To the Citizens of Franklin,

The 2007 Annual Report serves as our way of communicating to the community the professionalism and service excellence provided by the Franklin Police Department. In a collaborative effort, we are committed to providing the very best law enforcement service to our citizens and continually strive to improve the quality of life in our community.

We successfully completed our third re-accreditation in 2006 through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). The department earned a ‘Flagship Agency’ status as a result of the inspection, an honor was shared by only 8% of law enforcement agencies in the country.

In the Operations Division, department officers focused heavily on traffic concerns, conducting saturation patrols and DUI enforcement campaigns. The department also formed a Crash Investigation and Response Team (CIRT) to investigate major traffic accidents. Patrol efforts also focused on the high accident intersections within the city.

The Criminal Investigations Division  increased its complement of detectives, as well. It also created the Special Victim’s Unit to investigate Internet exploitation of children, child abuse, sex offenses, and domestic violence.

We continued to improve our new Municipal Training Facility, adding a ‘shoot house’ training facility that enable officers to train for urban building confrontations and active shooter scenarios. We also laid the groundwork for construction of a new police training facility within the complex that facilitates our firearms and tactical training programs. Clearly, through the far-sightedness of your elected officials, we have available one of the finest police training facilities in the State of Tennessee for an agency our size.

Finally, I would be remiss in not recognizing the Board of Mayor and Alderman for the moral and material support that enables us to deliver the high level of service that the citizens of Franklin expect and deserve. And thanks to each and every citizen of Franklin for making this one of the best cities in which to live, anywhere...

Respectfully,

Jackie R. Moore
Chief of Police