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Car Seat Safety Inspection and Check
The City of Loudon Fire and Police Department’s are currently hosting a 40hr Child Passenger Seat Technician Course offered through the Tennessee Highway Safety Office. Several LCSO Deputies, City of Loudon Police Officers and Firefighters and Lenoir City Police...

Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Delivers Toys for Tots to Loudon County Families
Over the last several months the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office has been taking applications for the annual Toys for Tots event that delivers gifts to families for Christmas in Loudon County. The Sheriff’s Office receives donations or gifts from multiple organizations...

LCSO Celebrates Newest Academy Graduates
Deputy Jon Carter and Deputy Brad McCall graduated from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy in Nashville this morning. Deputies Carter and McCall, along with 100 other law enforcement officers from all over Tennessee, completed 12 weeks with over 400 hours...

Loudon County Sheriff Introduces New K9 Team, Celebrates Completion of Training Certification
There’s a new crime-fighting duo hitting the streets today. And if you run, or hide illegal drugs, chances are these two fellas will find it, or you! LCSO Deputy K9 Deputy Dalton Harrison, and his furry partner “Draco”, graduated from the prestigious Knox County...

LCSO Deputy Receives Award from Tennessee Highway Safety Office
Today Deputy Justin Parks received the “Beyond the Traffic Stop” award from the Tennessee Highway Safety Office during the annual awards banquet in Knoxville. Deputy Justin Parks throughout 2023 had several traffic stops that led to multiple drug seizures along with...

Members of the LCSO SWAT Team Complete Basic SWAT School
Seven members of the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team completed Basic SWAT School at the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Regional Training Academy. The 5-day Basic SWAT School consisted of physical fitness training, firearms training, hostage rescue operations,...

LCSO Launches Adult Education Program for Inmates
The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office launched an adult education program for inmates in the Loudon County Detention Facility. The program is offered to local jails and is funded through the Tennessee Department of Labor. Inmates receive tablets inside the jail and have...

LCSO Staff and Surrounding Agencies Complete FBI Crisis Negotiator School
Last week 13 deputies from the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office along with officers and deputies from the Lenoir City Police Department, Loudon Police Department, Knoxville Police Department - TN, Pigeon Forge Police Department, Roane County Sheriff's Office and...

LCSO Bids Farewell to 30-Year Veteran
Yesterday Deputy Mark Tinnel retired from the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office after 30 years. Deputy Tinnel began his career in 1994 working in the Records Division for the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office. Tinnel then moved to the Corrections Division and later became a...

Homicide Suspect Out of Georgia Taken into Custody by LCSO
The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team along with LCSO Deputies and Tennessee Highway Patrol Troopers took Brandon Howard, 37, of Dallas, GA into custody in Loudon in the early morning hours on November 21st for active warrants related to a homicide in Dallas,...