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COOKEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE - ROBBERY SUSPECT CHARGED
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Cookeville Police Department is to provide public safety through professional police service and establish quality relationships with the community which will aid in the prevention of crime and improve the quality of life for its citizens.
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Marc deClaire
COMMAND STAFF 
CHIEF ROBERT TERRY
CHIEF OF POLICE
DIVISION COMMANDERS
MAJOR RANDY EVANS
MAJOR DAVID DUKES
MAJOR NATHAN HONEYCUTT
MAJOR MARK MAXWELL
UNIFORM SERVICES DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION
TRAFFIC DIVISION
Welcome to the Cookeville Police Department website. We are very proud of our agency and hope that as you navigate our site you will discover why. We are a growing, progressive agency in Middle Tennessee. The department is comprised into four divisions: Administrative Services, Uniform Services, Traffic and Criminal Investigations. The City of Cookeville encompasses approximately 32.6 square miles. We are fortunate to have a very supportive citizen base, state-of-the-art equipment and vehicles, training that is second-to-none, and the ability to work in one of the most beautiful areas in Middle Tennessee. Perhaps our most valuable resource is our employees. The family that is Cookeville Police Department really sets us apart from the rest, and the spirit, enthusiasm, and pride of our employees is what we believe takes us from good to great.
We enjoy a wonderful partnership with our residents, business owners, and other City departments. This helps in our community-oriented policing philosophy as we not only consider ourselves part of the community, but we consider the community part of us. We interact with citizens in a variety of innovative and proactive ways. We are honored that you have chosen to visit us and hope you will enjoy learning about one of the premier law enforcement agencies in the country – the Cookeville Police Department.
-Chief Robert Terry
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TRAFFIC DIVISION
The Traffic Unit is commanded by Major Mark Maxwell and consists of one Lieutenant , one Sergeant and five traffic officers, The primary function of the Traffic Unit is to ensure our roadways are safe by enforcing traffic laws and conducting selective enforcing in areas that are chronic to traffic violations. These officers patrol the city by motorcycle and patrol car and investigate all traffic fatalities and accidents involving serious injury. Several other functions of the traffic unit are DUI enforcement, selective traffic enforcement, traffic studies, aggressive driving enforcement, and other traffic-related issues in the city.
If you need a copy of a traffic crash report and do not know the location of the Cookeville Police Department South Substation, see the contact page for directions.
Click on the document for the Tennessee Child Retraint Law.
Car seat installations times are Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
ADMIN SERVICES DIV 
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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION
The Administrative Services Division is commanded by Major David Dukes and encompasses several broad areas of the Cookeville Police Department including, but not limited to, Communications Section, Records Section, Property and Evidence Section and the Information/Technology Section.
ASD personnel are responsible for C.A.L.E.A. Accreditation, Crime Stoppers, Field Training Officer Program, training, recruiting, Citizens Academy, applicant and promotional testing and more.
HISTORY COOKEVILLE HISTORY
EST. 1854
Putnam County is named in honor of Israel Putnam, who was a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War.
Putnam County was first established on 2 February 1842 when the Twenty-fourth Tennessee General Assembly enacted a measure creating Putnam County from portions of Jackson, Overton, Fentress, and White Counties. Isaac Buck, Burton Marchbanks, Henry L. McDaniel, Lawson Clark, Carr Terry, Richard F. Cooke, H. D. Marchbanks, Craven Maddox, and Elijah Con, all of Jackson County, were named by the Act to superintend the surveying of the new county.
Surveying was done by Mounce Gore, also of Jackson County, and the Assembly instructed them to locate the county seat, to be called "Monticello," near the center of the county. However contending that the formation of Putnam was illegal because it reduced their areas below constitutional limits, Overton and Jackson counties secured an injunction against its continued operation. Putnam officials failed to reply to the complaint, and in the March, 1845 term of the Chancery Court at Livingston, Chancellor Bromfield L. Ridley declared Putnam unconstitutionally established and therefore dissolved. The 1854 act reestablishing Putnam was passed after Representative Henderson M. Clements of Jackson County assured his colleagues that a new survey showed that there was sufficient area to form the county. White Plains, near modern Algood, acted as a temporary county seat.
The act specified the "county town" be named "Cookeville" in honor of Richard F. Cooke, who served in the Tennessee Senate from 1851–1854, representing at various times Jackson, Fentress, Macon, Overton and White Counties. The act authorized Joshua R. Stone and Green Baker from White County, William Davis and Isaiah Warton from Overton County, John Brown and Austin Morgan from Jackson County, William B. Stokes and Bird S. Rhea from DeKalb County, and Benjamin A. Vaden and Nathan Ward from Smith County to study the Conner survey and select a spot, not more than two and one-half miles from the center of the county, for the courthouse. The first County Court chose a hilly tract of land then owned by Charles Crook for the site.
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RICHARD F. COOKE
The City of Cookeville established it's own police force on June 27th 1912.
POLICE 1912.pdf
Click the pdf file to view the original ordinance created in 1912
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EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT
We are accepting applications. Submit to the City of Cookeville Human Resources Department.
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- Cookeville Police Department Tennessee
Cookeville Benefits.pdf
EMPLOYMENT.pdf
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & PROGRAMS
APPLICANTS : After submitting your application, you will be notified of a testing date. Testing consists of a written exam and physical agility course. You must first pass the written exam to take the agility course. If you pass the agility course, you will be given a date to attend the oral board interview. CPD will then correspond by mail with your results.
-P.O.S.T. certified officer's are exempt from taking the written exam.
NOTICE OF JOB OPENING
CONTACT 
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT THE COOKEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
EMAIL US ON THE CONTACT FORM BELOW OR CALL 931-526-2125
COOKEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
10 EAST BROAD STREET
COOKEVILLE, TN. 38501
COOKEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SOUTH SUBSTATION
302 SOUTH JEFFERSON AVENUE
NEWS CRIME STOPPERS OF THE WEEK
This photo is of a robbery suspect. The robbery occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. on January 12, 2012 at 3D Finanicial, located in the 600 block of South Jefferson Avenue. Anyone who saw this subject is encouraged to call Detective Sergeant Tammy Goolsby at 520-5322 or call Crime Stoppers at 520-7867
SUSPECT CHARGED
OR CALL 520-STOP
A MESSAGE TO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE THINKING OF DRINKING & DRIVING
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Robbery Suspect Charged[1].pdf
LINKS LINKS
slide 2 CITY OF COOKEVILLE HOME PAGE
slide 3 INCLUDES SEX OFFENDER MAPPING
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
slide 4 TENNESSEE DEPTARTMENT OF CHILDREN SERVICES (DCS)
TENNESSEE ONLINE DRIVER SERVICES
Page 6 CLICK ON TIP SHEET TO ENLARGE
Page 7 CLICK ON CRIME STOPPERS PSA
