Michael Fletcher

Michael Fletcher is the Director of Safety and Security for a high-performing school district in Tennessee. He works with schools and the district’s central office to improve safety for students, employees, and visitors using the all-hazards approach by helping to develop, establish, and enforce safety and security policies, accident prevention efforts, fire safety, emergency management, asset protection, parking control, and traffic enforcement programs. This position also serves as the liaison between the school district and the local Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer program. Fletcher is also a commissioned deputy with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. He created the tactical medical officer program for the department's S.W.A.T. team and serves as a senior planner for high-risk operations, a position he has held since 2005. Mr. Fletcher has attended numerous courses with a focus of SWAT Tactics and High-Risk Operations planning throughout the United States. He has had extensive training in CBRNE and WMD planning and preparedness as well. Prior to working for the school district, Fletcher spent 15 years in healthcare where he served as a shift supervisor for the emergency medical services department. In that capacity, he was directly responsible for EMS operations and planning and was also credentialed to instruct numerous emergency medical curriculums at both the state and national levels. He was licensed as a paramedic in the state of Tennessee in 1999. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in management and human relations from Trevecca Nazarene University. He was also an instructor trainer for the national program which provided law enforcement and school officials with the skills to perform vulnerability assessments, making schools safer across the United States. Fletcher proudly served in the United States Army’s 82nd Airborne Division until he was medically retired in 1996 after being injured in the line of duty