Lt. Colonel Thomas Tuggle

Board Member

Thomas is a Lt. Colonel with the Mississippi Highway Patrol. He is the Director of Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer’s Training Academy (MLEOTA), the largest law enforcement training facility in the State. He has served in these positions prior to becoming the Director of the Training Academy. Enforcement Troop (E), MHP Honor Guard, MHP Recruiter & Senior Instructor for Basic Law Enforcement Training. He served as the Mississippi Department of Public Safety’s Executive Officer under two Commissioners. Lt. Colonel Tuggle is a former Marine and is married with one daughter.

Additionally, Lt. Colonel Tuggle is a graduate of the FBI Training Academy at Quantico and served as the First President from Mississippi in his class at the National Academy.

Outside his law enforcement duties Lt. Colonel Tuggle enjoys raising money for St. Jude’s Children’s Research in Memphis, TN, the Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital in Jackson, MS, and The Veteran’s Hospitals in Memphis, TN and Jackson, MS.

Lt. Colonel Tuggle has assisted many families across the country when they are seeking assistance for their loved ones struggling with Chemical Dependency and Behavioral Health Issues. He works with many Interventionists through out the country.

“I am fortunate to have worked for the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer’s Training Academy. I have witnessed thousands of officers responding to emergencies the way they were trained. They are trained to solve other people’s problems.

I am a member of the board of directors of FROM to assist these officers with options to deal with issues when they come up either individually or with their Agency. If we don’t offer these First Responders opportunities that will help them manage the daily stressors associated with their responsibilities and assist them in their greatest time of need, then that is on us. We must get into ACTION”