Dickson Mayor Don L. Weiss Jr. welcomed two new officers to the Dickson Police Department.
Mayor Weiss administered the Peace Officer’s Oath to Officers Cain Smith and Macey Bear during the Finance and Management Committee meeting March 17, 2025.
Officer Smith returns to the Dickson Police Department where he was first employed in 2017. A 2010 graduate of Creek Wood High School, Officer Smith happily calls Charlotte his hometown. As a junior wide receiver for the Red Hawks, he set the school record with 49 receptions for 642 yards and six touchdowns. He attended Cumberland University where he was a wide receiver for the Bulldogs, who became the Phoenix in 2016. Officer Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology in 2014. Officer Smith says from a young age he felt a strong pull towards law enforcement and in 2017 he took on the role of patrol officer with the Dickson Police Department, where he says he discovered his true passion for serving people and his community. After a five-year break from law enforcement, Officer Smith felt a calling to return to protect and serve the community he loves. Officer Smith will complete the Dickson Police Department’s Field Training Program and a Transition School at the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy later this spring. Officer Smith and his wife, Morgan, have three boys.
A lifelong resident of Dickson County, Officer Bear is a 2018 graduate of Dickson County High School. She was the first person to receive a 911 internship while in school and interned for two years with the Dickson County Emergency Communications Center. After graduation, she worked as a Telecommunications Officer at the Dickson Emergency Communications Center for five years. In June 2023, Officer Bear began working for the White Bluff Police Department. She completed the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy in December 2023 and worked in the Patrol Division until July 2024 before taking an Administrative Assistant position and then becoming a Magistrate for the Town of White Bluff. Officer Bear joins the Dickson Police Department as a School Resource Officer and will be assigned to Dickson County High School. Officer Bear and fiancé Jake Brake, a K9 Deputy with the Dickson County Sheriff’s Office, have one son, Jakoby.
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