POST investigator Kevin Green told the Commission that a January field visit to Fentress County found one supervisor had completed six hours of online in-service training on behalf of Sheriff Michael Reagan. The courses identified included crisis intervention for mental illness, police mental wellness resiliency and related modules, totaling six hours, according to the investigator.

Investigator Green said that the completed hours had, if processed, made Sheriff Reagan eligible for an $800 salary supplement for calendar year 2024. POST staff said they intervened before the supplement was submitted and therefore the $800 was not disbursed.

Jerry Midland (identified in the record as the county employee who completed the hours) acknowledged completing training hours for the sheriff and described it as “helping out.” According to the investigator, Midland later resigned and admitted completing the training hours for the sheriff’s record. The Commission approved an agreed document relating to Midland during the informal docket.

Sheriff Michael Reagan appeared in the record and acknowledged that he had asked Midland to “help him out” and that he had understood the risk that the action could affect his eligibility for a salary supplement. At the Commission’s request and at the defense counsel’s request (counsel said TBI interviews were pending), the sheriff’s matter was continued to a formal hearing so investigators can complete parallel inquiries and counsel can present a full defense.

Commissioners framed the outcomes as administrative enforcement of POST certification rules: staff handled the Midland matter through an agreed document and preserved the sheriff’s due process by moving his case to a formal hearing when criminal/agency investigations remained underway.