Buddy Lewis | THSO Director
The Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) is a division of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security advocating for traffic safety. The Tennessee Highway Safety Office works in tandem with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to implement statewide programs addressing occupant protection, impaired driving, speed enforcement, pedestrian and bicycle safety, and crash data collection and analysis. Programs administered by the Tennessee Highway Safety Office are 100 percent federally funded. The mission of the Tennessee Highway Safety Office is to reduce Tennessee traffic fatalities as part of the nation’s vision Toward Zero Deaths. The Tennessee Highway Safety Office works to achieve this goal by changing driver behavior through increased education, enforcement, and community partnerships.
FATALITY REPORTS
Press Releases
Law Enforcement Training
- 01/28/202532-Hour CPST Certification Course
- 02/03/2025Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE)
- 02/11/202532-Hour CPST Certification Course
- 02/11/202532-Hour CPST Certification Course
- 02/17/2025DUI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing