The Chaplain Corps Academy class VII graduation was held Thursday, October 18, 2007 at the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Multi Purpose Room. There were 19 Chaplain graduates that completed a 50 hour training provided by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. There were 10 graduates for Knox County, 4 for Roane County, 4 for Anderson County and 1 for Union County. In attendance were Chief Deputy Tom Spangler (Knox County), Chief Ron Chamberlain(Knox County), Chief Deputy Mark Lucas( Anderson County), Sheriff Jack Stockton (Roane County), and Sheriff Earl Loy( Union County).
 
The Chaplain Corps consists of Local Ministers from a wide variety of faith denominations who volunteer their time for 24 hour “on-call” shifts at least once monthly in order to serve the spiritual needs of both police officers and the general public. Chaplains’ responsibilities include, for example victim and witness assistance, death notifications, and grief counseling and various public ceremonies.

Pictured in the photograph are:
 
(Left to right) Sheriff Jack Stockton (Roane County), Chief Deputy Mark Lucas (Anderson County), (From right to left) Chief Ron Chamberlain (Knox County)
Sheriff Earl Loy (Union County) Chief Deputy Tom Spangler (Knox County) and the 19 Chaplain Corps graduates are:
 
Knox County-Steve Broach,David Bush,Gregg Causey,David Green,Jack Kirkendall,Steven McCullar,Frank Moore,Dennis Murphy,Carl Simmons,Murice Watson,
Anderson County- Clyde Drummond, Roger Haley, Joe Myers, William Klima,
Roane County- Tim Bradshaw, Kevin Human, Bruce Foster, Charles Works,
Union County- James Mulkey