June 8, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
Sergeant Dewaine Jennings of the Tennessee Highway Patrol has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
He is now supervisor over Cumberland, White, and Van Buren Counties
For the last four years, Jennings has served as Sergeant for Putnam County.
From 2007 when he joined the THP until his promotion to the rank of Sergeant, Jennings worked in DeKalb County as Trooper.
Lieutenant Jennings received his latest promotion in May and was recognized in a formal pinning ceremony at the THP Training Center in Nashville conducted by Colonel Tracy Trott.
Lieutenant Jennings is a U.S. Navy veteran and he logged twelve and a half years as a law enforcement officer before joining the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Since becoming a member of the THP, Jennings has been named three times as the Cookeville District Trooper of the Year in 2008, 2009, and 2012 and he was Trooper of the Year for the entire State in 2009. In 2017 Lieutenant Jennings received the THP Life Savers Award.
He is a Crash Reconstructionist, Radar Instructor, District Field Training Officer Coordinator, Supervisor of Strike Team 6, Drug Recognition Expert, and a member of the THP Honor Guard.
Jennings is a graduate of Bethel University where he received a degree in criminal justice