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Votes at a glance: POST actions Oct. 17, 2025
Summary
A compact listing of motions and outcomes from the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission meeting on Oct. 17, 2025, including agenda approval, decertification report, multiple waivers and administrative items.
The Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission recorded the following motions and outcomes during its Oct. 17, 2025 meeting.
- Approve amended agenda (1 addition): Motion approved (second: Spangler).
- Approve Sept. 19, 2025 meeting minutes: Motion approved (second: Beverly).
- Decertification subcommittee report: Commission accepted the subcommittee recommendations. Items in the report included: acceptance of a signed order of decertification for Chris Gulliver (Jacksonville Police Department); referral to full hearing for Jerry Mitland (Vittress County Sheriff's Office); referral to full hearing for Michael Reagan (Fittress County Sheriff's Office); a six-month suspension agreement for Albert Barreto contingent on meeting pre-employment requirements; a certification vote for Deontay Garland (Memphis Police Department); preset or default certification actions for several other named officers; and multiple referrals to full hearings. Motion to approve report carried.
- Criminal-record waiver: Johnson Thomas Rucker Jr. (Chapel Hill Police Department) — Approved.
- Military-discharge waiver: Jacob Bing Dearman (Henderson County request) — Approved (recusal noted).
- Military-discharge waiver: Morgan McDonald Clough (Monroe County) — Approved (recusal noted where applicable).
- Academy transfer waiver: Kenneth James Wilson (Ponce County) — Approved to attend Cleveland State Academy in Jan. 2026.
- Six-month rule waiver: Cindy Alexia Hillman (Williamson County) — Approved; applicant to attend next available Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy class.
- Consent agenda: Approved (recusals noted on specified items).
- Line-of-duty death benefit: Motion to allow family to proceed with benefit application for Randy Dale Paddock — Approved (second: Spangler).
- Voluntary surrender of POST certification: Accept signed decree order for Carlin Anderson — Approved (second: Richmond Green).
- 2026 meeting calendar: Approved (motion seconded by Carter; carried).
- Adjournment: Motion approved.
Each approved item above was recorded in the meeting minutes. Where commissioners recused themselves, that is noted in the minutes; roll-call tallies for each individual vote were not read aloud in detail for all items in the public transcript excerpt.
