Bill Gibbons
Bill Gibbons | |
|---|---|
| 2nd Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security | |
| In office January 2011 – September 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Haslam |
| Preceded by | David Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | David Purkey |
| District Attorney General of the 30th Judicial District of Tennessee | |
| In office 1996 – c. 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Don Sundquist |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arkansas, USA |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Julia Smith Gibbons |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Vanderbilt University |
Bill Gibbons is the Executive Director at The Public Safety Institute at the University of Memphis. Gibbons was previously Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security until 2016. He was appointed to the post by the Governor of Tennessee, Bill Haslam. He is a former District Attorney General of the 30th Judicial District of Tennessee, which includes Shelby County and the city of Memphis, Tennessee. He was a Republican candidate in the 2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election, but dropped out on March 26, 2010, due to "lack of sufficient campaign funds to go forward."