| FOND FAREWELL | | Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:53 am
| | Union City Police Chief Joe Garner (left) was honored Tuesday afternoon when a large crowd of law enforcement colleagues, friends and family attended a retirement reception in his honor at the Union City Municipal Building. Among the special guests was Bill Gibbons, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, who flew in by helicopter to attend and made a special presentation to the retiring chief. Garner will officially retire effective Saturday following a 36-year law enforcement career that has included 33 years with the City of Union City. He worked his way up through the ranks and has served as Union City’s police chief the past 19 years. Most recently, he served as president of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police. | | | | |
