Monroe County TN Sheriff Department

Inmate Garden Project

Trent Prock — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:32:45 +0000

My goal is to operate our current jail facility within our means without sacrificing the safety and security of our community. To avoid a tax burden on our citizens, I will not be seeking an increase in the Jail budget, but rather create new programs that will help reduce our expenses With this in mind, …

Sheriff Presents “Good Guy Awards”

Trent Prock — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:50:33 +0000

Sheriff Bivens and School Resource Officer, Captain David Kirkland, presented local high school students with the annual school “Good Guys Award.” Each year students are recognized for their good deeds. Some of the deeds recognized were anti bullying, returning found money, and helping others.

Tax Free Narcotics Division

Trent Prock — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:36:38 +0000

Monroe County, TN Narcotics and Criminal Interdiction Vehicles Thanks to drug dealers, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Narcotics and Criminal Interdiction program is now funded 100% by the drug fund utilizing zero tax dollars. In addition to apprehending drug smugglers traveling through Monroe County by way of the interstate and major highways, the Criminal Interdiction team …

Keeping Citizens Informed

Trent Prock — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:45:07 +0000

Sheriff Bivens is committed keeping the citizens of Monroe County informed about community safety. With this in mind, speakers from the Sheriff’s Office are regularly available to give presentations on a variety of topics such as Neighborhood Watch, burglary prevention, K-9 demonstrations, drug awareness, church security, etc. For more information please contact the Sheriff’s Office at …

Neighborhood Watch

Trent Prock — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:05:29 +0000

Monroe County, TN Neighborhood Watch The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office embraces the Neighborhood Watch program philosophies of keeping citizens involved in keeping their own communities safe by being active and aware. If you are interested in finding out about what a Neighborhood Watch program can do for your neighborhood, contact our Detective Division at 423-442-3911, …

Chief Prock Earns CPA Designation

Trent Prock — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:28:26 +0000

Chief Jail Administrator, Trent Prock, was recently conferred the designation of Certified Public Administrator by the University of Tennessee and CTAS. After completing 60 hours of training and passing an exam on the Tennessee County Government Handbook, candidates attend a three-day capstone or graduation-type event. During the capstone, the participants demonstrate the administration, leadership and …

Sheriff Introduces Team Dad

Trent Prock — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:16:22 +0000

On April 4th Sheriff Bill Bivens will be introducing a new learning program into the jail. The program is called Team Dad and focuses on teaching parenting skills and life skills to incarcerated fathers so that, upon release, they can be more productive in their children’s lives. The classes will be taught by Team Dad …

Deputies Graduate from Academy

Trent Prock — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:31:10 +0000

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Bivens are pleased to announce the graduation of Deputy Josh Woods and Deputy Daniel Boothroyd from the Blount County Law Enforcement Training Academy. Deputies Woods and Boothroyd graduated on March 22nd. In addition Deputy Woods was the recipient of the “Top Gun” Award for outstanding achievement on the firing …

Sheriff and Madisonville Police Team to Clean-Up Kefauver Park

Trent Prock — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:01:59 +0000

Due to a large accumulation of winter time trash, Sheriff Bill Bivens and Madisonville Police teamed up to organize a full clean-up of the park utilizing tax free inmate labor. “The park clean-up is the first of a series of clean-up projects the Sheriff’s Office will be conducting utilizing inmate labor in anticipation of the …

Jail Visitation Hours

William Wells III — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:20:21 +0000

Jail Visitation Hours