Bill Gibbons

Bill Gibbons is the Executive Director at The Public Safety Institute at the University of Memphis. Gibbons was previously Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security until 2016. He was appointed to the post by the Governor of Tennessee, Bill Haslam. He is a former District Attorney General of the 30th Judicial District of Tennessee, which includes Shelby County and the city of Memphis, Tennessee. He was a Republican candidate in the 2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election, but dropped out on March 26, 2010 due to "lack of sufficient campaign funds to go forward."

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Bill Gibbons
2nd Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security
In office
January 2011 – September 2016
Appointed byBill Haslam
Preceded byDavid Mitchell
Succeeded byDavid Purkey
District Attorney General of the 30th Judicial District of Tennessee
In office
1996 – c. 2010
Appointed byDon Sundquist
Personal details
BornArkansas, USA
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJulia Smith Gibbons
Children2
EducationVanderbilt University
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