., the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Capitol Protection Unit (CPU) was made aware of a man standing along the outer edge of the James Robertson Parkway bridge, threatening to jump off the bridge to the street below. Sergeants Denney Mitchell and Adam Simpkins from the THP's CPU received the notification of the man and immediately responded from the State Capitol building on Martin Luther King Boulevard.