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CORRECTIONAL TACTICAL OFFICER 1 - SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT
Department of Correction
Office of Investigation and Conduct
Nashville, TN
Annual Salary: $74,000.00 - $89,000.00
Closing Date: 08/10/2026
Background Check:
This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position
Who we are and what we do:
The mission of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is to operate safe and secure prisons and provide effective community supervision in order to enhance public safety. The department manages and operates or oversees 14 state prisons housing approximately 21,000 offenders. In addition, the department supervises some 79,000 offenders on probation, parole, or community correction and operates six Day Reporting/Community Resource Centers across the state. The department is fully accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA).
Job Overview:
The Correctional Tactical Officer 1 position is assigned to the Special Operations Unit (SOU), which is the specialized tactical response division of the TDOC. The Tactical Officer 1 is an operator position on Strike Force (SF), which is the state's only full-time rapid response tactical unit. The TO1 is responsible for conducting the day-to-day operations within SF, which includes emergency callouts (24-7), high-risk transports, extraditions, intelligence-based prison search operations, contraband interdiction operations, demonstration control (riots, civil protests), supplying specialized instruction to the SOU, dignitary protection, court security and assisting with outside law enforcement agencies. This position is based out of Nashville, Tennessee, with significant travel throughout middle, east, and west Tennessee.
Key Responsibilities:
The Correctional Tactical Officer 1 acts as a representative of the Special Operations Unit Director and the Tennessee Department of Correction in performing the important and confidential duties that involve contact work with law enforcement, court appearances, community leaders, offenders, their families, victims, and the general public. This position is expected to be a resource in providing support for staff at all levels of the Tennessee Department of Correction.
Minimum Qualifications:
Work experience: 1 year of experience with offenders/detainees in the capacity of a police, correction, or probation/parole officer. Applicable military experience that includes military policing, detainee assignments or at least 1 year in an active-duty status with an honorable discharge (DD-214) will also be accepted.
Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.
| Location | Nashville, TN |
| Salary | $74,000–$89,000 Per Year |