Duties of the Department
Additional Information
The investigation of crimes that occur outside Lawrence County’s municipalities fall into the categories of general criminal (including domestic violence/child abuse) and narcotic investigations. Sgt. Garrett Brown is over general criminal investigations and the narcotics division.
About the Sheriff
Sheriff John Myers’ career in law enforcement started at the Sheriff’s Department in 1992, where he worked as a Correctional Officer, then Patrol Deputy, then Investigator/K-9 Handler.
In 1997 he began working at the 22nd Judicial Drug & Violent Crime Task Force as Senior Agent over the Interstate/Highway Interdiction Unit and Chief K-9 Handler. In 2004 he became the Task Force Director.
Later that year he deployed to Kosovo and worked as a Police Trainer and Unit Commander of a Regional Narcotics Unit in support of the United Nations Mission there. In 2006 he returned to active duty at the 22nd Judicial Drug & Violent Crime Task Force.
In 2011 Myers began serving as an Explosives K-9 Handler with AMK-9/SOC at the US Embassy in Baghdad Iraq with the Baghdad Embassy Security Force (BESF).
After returning from Iraq he was employed at the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department from 2013 to 2014. In 2014 he was appointed Chief of Police at the Ethridge Police Department where he was employed until being elected Sheriff.
Contact Information
John Myers, Lawrence County Sheriff
240 West Gaines St.
Lawrenceburg, TN 38464
Phone: 931-762-3626
Email: jmyers@lawcosheriff.com
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday:
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
