Former Area Police Officer Used Fake High School Diploma to Get Jobs

January 10, 2024

The Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy has received an anonymous complaint about a former area police officer. The complaint said that Brandon Patterson paid for his diploma on Amazon.

The former Pikeville, TN police officer and Grundy County Sheriff’s Deputy was found to have used a fake high school diploma to get his jobs.

An investigator went to the school on the diploma, and they couldn’t find Patterson graduated from the school. The state confirmed Patterson did not graduate from a school in Tennessee.

He will face decertification if he ever comes before the state commission.

Lucky Knott

One of Southern Tennessee's most experienced and recognized news broadcasters and play-by-play sportscasters. News and Sports Director for Rooster 101.5 FM, 93.9 The Duck and Whiskey Country 105.1, and 95.9. He is currently the play-by-play voice of the Coffee County Red Raiders (31 years) on The Rooster 101.5 and can be heard M-F broadcasting our local news. Lucky has done play-by-play for 3,993 (and counting) sports events on Radio & TV. He also served four years as the Public Information Officer for the Coffee Co. Sheriff's Dept. and taught Radio/TV for six years at Grundy County High School.