Dickson Mayor Don L. Weiss Jr. administered the Peace Officer’s Oath to three new members of the Dickson Police Department at the Dec. 19, 2022, Finance and Management Committee meeting.
Mayor Weiss welcomed officers Marco Salas′-Tirado, Luke McClendon and Dyllon Larson to the Dickson Police Department at the ceremony.
A native of Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico, Salas′-Tirado has lived in Dickson County since the age of three. He graduated from Dickson County High School in 2020.
After working as a server at Camino Real for five years, Salas′-Tirado became the first member of his family to pursue a career in law enforcement when he joined the Dickson Police Department in August.
Salas′-Tirado has participated in DPD’s 12-week Field Training Officer program and will attend the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy in January.
A native of Cumberland Furnace, McClendon graduated from Creek Wood High School in 2018.
He worked in the customer service field in the retail industry before joining the Dickson Police Department in October.
McClendon will go through DPD’s 12-week Field Training Officer program and then attend the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy in Spring 2023.
Larson grew up in northern Minnesota where he enjoyed hunting, fishing and the outdoors. He graduated from Fisher High School in Fisher, Minn., in 2009 and earned an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from the Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training Academy in 2012.
He relocated to Seattle in 2013 where he worked in private security before returning to law enforcement with the police department at Naval Base Kitsap, the largest U.S. Navy base in Washington.
Larson graduated from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy in 2019 where he earned special recognition in shooting and driving.
In 2021, Larson relocated to Tennessee where he worked in the Detention Division with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office and was a member of the Critical Emergency Response Team.
Larson joined the Dickson Police Department in October and will participate in a three-week transition school with the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy.
Salas′-Tirado, McClendon and Larson are assigned to the Dickson Police Department’s Patrol Division.
