West Tennessee Drug Task Force agents awarded by state association – WBBJ TV

The following is a news release from the West Tennessee Drug Task Force:

MILAN, TENN. – Director Johnie Carter and Special Agent in Charge Jason Williams of the West Tennessee Drug Task Force were recognized at the 2023 Tennessee Narcotics Officers’ Association annual training and awards banquet in Chattanooga last week.

An awards banquet was held Thursday night at the Westin in Downtown Chattanooga where Agents from all over the state of Tennessee were recognized for their contributions in helping to keep drugs off of Tennessee streets and out of homes.

Special Agent in Charge Jason Williams was recognized as the West Tennessee’s Narcotics Investigator of the Year for 2023. Jason has personally seized more than 100 kilograms of narcotics within the 28 th Judicial District in 2023 and also supervises a team of five narcotics investigators in the 28 th Judicial District which includes the counties of Haywood, Crockett and Gibson. As a team, the 28 th has seized over 150 kilograms of various narcotics in 2023.

Director Johnie Carter was selected as the State of Tennessee’s Drug Unit Supervisor of the year. Director Carter oversees approximately 45 full and part time drug Agents in three separate Judicial Districts. The previously mentioned 28 th as well as the 29 th Judicial District of Dyer and Lake Counties and the 30 th Judicial District of Shelby County. Director Carter received his recognition due to the impact his leadership has had on the Task Force seizing well over 500 kilograms of drugs, more than 100 illegal weapons and making numerous felony arrests. His announcement read in part that, “he still makes his own cases, doesn’t hold down a desk and attends nearly every major operation the Task Force has while working alongside his Agents.”

“I am proud of Special Agent in Charge Jason Williams and lucky to have him on my team, he’s an asset to the Task Force and the citizens of the 28 th Judicial District and West Tennessee.” said Carter. He also added that, “I am honored to have been submitted by my Agents for Narcotics Unit Supervisor of the Year and I am humbled to have been selected out of the myriad of other well qualified candidates.”

The training conference covered multiple narcotic topics over the week to include undercover operations, drug interdiction, safety, supervision, planning and more. The West Tennessee Drug Task Force is governed by a board of directors made up of the three judicial district attorneys involved. The Honorable Frederick Agee of the 28 th , the Honorable Danny Goodman, Jr. of the 29 th and the Honorable Steve
Mulroy of the 30 th Judicial District.