KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — The Knox County Sheriff's Office is looking to improve its hiring processes and community volunteers are helping.
They met with The Knox County Merit System Council on Tuesday to collaborate on ways to improve the hiring process. The council is made up of a group of community volunteers appointed by the Knox County Board of Commissioners who help set the rules that law enforcement uses when hiring people.
"Our law enforcement teams should not be worried about this group meeting," said Larsen Jay, the Knox County Commission chair. "They want great officers and they want to be able to support them in dynamic ways."
Officials said that Tuesday's meeting was the first of many conversations and that the group will meet four times in the next several months.