Clarksville, TN – Six Clarksville Police officers had their retirement ceremony today with an official retirement date of July 1st, 2011. They were the first group of officers retired under the new retirement system adopted by the City of Clarksville for Public Safety employees.
The six officers have a combined total of over 160 years in law enforcement. This is also the largest single group of officers retiring at one time that anyone can recall.
The officers in the ceremony were:
Lt Bill Carney
Lt Harold Tucker
Officer Andy Bechtold
Officer Richard Brown
Officer Booker Dailey
Officer Tomas Ortiz