Trull receives two prestigious appointments Published Aug. 19, 2011 By Shawn Jacobs AEDC/PA ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. -- Arnold AFB Police Chief Richard Trull has been selected as the first-ever Arnold Police Department (APD) officer to attend the FBI National Academy. In addition, Trull was recently named the District 6 representative to the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police Board of Directors. Trull will attend the prestigious FBI school at Quantico, Va., in 2012. According to the academy's website, its mission is "to support, promote and enhance the personal and professional development of law enforcement leaders by preparing them for complex, dynamic and contemporary challenges through innovative techniques, facilitating excellence in education and research and forging partnerships throughout the world." Participation is by invitation only through a nomination process. Attendees include leaders and managers of state and local police, sheriff's departments, military police organizations and federal law enforcement agencies. "It's another one of those opportunities for law enforcement executives or senior leadership to fill their toolbox with as much knowledge in the career field and in criminal justice as we possibly can," Trull said. "It's kind of the pinnacle of career-related opportunities for a police officer and not many get an opportunity to go, so it's a pretty significant event. I appreciate the opportunity to be selected." The FBI regional office in Knoxville submitted Trull's name for selection to the academy after reviewing his application. "The selection process is pretty arduous," he said. "There's still a final process that has to be done at the actual academy at Quantico. I have until Dec. 16 to get all the paperwork done and information in to the academy to make the class." Trull is hoping Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) will benefit from his attendance in many different ways. "I really believe that the key to success to any police organization is being able to benchmark, being able to learn from how other people successfully handle incidents, situations and management of their organization," he said. "I think that, at the very least, an opportunity to cross-talk and benchmark with police chiefs and assistant chiefs and sheriffs from across the United States is an opportunity for us to learn and apply techniques that have been proven in other departments. The intense training that you get in specific areas such as leadership, investigative techniques and those kinds of things will obviously benefit the organization as well." Assistant Chief Don Miller will be in charge of Arnold Police during Trull's absence. The Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police (TACP) helps shape policy, provides executive level training for police departments across the state and lobbies for legislation and other solid enforcement efforts supported by the state's police agencies. Trull joined the association when he became Arnold Police chief in April 2007. "I'm the chairman of the ethics committee and I'm also the vice chair of leadership and membership," he said. "Those were kind of a catalyst to give me an opportunity to be looked at for the board of directors." The TACP divides the state up into 12 districts. District 6 includes Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Sequatchie, Van Buren, Warren and White counties. "It's something I'm looking forward to," Trull said. "Chief Charlie Sewell from the McMinnville Police Department has been on the board for District 6 for quite a few years and he took a position in Georgia as a chief, which left that board seat open. My name was submitted to the board among others and I was voted in at the August conference. Having the opportunity to represent Arnold and our mission to the entire state as well as assist in setting the standards for law enforcement in Tennessee is an awesome and humbling opportunity." A Manchester resident, Trull joined Arnold Police in June 2002. He was with Air Force Security Forces for 25 years prior to coming to AEDC.