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Commerce and Insurance seeks funds for training, radios and line-of-duty payments; details SRO and recruiting programs
Summary
Commissioner Carter Lawrence requested modest recurring increases and a supplemental for line-of-duty death benefits and described investments in law enforcement recruiting and SRO training. The department said $60 million in recruitment and retention grants are under way and provided details on SRO training and bonus distributions.
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance asked the Finance, Ways and Means Committee on March 10 for targeted budget changes to support law enforcement and public-safety training, depreciation of new apparatus, and line-of-duty death payments.
Major requests and rationale
- Law enforcement salary and staffing adjustments: The department requested statutorily mandated salary step increases for commissioned Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA) staff (about $50,000) and a salary-survey adjustment for commissioned officers (about $74,000).
- Fire apparatus depreciation: The department said it will take delivery of new fire apparatus and asked for a depreciation allocation (the department described a roughly $1.7 million apparatus cost and requested a $168,000-per-year depreciation allocation over 10 years to prepare for future replacement).
- TACAN-compatible portable radios: The department requested funding for 17 portable radios to ensure…
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