Sgt. Jimmy Jones has been assigned to the Cannon/Warren County area of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Jones is taking the supervisor spot formerly held by Sgt. Billy Prater who was recently promoted.
Jones began his career in the Tennessee Highway Patrol in 1988, serving in Van Buren County. He transferred to Warren County in 1989.
Jones was on the Highway Patrol’s Drug Interdiction team for five years, during which time he was a K-9 officer. He also worked on THP’s special operations team, working on the underwater recovery team, the bomb unit and K-9 unit. He also worked with the governor’s office where he was the driver for then Gov. Phil Bredesen.
For the last 11 years Jones was supervisor in White, Van Buren and Cumberland counties.
