Central District
Downtown Knoxville, South Knoxville and the area immediately surrounding the University of Tennessee campus all fall within the Knoxville Police Department’s Central District. In total, the Central District covers 15.3 square miles, which includes the Old City, Fort Sanders, the Cumberland Avenue corridor.
Central District Commanding Officer
Captain Darrell Griffin
[email protected]
865-215-7207
Captain Darrell Griffin was promoted to Captain in February 2025, when he was assigned as the Commander of the Field Operations Central District. Griffin has served with KPD since first becoming a Cadet in 1996. He was sworn in as a KPD officer in 1999. Over the past 25 years, Griffin has performed a variety of assignments at KPD, including as a Field Operations officer and supervisor, the commander of the department’s Mobile Field Force, the supervisor of the Special Crimes Unit and most recently as the executive officer for the Field Operations Central District.
Community Partnership Officers
Community Partnership Officers are assigned to specific districts to help solve problems, address quality of life issues and facilitate community meetings and interactions within the district. The Central District Community Partnership Officers can be reached at 865-215-7389.
Joe Shackelford [email protected]
John Morgan [email protected]
Darrell Sexton [email protected]
1650 Huron Street
Knoxville, TN 37917
Phone: (865) 215-7000
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