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POST Commission approves batch of waivers, training exceptions and routine business
Summary
At its Feb. 21 meeting the Tennessee POST Commission approved numerous preemployment waivers, in‑service training exceptions, academy reports and routine agenda items, including a criminal record waiver and multiple in‑service waivers for agencies across the state.
The Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission approved a package of waivers, training exceptions and routine consent items Feb. 21, including individual preemployment waivers and multiple in‑service waivers that let agencies keep officers in compliance while they complete required training.
Commissioners voted to add two late administrative items to the agenda at the start of the meeting and then approved the January minutes. The commission approved a criminal record waiver presented for an applicant from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office after the candidate, who was hired as a corrections officer, described a 2020 New Jersey incident that resulted in a simple‑assault plea and a voluntary relinquishment of certification in that state; the commission granted the waiver after discussing the record, the absence of a National Decertification Index entry and the applicant—s subsequent service without use‑of‑force issues.
The commission approved a military discharge waiver for Christopher Allen Dixon (Knoxville Police Department) and granted multiple waivers of in‑service requirements and academy transfers for agencies that included South Pittsburg, Trenton, Clarksville, the University of Tennessee at Martin, Madison County, Tipton County and others. Several agencies asked to transfer recruits between academies or to delay training because of medical or family reasons; the commission approved each request after agencies described the circumstances and confirmed plans to complete required training.
The commission also approved the annual reports for the Knoxville Police Department, the Memphis Police Department and the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy; it accepted a late firearms lesson plan submission from Maynardville after the department said paperwork had not been successfully uploaded. Investigators and staff presented routine audits and the commission approved the consent agenda.
Most votes on these items were voice votes recorded as "motion carries" in the transcript; where agencies did not appear in person staff confirmed attendance on the record before commissioners voted.
Several approvals included brief clarifications from staff about National Decertification Index entries and the effect of voluntary surrenders in other states; commissioners noted that the absence of an NDI entry complicates review and that staff would follow up where records were unclear.
