Coffee County Sheriff Chad Partin issued a letter to Bridgestone officials on Friday concerning work excuses.
Dear Bridgestone,
You have several hundred employees that live in Coffee Co. I would like you to walk outside and see the ice on the ground. I would like to ask you to watch the local news. I would like you to “troll Facebook “and see all the conversations about the roads in all of Middle Tennessee.
I would ask that you, the company, the administrators, the superintendent, the supervisor, or whoever is in charge up there stop having your employees contact the Sheriff’s Department for a letter that says the employee cannot make it to work.
Most of all, if your employee says they can’t get out of their driveway, then believe them! If not, do like we do at the Coffee Co Sheriff’s Office, we go get them and bring them to work. With all due respect, please stop having the employee contact me to send excuse letters!
I lost a lifelong friend today because of a wreck. He was doing what all farmers do in these conditions. Checking on his cows. He didn’t need a permission slip from the Sheriff!
Bridgestone has denied the accusations, but multiple employees and former employees say it is true and has been for a while. One person posted on Facebook a letter he had to get in 2021, and it was signed by Sheriff Partin.
