Jan 8, 2020
Michael Fletcher is the Director of Safety and Security
for a high performing school district in Tennessee. He works with
schools and the district’s central office to improve safety for
students, employees and visitors using the all hazards approach by
helping to develop, establish and enforce safety and security
policies, accident prevention efforts, fire safety, emergency
management, asset protection, parking control and traffic
enforcement programs. This position also serves as the liaison
between the school district and the local Sheriff’s Office School
Resource Officer program.
Fletcher also serves as the lieutenant for the reserve deputy
program with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. He is the
senior tactical medical officer for the department's S.W.A.T. team
and senior planner for high risk operations, a position he has held
since 2005. Mr. Fletcher has attended numerous courses with a focus
of SWAT Tactics and High Risk Operations planning throughout the
United States. He has had extensive training in CBRNE and WMD
planning and preparedness as well.
Prior to working for the Williamson County School District,
Fletcher spent 15 years at Williamson Medical Center where he
served as a shift supervisor for the emergency medical services
department. In that capacity he was directly responsible for EMS
operations and planning and was also credentialed to instruct
numerous emergency medical curriculums at both the state and
national level. He has been a licensed paramedic in the state
of Tennessee since 1999.
Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in management and human relations
from Trevecca Nazarene University. He is also an instructor trainer
for the National Rifle Association’s National School Shield Program
which provides law enforcement and school officials with the skills
to perform vulnerability assessments, making schools safer across
the United States.
Fletcher proudly served in the United States Army’s 82nd Airborne
Division until he was medically retired in 1996 after being injured
in the line of duty. He lives in Franklin, TN with his wife and two
children.