Blount County Sheriff's Office

14/09/2026

Do you know if your child is in the right car seat? Next week is Child Passenger Safety Week. Be prepared with car seat safety resources and tips to keep your child safe at tntrafficsafety.org/cps

12/09/2026

We are sharing this for the Blount County Fire Protection District in regard to a new scam. Please read and share.

12/09/2026

12/09/2026

Children learn by example, especially when it comes to driving. Every time you're behind the wheel, remember that their eyes are on you. Your driving habits may become theirs.

Buckle up, slow down, and stay focused on the road. Drive as if they’re learning from you, because they are.

tntrafficsafety.org

12/09/2026

BCSO Child Safety Seat Clinic today

Blount County, Tennessee - Blount County Sheriff James Lee Berrong announced the Sheriff's Office is hosting a Child Safety Seat today, September 12 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Blount County Justice Center, located at 940 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville.

Trained and certified child passenger safety seat technicians from the Blount County Sheriff's Office will be on hand to provide child car seat installation. This clinic is an opportunity to ensure the child safety seat fits your vehicle, your child, and ensure it is safely and securely anchored in the vehicle.

The Sheriff's Office holds Child Safety Seat Clinics throughout the year at different locations in Blount County. Watch for future events on our page.

11/09/2026

Sheriff James Lee Berrong would like to thank Cash Express and United Community Bank for showing support to our deputies and Blount County's other first responders with your generous gifts of cupcakes from Cash Express and a delicious BBQ lunch at United Community Bank in Alcoa. We appreciate your love and support!

11/09/2026

"Sheriff Tom Spangler was one of my closest friends and one of the best men I've ever had the privilege of knowing. Not only was he a strong leader, he was kind and humble. He worked with the Blount County Sheriff's Office as a deputy chief for four years following his first retirement with KCSO. During his time with us, his influence on me and my deputies was impactful and deep. Everyone loved and respected him, and he returned that love and respect in spades. The world will not be the same without him in it, but his legacy lives on through his family and by way of the knowledge and lessons he passed down to his deputies. I am thankful that I knew him; I am grateful that he is no longer in pain, and I have no doubt that he is with our Heavenly Father. I will always love him."

Sheriff James Lee Berrong

11/09/2026

Sheriff James Lee Berrong, Chief Deputy Jeff French, and other members of the Sheriff's Office joined Donna Mowery, mother of BCSO Deputy Justin Mowery, in Nashville today as Governor Bill Lee honored Deputy Mowery at the Three Stars of Tennessee awards ceremony. Deputy Mowery was honored along with five other Tennessee first responders who died in the line of duty or who sustained life-threatening injuries.

BCSO Deputy Mowery died in the line of duty December 28, 2025. We miss him.

Read more about Deputy Mowery and the other first responders who were honored today on this shared link.

10/09/2026

The missing person case of Maryvillian Mike Hearon continues to haunt investigators to this day, more than 18 years after his disappearance. WBIR features this case each year, and our investigators continue to hope and pray for a tip that will help us find out what happened to Mike on the day he went missing on August 26, 2008.

If anyone has any information that may be helpful to investigators, please call Investigations at 865-273-5001 during normal business hours.

Matt Hearon slept through his father's final call that Saturday morning in 2008. Eighteen years later, he's still waiting for answers about what happened to his dad.
🔗 https://www.wbir.com/article/news/investigations/appalachian-unsolved/appalachian-unsolved-what-happened-mike-hearon/51-5a01b5e6-29b5-4cbf-8adb-2c5578537b45