Patrol Lieutenants

 Patrol Lieutenant Nick Combs

Patrol Lieutenant Brad Cook

Brad has worked for the Police Department since May 2006, and was promoted to Sergeant 2015. In 2017 he was promoted to Lieutenant. He attended the Law Enforcement Training Academy in 2006. Since then he has attended training in Basic Drug and Gangs School, Basic Police Cyclist School, Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, Advanced Roadside Impairment Detection and Enforcement. Brad is a 1997 graduate of Westview High School.

Patrol Lieutenant John Cross

Lieutenant John K. Cross has been a member of the Martin Police Department since 2000. He is assigned to the patrol division as a shift commander. He is the head departmental firearms instructor and former team commander for the 27th Judicial District Special Response Team (SRT). John has attended several specialized schools and training to include Basic Field Sobriety Testing, Firearms Instructor, Less-lethal Instructor, Field Training Officer, High Risk Event Planning Level 1, Basic and Advanced Street Gangs, Taser Instructor, FBI Swat Course, SWAT Level I and II, Military team leader with the Governor’s Task Force for Marijuana Eradication, and Rapid Response to the Active Shooter Basic and Instructor Training. John attended Sharon High School graduating in 1989, and attended UT Martin graduating in 1996 with a double Bachelors in Criminal Justice and Public Administration.

Patrol Lieutenant Mike Wenz

Mike has worked for the Police Department since October 2005. He previously worked as a patrolman at the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Public Safety from 1999 – 2005. In 2011 Mike was promoted to Sergeant and then to the rank of Lieutenant in 2015, and was also a Field Training Officer. Mike has attended such training as the Law Enforcement Training Academy, Law Enforcement for Street Officer, Criminal Investigations, Clandestine Laboratory Investigations, Narcotics Investigations, Basic Police Cyclist School, Standardized Field Sobriety Testing and Instructor Training. Mike is a 1995 graduate of Westview High School and has attended Dyersburg State Community College and the University of Tennessee at Martin.