Mayor Don L. Weiss Jr. administered the Peace Officer’s Oath to Dickson Police Department Officer Zane Withers at the Finance and Management Committee meeting Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.
A native of Marion, Ill., Withers says he always hoped to continue the tradition in his family as his grandfather, Roger Zane Withers, worked in law enforcement in Illinois.
Withers obtained his Associate Degree in Criminal Justice in 2010 and shortly thereafter began working as a reserve deputy with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois. In 2013 he began his first full-time position in the field as a dispatcher for the Marion, Ill., Police Department where he worked his way up to communications training officer and supervisor.
Withers and his family decided to relocate to the Dickson area in 2021 and he worked as a dispatcher for Williamson County, Tn., for almost two years before joining the City of Dickson Emergency Communications Department in 2023.
Withers says he is excited to switch to the other side of the radio and serve the citizens of Dickson as a police officer.
He will complete 12 weeks with a field training officer and then attend the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy in the spring.
