Maj. Jim Hodgson – Administrative Bureau
Major Jim Hodgson leads the Administrative Services Bureau of the Bradley County Sheriff's Office. In that capacity he oversees all of the agency's Training, Operational Support Services and Administrative Support functions. Maj. Hodgson began his law enforcement service career in 1974 as a Public Safety Officer with the University of Georgia Police Department. Over the past 37 years he has served in a variety of patrol, investigative, management, training and administrative assignments with agencies in Georgia and Tennessee. He joined the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office in 1987 as a patrol shift commander and subsequently implemented a number of progressive patrol tactics and procedures on his shift, which were subsequently adopted throughout the agency’s patrol operations. He has served in a variety of supervisory and administrative roles during more than 24 years with the agency, and has contributed to development and implementation of many of the agency’s law enforcement service innovations, playing a key role in the agency’s adoption of the community policing philosophy from 1994-2000. From 2002 – 2004 he served as Transition Coordinator for the staffing, equipping, policy development, operational planning and startup of the Bradley County Justice Complex which opened in 2004. Most recently, Major Hodgson has served as Captain of the Training and Administrative Services Division of the Sheriff’s Office. Jim Hodgson is a cum laude graduate of Cleveland State Community College and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and received the Master of Science Public Administration Degree from Los Angeles University. He has completed extensive specialized and advanced instruction in a variety of law enforcement, corrections, training and management subjects. In 2000, he became the first county law enforcement official in Tennessee to earn the Certified Public Administrator designation from the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Public Service. Major Hodgson has an extensive background in developing and presenting training programs on a variety of criminal justice, leadership and management subjects for law enforcement and corrections officers, supervisors, and a variety of training, management and organizational development issues. He has written extensively on a number of criminal justice and management topics, particularly in the areas of crime prevention and performance management. Jim Hodgson currently serves on the faculty of the Cleveland State Community College Basic Police Academy, and holds multiple instructor certifications from the Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission and other law enforcement organizations. Major Hodgson serves as President of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #59, is a member of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Officers Association, the Internal Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, and is a Life Member of the National Rifle Association. |