Tim Dial

Deputy Chief of Corrections - Davidson County Sheriff's Office

Tim Dial began his career with the Nashville-Davidson County Sheriff’s Office April 2013 as a Correctional Officer at the Criminal Justice Center (CJC) where he worked his way up the ranks managing multiple maximum custody facilities. Tim was selected for the Downtown Detention Center transition team, responsible for training, developing operations, and creating effective systems for the 756-bed state-of-the art facility. In 2020, he served as part of the Metro Detention Facility (MDF) transition team in the Core Civic takeover. He was named Chief of Security in October of 2020 and later that same year, moved MDF to the current MCC. In 2023 he was promoted to Deputy Chief of Corrections where he oversees DDC, Intake Services (DDC), Inmate Services, including: Pretrial Release, Booking, Time Comp/Releasing, Citations/Steering Clear, Classification, and Property Divisions. Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in Recreation and Physical Education from Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri. In 2020, he achieved the Certified Jail Manager designation through AJA as well as served on two different AJA committees in preparation for the 2021 “Wellness” and 2022 “Recruitment and Retention” summits. Dial serves as the AJA Agency Certification Liaison and is an active member of the DCSO Policy Committee.

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