NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Highway Patrol today announced the promotion of Stephen M. Street to Captain of the agency’s Fall Branch District effective July 1. Street previously served as the District’s Administrative Lieutenant and replaces Danny Talley, who was recently appointed to Major of the Administrative Bureau in Nashville.
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security is using Apple iPad technology in its state driver service centers to help improve wait times for customers who need to renew or replace driver licenses.
The department has installed 72 iPad kiosks, called ASSETS (automatic self-service electronic terminals), inside 26 driver service centers across Tennessee, primarily located in the state’s urban areas. Customers who visit specified driver service centers to simply renew or replace a lost driver license may use a special application installed on the iPads to quickly complete and pay for the transaction using a credit or debit card. The customer should get the new driver license within minutes of the transaction. Other services available on the iPad ASSETS include the ability to change addresses on existing driver licenses and process reinstatement payments. (Applicants for reinstatement must still submit the required documents to be eligible for this service.) In the near future, customers will be able to use the iPads to schedule road test appointments.
NASHVILLE --- Two Tennessee Highway Patrolmen and several good Samaritans teamed up to save a Livingston man from a fiery crash on Highway 111 in Overton County on Tuesday morning.
NASHVILLE --- Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons and Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Tracy Trott today announced the promotion of Danny W. Talley to the rank of major, supervising the agency’s Administrative Bureau. The promotion for Talley, who currently holds the rank of Captain and is commander of the Fall Branch District, is effective July 1.
NASHVILLE --- Preliminary figures from the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Chattanooga District indicate that State Troopers investigated 29 traffic crashes with zero fatalities during the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Coffee County from Wednesday, June 6 through Monday, June 11.
NASHVILLE --- Greeneville Fire Chief Mark Foulks has been appointed to the state’s Homeland Security Council by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. The Council was created by Executive Order 8 to work with the Office of Homeland Security in planning and directing statewide homeland security activities and to interact with federal and local officials in promoting homeland security.
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security has announced that the Driver Service Center located at 4600 South Jefferson Avenue in Cookeville will temporarily close on Monday, June 18 and Tuesday, June 19 for facility renovations. The center’s improvements will help more efficiently serve customers and issue driver licenses.
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Highway Patrol is urging motorists to take extra precautions as temperatures rise this weekend and throughout the summer months, and never leave children or pets in an unattended vehicle.
NASHVILLE --- Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Driver Service Center employees across the state will begin sporting special blue “Donate Life” tee shirts each Friday throughout the summer to encourage customers to register for organ donation. This program is sponsored by Donate Life Tennessee.
Imposes tougher penalties for domestic violence, felons with guns and gang activity
BARTLETT – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today held a ceremonial bill signing at the Bartlett Criminal Justice Center to highlight three pieces of public safety legislation. The bills were a result of his administration’s multi-agency, comprehensive public safety action plan aimed at curbing violent crime, lowering the rate of repeat offenders, and significantly reducing drug abuse and drug trafficking in Tennessee.
“One of the key roles of state government is to keep citizens safe,” Haslam said. “These laws will play an important role in combating some of our state’s toughest safety challenges.”
