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Commission Approves Multiple Pre-employment and Criminal-history Waivers
Summary
The commission approved a series of waivers allowing prospective officers to proceed in hiring or training after military discharges or prior offenses, and a change-of-academy request for several recruits.
At the Dec. 13 meeting, the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission approved a series of pre-employment and criminal-history waivers and change-of-academy requests presented by hiring agencies.
Actions taken included approval of a military-discharge waiver for Ethan Hunter Staggs (United States Navy uncharacterized discharge, Nov. 2018), a criminal-record waiver for Kayla Kron Stow (retail-theft charge in Menasha, Wisconsin, 2009; not convicted), and a military-discharge and DUI waiver for Jesse Dakota Bush (Army uncharacterized discharge, 2010; 2012 DUI with guilty plea and completed court obligations). Each candidate appeared or had agency representatives present; hiring agencies described background checks, remediation and on-the-job training plans. The waiver for Bush passed with two commissioners recorded as abstaining.
The commission also approved change-of-academy waivers permitting recruits to attend alternate regional academies, including Christy Bradford (Carroll County) to attend a regional academy after failing the obstacle-course time at TLETA by two seconds, and Cody Clark Gilbert (Centerville) to transfer after not completing a Tennessee Highway Patrol class due to the final 1.5-mile run. The commission's actions permit the candidates to continue the certification process; final post certification requires an academy-issued certificate of completion.
Motions were carried by voice vote for the items listed above; detailed roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript for most items.
