East Tennessee

LEL Supervisor for East TN: Steve Dillard
Phone: (423) 421-3443
Steve.Dillard@tn.gov

 

 

Welcome to the East Tennessee Region of the Tennessee Highway Safety Office. The East Tennessee region covers the Knoxville and Fall Branch area of our State, consisting of 24 county sheriff's offices, 64 police departments. and 2 Trooper Districts. The East TN Region is broken down into four networks and is assigned a network coordinator that works in conjunction with the law enforcement liaison in charge of the area.

The law enforcement liaison assigned to the East Tennessee Region is Steve Dillard. Steve has been with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office as a liaison (LEL) for nine years and served three years as a network coordinator for the Cumberland Region. He is a 36 year veteran law enforcement officer who served with the Red Bank Police Department and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.

The East Tennessee Region received First Place in the Multi-Jurisdictional Category at the TN. Law Enforcment Challenge Awards ceremony for 2016. East TN Region has won First place in the State Level of Multi-Jurisdictional Category in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. East TN Region was recognized  as the Best Multi-Jurisdictional Region in the Nation in 2010, 2011, and 2012 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police noting our regional work in the multi-jurisdictional law enforcement program's in the nation.The East Tennessee Region has maintained a great partnership with our Networks and L.E. Partners at a level of excellence in the multi-jurisdictional category at the Tennessee and IACP Law Enforcement challenges. I'm very proud of our agencies in the East Tennessee Region for all their hard work and support.

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Traffic Enforcement Safety Team (T.E.S.T.)

Team Leader: Lt. Bobby Anderson
Roane County Sheriff's Office
Office: (865) 376-5582
Fax: (865) 376-1990
randerson@roanesheriff.org

Volunteer Traffic Enforcement Network (V.T.E.N.)

Team Leader: Sgt. Rodney Postel
Blount County Sheriff's Office
Phone: (865) 273-5038
Fax: (865) 273-5134
rpostel@bcso.com

Traffic Enforcement Agency Management (T.E.A.M.)

Team Leader: Captain Derrick Woods
Cocke County Sheriff's Office
Office: 423-623-6004
Fax: (423) 623-4523
networkcoordinator703@gmail.com

Northeast Tennessee Traffic Safety (N.E.T.T.S.)

Team Leader: Sgt. Jerry Hughes
Unicoi County Sheriff's Office
Office: (423) 791-0364
Fax:
coyote1ster@gmail.com

Northeast Tennessee Traffic Safety (N.E.T.T.S.)

Team Leader: Captain Wesley Holt
Greene County Sheriff's Department
Office: (423) 798-1800
Fax: (423) 798-1801
gcsd580@centurylink.net