Tennessee Valley Authority Police

The Tennessee Valley Authority Police is a law enforcement agency in the United States. It is a federally commissioned agency that provides protection for Tennessee Valley Authority properties and employees.
History.
Since 1933, TVA has employed public safety officers who have law enforcement responsibilities. Agency officers have provided security during times of war. They also provided emergency medical and firefighting services during the agency's construction phases and have staffed visitors' centers throughout the TVA system.
By the mid-1990s, the agency employed 500 public safety officers who were trained and certified. That number was reduced to 150 after 1994 when Congress passed legislation creating the U.S. TVA Police.
On September 12, 1995 125 officers from the TVA Public Safety Service were sworn in as charter members of the newly created TVA Police. TVA Police is organized into three districts that encompass a seven-state area.
In 2004 168 police officers were employed.
In May and June 2012, TVA Police disbanded its uniformed patrol division and aligned itself more along the lines of other federal law enforcement agencies. Today TVA Police still employs sworn federal police officers in the capacity of inspectors, investigators and technical security specialists. Contract security personnel are employed to supplement TVA Police and provide security at TVA facilities and other key locations.
TVAP officers attend training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia.
Fallen officers.
Since the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority Police Department, two officers have died while on duty.
1. Officer Thomas Harold Hood
EOW: Monday, March 18, 1974
Cause: Struck by vehicle.
2. Police Officer Timothy Patrick Huckaby
EOW: Tuesday, November 24, 1998
Cause: Automobile crash.