Cookeville, TN Police Department Motor Unit


SUBMITTED BY LT. RANDY BROWN


COOKEVILLE, TN POLICE DEPARTMENT MOTOR UNIT - (left to right): Major Mark Maxwell, Officer Glen Ramsey, Officer Anthony Leonard, Officer Ryan Moore, Officer Shannon Smith, Lieutenant Randy Brown, Sergeant Calvin Anderson, Sergeant Mitch Harrington, Chief Robert Terry. Submitted by Lt. Randy Brown


T Servi-Car®


he Cookeville Police Department is located in the heart of the Upper Cumberland inside Putnam County, Tennessee, along Interstate 40. The department is made up of an Administrative Division, Patrol Division, Criminal Investigation Division and Traffic Division. The Cookeville Police Department employs 73 sworn officers. The city covers approximately 35.5 square miles


and is home to approximately 32,000 residents with an influx in population to around 80,000 during the day due to work and other related events. The original CPD Motor Unit consisted of a Harley-Davidson® that was purchased in 1958 by the department and


primarily used for parking meter service. In the early 1970s that Servi-Car®


Masters has restored the Servi-Car® and has offered the Servi-Car®


was sold to local resident Butch Masters. Mr. to its original condition


display at any time. After the Servi-Car®


back to the department for was sold, the depart-


ment chose to add two motorcycles to its fleet in the mid to late 1970s. Those units were used until approximately 1989 and were sold, ending the Motor Unit at that time.


8 THE MOTOR OFFICER™ | FALL 2013 In 2008 the department, now under the command of


Chief Robert Terry, brought back the Motor Unit with two 2008 Harley-Davidson®


Electra Glide® motorcycles. They


were assigned to the Traffic Division commanded by Major Mark Maxwell. Three officers were certified in basic police motor operation. The motors were utilized in such a way that Chief Terry and Major Maxwell saw such an overwhelming response from the community of the need for two more motor units. In 2010 the Cookeville Police Department Traffic Division Motor Units increased to four Harley-Davidson® Electra Glide®


Electra Glide® motorcycles. The bikes


bikes with five certified operators. The


Cookeville Police Department’s Traffic Division now has a Motor Unit that consists of seven certified riders with six Harley-Davidson®


are currently leased from Boswell’s Harley-Davidson of Cookeville. In June 2012 the Cookeville Police Motor Unit assisted


with the Tennessee State HOG (Harley Owners Group) Rally, with the main event taking place at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Thousands of riders came to town and participated, and the response from all those who participated was so overwhelming that the chapter members


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