CLARKSVILLE, TN – Mayor Joe Pitts and Chief David Crockarell recently welcomed James Baker and Olivia Carson to the Clarksville Police Department family.
Officer Baker was an officer with CPD from 2013 through July 2020 before he relocated to South Carolina. While in South Carolina, he worked for the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office as an investigator and recently returned to Clarksville. Baker will go through an abbreviated Field Training Program and once complete, he will be back to patrolling the streets of Clarksville.
Officer Carson was a patrol officer with the Dothan Police Department in Alabama before moving to Clarksville. Carson will attend the three-week transition course at the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA) on July 31. After the transition course, she will go through the department’s Field Training Program before being assigned to a patrol shift.