Career Center

Law Enforcement Liasion- Center for Transportation (West Tennessee Region)

Location: The successful candidate must reside in one of the 21 counties of the Tennessee Highway Patrol Districts 4 (Memphis Region) and 8 (Jackson Region)

This full-time exempt status position at the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) of the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville will be funded through a renewable contract with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS). The CTR serves the transportation needs of government, business, and industry through the conduct of contract research and the provision of training/service in the areas of highway safety, transportation policy, public transportation, environmental protection, transportation planning, and intermodal transportation.

Tennessee's Law Enforcement Liaison (LEL) Program is a federally funded initiative established in 1998 by the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO), per the recommendation of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). An LEL is a primary connector between THSO and local law enforcement agencies across the State of Tennessee to implement national and state traffic safety priorities through media campaigns, high-visibility enforcement, and community engagement. These elements promote traffic safety education and law enforcement to prevent traffic fatalities and improve driver behaviors.

The successful candidate must reside in one of the 21 counties of the Tennessee Highway Patrol Districts 4 (Memphis Region) and 8 (Jackson Region) as he/she will be administering the LEL program in these two districts. The West Tennessee region consists of 21 county sheriff's offices, 2 Trooper Districts, and numerous police departments. The West TN Region is broken down into six networks and is assigned a network coordinator that works in conjunction with the law enforcement liaison in charge of the area. A list of these counties may be found at https://tntrafficsafety.org/west-lel This position will require significant travel throughout the state and occasional out of state travel.