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Department of Safety & Homeland Security Uses iPad Technology for Faster Driver License Renewals

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NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security is using Apple iPad technology in its state driver service centers to help improve wait times for customers who need to renew or replace driver licenses. The department has installed 72 iPad kiosks, called ASSETS (automatic self-service electronic terminals), inside 26 driver service centers across … Read more

Department of Safety & Homeland Security, Donate Life Partner to Promote Organ Donation

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NASHVILLE — Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Driver Service Center employees across the state will begin sporting special blue “Donate Life” tee shirts each Friday throughout the summer to encourage customers to register for organ donation. This program is sponsored by Donate Life Tennessee. Tennesseans can register to become an organ donor by … Read more

Department of Safety and Homeland Security Driver License Examiners, THP Halt Identity Theft

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NASHVILLE— Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security driver license examiners and the Tennessee Highway Patrol prevented a Nashville man from obtaining a fraudulent identification card at the Bonny Oaks Driver Service Center in Chattanooga on Tuesday afternoon. Curtis Gordon, Jr., 47, of Nashville was taken into custody for allegedly using his brother’s birth certificate … Read more

Department of Safety & Homeland Security Release Memorial Weekend Statistics

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NASHVILLE — Preliminary figures from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security show 13 people were killed in traffic crashes on Tennessee roadways during this year’s 96-hour Memorial Day holiday period.  This is a drop from the 19 fatalities that occurred during the 2011 Memorial Day holiday weekend and the same number of deaths … Read more

Department of Safety & Homeland Security to Open New Reinstatement-Only Driver Service Center in Hamilton County

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NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security will open a new driver service center in Chattanooga on Monday, June 4. The Northgate Park Driver Service Center will offer reinstatement services only. Once open, it will be the only location in southeast Tennessee where citizens may reinstate driver licenses that have been suspended … Read more

Department of Safety & Homeland Security Remembers Fallen Troopers and Officers

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NASHVILLE — Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons and Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Tracy Trott joined District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn today for a special memorial service to honor Tennessee State Troopers and other law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. In observance of National Police Week, the THP’s … Read more

Department of Safety & Homeland Security Partners with State and Local Agencies for Operation Safe Highways

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NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security on Wednesday partnered with various state and local agencies to conduct Operation Safe Highways, a statewide safety enforcement and awareness exercise to help make Tennessee safer for motorists. Both the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) and the Office of Homeland Security organized the enhanced enforcement effort … Read more

Department of Safety & Homeland Security, Tennessee Highway Patrol Promote Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month

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NASHVILLE — May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security and Tennessee Highway Patrol are encouraging motorists to exercise caution in response to the rise in motorcycle fatalities in the state and across the nation this year.    Motorcycle fatalities accounted for 12.0 percent of total fatalities within … Read more