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Chief Deborah Y. Faulkner, EdD

While Chief Faulkner has been a member of the Franklin Police Department for over eleven years, she has a long career in law enforcement.

Deb came up through ranks as a member of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department serving in the Patrol Division and various other assignments and achieving the rank of Deputy Chief of Police.

Faulkner, Deborah (2)

She has her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Memphis; her master’s in criminal justice from Middle Tennessee State University; and her doctorate in Human Development Counseling from Vanderbilt University.

She has served as President of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police and was selected by Governor Lee to serve on the Tennessee POST Commission where she served for 7 years and was the Chair for 2 years.  She is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and past President of the TN FBI National Academy Graduates.

She currently serves on the Board of Leadership Franklin and is also a graduate of Leadership Nashville and Leadership Middle Tennessee.  Last year she was named as an Iconic Woman of Williamson County.