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NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will deliver the “Between the Barrels” presentation to 800 high school students at Sycamore High School in Cheatham County, Friday, October 30, 2009. The safe driving program, which is geared to students who are just learning to drive, aims to reduce the chances of being teens involved in a dangerous work zone crash.

 

NASHVILLE --- On Monday, October 26, 2009, Tennessee State Troopers arrested a prison escapee in Knox County utilizing resources of the THP Interdiction Plus Team. The program’s success is based on information-sharing from federal, state and local partners to road interdiction teams.

NASHVILLE --- Halloween is a fun night for both children and adults, but the Tennessee Department of Safety (TDOS) and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) remind parents, children and especially motorists to do their part to make sure that everyone gets home safely. The celebration can quickly turn into a real night of horror if someone is hurt by a careless or impaired driver.

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will deliver the “Between the Barrels” presentation to 1100 high school students at Lebanon High School in Wilson County, Wednesday, October 28, 2009. The safe driving program, which is geared to students who are just learning to drive, aims to reduce the chances of being teens involved in a dangerous work zone crash.

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will deliver the “Between the Barrels” presentation to 445 high school students at West Creek High School in Montgomery County, Tuesday, October 27, 2009. The safe driving program, which is geared to students who are just learning to drive, aims to reduce the chances of being teens involved in a dangerous work zone crash.

NASHVILLE--- The Tennessee Highway Patrol, along with numerous federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, examined more than 1,100 trucks during Operation United S.T.O.P. (Strategic Transportation Observation & Prevention) on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. With a focus on the safe operation and transportation of commodities by commercial vehicles, the intensive 24-hour campaign resulted in 59 drivers and 67trucks being placed out-of-service.

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Department of Safety is hosting an Open House at its new Driver License Service Center in Dickson County, Wednesday, October 21, 2009. Safety Commissioner Dave Mitchell and Deputy Commissioner Greta Dajani invite the public to come and visit the new, larger facility, which is located at 114 W. Christi Drive in Dickson, Tennessee.

 

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Department of Safety (TDOS) joins the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in a week-long campaign to curb unsafe driving practices that lead to commercial vehicle crashes.

 

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Department of Safety (TDOS) and the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) are participating in National School Bus Safety Week, October 19 – 23, 2009. This year’s theme, “Avoid Harm, Obey the Stop Arm” reminds all drivers that they are required by law to stop when a school bus’s red-flashing lights are activated. Each day, school buses transport more than 26 million schoolchildren in 480,000 school buses, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). There are approximately 8,900 schools buses in operation in the State of Tennessee.

 

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Department of Safety (TDOS) served Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge David Brown with a “minimum due process” letter for termination on Thursday, October 15, 2009, following an internal investigation into misuse of funds within the department’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) East Tennessee Region in Morristown.