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TDOT and THP Get Ready for 2009 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

Released on Fri, Jun 05, 2009 - 7:25 am under

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The Eighth Annual Festival is Expected to Draw over 80,000 to Manchester Area

NASHVILLE – For the eighth year in a row, the city of Manchester is gearing up to receive nearly 80,000 visitors from across the country as music lovers flock to one of the premier summer music festivals, Bonnaroo. The Tennessee Department of Transportation and Tennessee Highway Patrol are partnering again this year to ensure smooth traffic flow during the event. The 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival kicks off Thursday night, June 11, and winds down Sunday night, June 14. Thursday, June 11, is expected to be the heaviest traffic day.

TDOS & Donate Life Tennessee Announce “Show Us Your Heart Tennessee”

Released on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 - 5:53 am under

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Driver License Donor Designation Information Booths Planned Statewide

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Department of Safety (TDOS) will host over 25 Donor Designation booths this month designed to educate the public on organ and tissue donation in driver license service centers across Tennessee.

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TDOS Participates in Operation Roadcheck 2009

Released on Tue, Jun 02, 2009 - 8:38 am under

THP Removes Unsafe Commercial Vehicles from Tennessee Roadways

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Department of Safety is participating in Operation Roadcheck 2009, a 72-hour commercial vehicle campaign in the U.S., Canada and Mexico sponsored by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (www.CVSA.org ). The goals of Operation Roadcheck 2009 are to increase commercial truck and bus safety and security and to reduce the number of crashes involving commercial trucks and motor vehicles. The event, which takes place simultaneously across North America, will begin at midnight, Tuesday, June 2, and continue through midnight, Thursday, June 4, 2009.

TDOS Announces Trooper of the Year

Released on Fri, May 29, 2009 - 11:00 am under

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Trooper Kevin Curtis

Trooper Andy Forsythe

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Department of Safety (TDOS) today named Trooper Kevin Curtis as Trooper of the Year 2007 and Trooper Andy Forsythe as Trooper of the Year 2008. The announcements were made during a special ceremony Friday, May 29, at 10:00 a.m., at the THP Training Center located at 275 Stewarts Ferry Pike in Nashville.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Trooper of the Year Ceremony

Released on Thu, May 28, 2009 - 12:29 pm under

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NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Department of Safety will hold a special ceremony Friday, May 29, 2009, to announce Trooper of the Year. The service will be held at 10 a.m. at the Department of Safety Training Center in Nashville.

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TN Department of Safety Releases Memorial Weekend Statistics

Released on Tue, May 26, 2009 - 11:28 am under

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Preliminary Figures Show Decline in Fatal Crashes

NASHVILLE --- Preliminary figures from the Tennessee Department of Safety show seven people were killed in traffic crashes on Tennessee roadways during the 78-hour Memorial Day holiday period. This is a drop from the 13 fatalities that occurred during the 2008 Memorial Day holiday weekend and 21 deaths in 2007.

TDOS Reminds Drivers to Buckle Up – Every Time, All the Time

Released on Mon, May 18, 2009 - 10:53 am under

THP will be Looking for Unbuckled Drivers this Memorial Day Holiday and All Summer

NASHVILLE --- It only takes two seconds to buckle up. Two seconds that could literally save your life and also keep you from getting a ticket and a fine. The Tennessee Highway Patrol urges all drivers to buckle up every time, all the time, and State Troopers are joining forces with law enforcement officers across the state and country for the 2009 Click It or Ticket campaign. The initiative runs May 18, 2009, through May 31, 2009, and includes the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

TDOS Remembers Fallen Troopers and Officers

Released on Fri, May 15, 2009 - 8:47 am under

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Trooper William Emmert

Badge Number of Former Trooper Emmert Retired During Annual THP Ceremony

NASHVILLE --- In observance of National Police Week, a special service was held today to pay tribute to Tennessee State Troopers and other law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Tennessee Department of Safety (TDOS) Commissioner Dave Mitchell joined U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Ed Yarbrough, Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Mike Walker, members of THP’s Command Staff, current and former State Troopers and family members gathered for a special ceremony held at 9:00 a.m., at the Tennessee Department of Safety Headquarters, located at 1150 Foster Avenue, in Nashville.

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Tennessee Department of Safety to Remember Fallen Officers

Released on Wed, May 13, 2009 - 11:55 am under

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THP Memorial Ceremony to Honor Officers Killed in the Line of Duty

NASHVILLE --- Tennessee Department of Safety Commissioner Dave Mitchell will join U.S. Attorney Ed Yarbrough, Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Mike Walker, THP Command staff, active and retired Troopers, legislators and survivors of fallen officers to remember and honor the 38 Tennessee State Troopers, as well as more than 19,000 officers in the United States, who have died in the line of duty.

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THP Searches for Vehicle in Giles County Pedestrian Fatal

Released on Wed, May 13, 2009 - 8:38 am under

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NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help in locating a vehicle and driver that may be connected to a deadly crash that involved a pedestrian. It happened on Highway 31 South in Elkton, TN, Friday morning, May 9, 2009.

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