Residents are encouraged to make schools and communities safer during a vigil with sheriff’s deputies and LifePoint Church members on Monday.
The event will be at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 10 at the church on 506 Legacy Drive in Smyrna.
Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Keith Lowery, LifePoint Associate Minister Ken Hampton and Community Services Sgt. Gary Herron will speak.
SRO Sgt. Dustin Cox will answer questions about school resource officers. The discussion will center on what the community .
There are 21-new law enforcement officers in our community. Of that number, 8-Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies (photo above) and 13-Murfreesboro Police Officers (photo below) became certified law enforcement officers and graduated on Friday from the 12-week Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy.
Graduates are Deputy Joel Beckman, Deputy Terry Bennett, Deputy Kevin Cast, Deputy Riley Dunmyer, Deputy Nathaniel Harrington, Deputy Steve Hill, Deputy Tyler Marks and Deputy Tre .
Photo Above This News Story: Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh promotes Capt. Britt Reed to major over law enforcement divisions. Flanking them at left are Deputy Chief Egon Grissom and Chief Deputy Keith Lowery and at right, Deputy Chief Steve Spence.
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s Capt. Britt Reed was promoted to major by Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh, effective June 13.
Reed will supervise the law enforcement divisions of the Sheriff’s Office including patrol, criminal investiga .
Training future deputies is one of the goals that the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office has with a special program geared towards teens and young adults. Youths ages 14 to 20 who are interested in becoming law enforcement officers may join the new Sheriff’s Office’s Public Safety Cadets (PSC).PSC is a national, non-profit organization led by active and retired law enforcement officers who prepare the youths for careers and leadership in public safety.During an informational meetin .