- Appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors for the 25th Judicial District Drug
Task Force
- Tennessee Sheriff Association Member
- Member of the TSA Legislative Committee
- Member of the TSA LE Training Committee
- National Sheriff’s Association Member
- Appointed to the Governor’s Citizens’ Advisory Corp
- Member of the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Public Safety Network
- Under his Administration, Tipton County was ranked 3rd safest county in the country
by Progressive Farmer Magazine 2009
- Voted Tipton County Junior Auxiliary’s Man of the Year 2008
- Voted Mr. Tipton County 2009
- Voted Best Tipton County Employer 2008 & 2009
- Voted Best Law Enforcement Officer 2009
- Recipient of 1st Place National Award from the Governor’s Highway Safety Association
2009
- Member of the West Tennessee Meth Task Force
- Instrumental in the development of the first protocol for Endangered Children in
West Tennessee





- Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy at Donelson,1987
- Criminal Investigations, District Attorney General, 25th Judicial District, 1989
- Advanced Drug Law Enforcement, Institute of Police Technology, 1989
- Firearms Instructor School, National Rifle Association, 1991
- Officer Survival, US Dept of Justice, 1992
- Incident Command Systems, Emergency Services Training Institute, 1993
- Law Enforcement Street Survival Awareness, 1995
- Foreign & Domestic Terrorism, Tennessee Narcotic Officers Association, 1996
- Training Officer Development, University of Tennessee at Martin, 1996
- Basic Patrol In-Service, 1997
- Instructor Certification, OC (Oleoresin Capsicum), MSI, 1997
- Firearms Instructor Course, US Department of Justice, 1997
- The Trauma of Law Enforcement Death, Office of Justice Programs, 1998
- Basic Critical Incident Stress Management, International CISD Foundation, 1998
- Patrol Interdiction, Multi jurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force, 1999
- Federal Bureau of Investigation – National Academy, 2000
- Effective Communications, US Department of Justice, 2000
- Peer Support Training, Tennessee Public Safety Network, 2001
- Basic Swat Certification, 2002
- Risk Management for Public Safety Supervisors, University of Memphis, 2002
- Advanced Supervision, U of M, 2003
- Sudden Infant Death & Child Sexual Abuse Investigations, 2003
- Street Crimes, John E. Reid & Assoc., 2004
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) for Law Enforcement Training, TN Public
Safety Network, 2005
- Civil Rights Training, US Dept. of Justice, 2005
- Investigation of Misconduct & Disciplinary Actions, Lorman Education Services, 2005