Mosley gets promoted to Highway Patrol lieutenant
After serving with the Tennessee Highway Patrol over 20 years, trooper Jeff Mosley, who heads the local agency, has been promoted to lieutenant.
A Van Buren County native and Centertown resident, Mosley started his career with the state in 1983 with the Tennessee Department of Corrections. Four years later, he was hired by the Highway Patrol, beginning his two decades of service with the state law enforcement agency
‘I began with the THP in 1987 and was assigned to the Lawrenceburg District/Giles County,’ Mosley said, pointing out original assignments in the patrol can sometimes take new troopers quite a distance from home. ‘I transferred back to the Cookeville District in 1992 and worked Van Buren County.’
Mosley continued his work as a trooper, his primary assignment being in Van Buren and sometimes Warren County until he was promoted to sergeant in April of 1998. He was then assigned to Warren and Cannon counties until this recent promotion.
His promotion has further extended his responsibilities. Mosley is now assigned to the Chattanooga District covering 12 counties, including Warren County. Mosley said he is looking forward to the new challenge.
‘I am honored to have been given this opportunity to advance in my career and will strive to do the best job possible for the citizens of this state,’ Mosley said. ‘I want everyone in Warren and Cannon counties to know I have enjoyed working here and to let them know there is a great group of troopers still in this area. I have enjoyed working with these guys for over nine years and they are some of the best troopers in this state.’
Mosley said he and his wife, Nicole, who is an investigator with McMinnville Police Department, and their family plan to continue residing in Warren County.
Longtime patrolman and local resident Sgt. Billy Prater, who had been assigned to another district for the past few years, has returned to his home district where he will now lead the local contingent of troopers in Warren and Cannon counties, effectively taking Mosley’s former role.