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State withdraws decertification request for Justin Cobble, POST accepts withdrawal
Summary
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security asked the POST Commission to withdraw its decertification request for Justin Cobble; the commission voted to accept the withdrawal after brief discussion.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security asked the Tennessee POST Commission to withdraw its request to decertify Justin Cobble, and the commission accepted that withdrawal at Thursday’s informal hearing.
Erin Begley, an attorney with the department, told commissioners the department would not move forward with decertification “pursuant to the terms of a party's agreement.” Begley asked the commission to accept the department’s request to withdraw the decertification petition.
Commissioners discussed whether the commission could proceed on its own authority in such cases; one commissioner recalled previous instances where the panel declined a department’s request to withdraw and pursued the matter independently. The commission asked whether the respondent wished to speak; Cobble was not present but his counsel was in the room.
After brief remarks and a motion, the commission voted to accept the department’s request to withdraw the decertification petition. The transcript records a voice vote with the commission approving the withdrawal; later discussion recorded the broader procedural point that the commission has on occasion taken up withdrawn matters independently.
The commission did not take any additional disciplinary action at that hearing regarding Mr. Cobble.
