Major Brendan Mills
Title: Major
Career Highlights
- 2023 – Promoted to major
- 2022 – Completed The Southern Police Institute’s Administrative Officer Course
- 2022 – Completed The Southern Police Institute’s Police Executive Leadership Graduate Program
- 2022 – Completed the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training’s Academy of Police Supervision
- 2019 – Promoted to patrol sergeant
- 2016 – Awarded Medal of Valor
- 2015 – Received three certificates of commendation
- 2015 – Awarded Meritorious Service Medal
- 2014 – Awarded Meritorious Service Medal
- 2013 – Awarded Meritorious Service Medal
- 2012 – Awarded Meritorious Service Medal
- 2012-2020 Founding member of the department’s Special Operations Group (fleet operations / entry team)
- Accident Reconstructionist
- Health and Safety Officer
- DOCJT driving instructor
- A.R.I.D.E officer
- RADAR/LIDAR instructor Advance Patrol Officer certificate from the DOCJT’s Career Development Program
- Traffic Officer certificate from the DOCJT’s Career Development Program
About
Brendan Mills attended Bellarmine University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice with a minor in history. While at Bellarmine in 2007, he interned at the Jeffersontown Police Department. In 2008 he joined the Knoxville Police Department in Tennessee and worked there as a patrol officer until joining the Jeffersontown Police Department in February 2010. During his time at Jeffersontown, he has worked solely in patrol, which is his passion. He loves the Jeffersontown community and has worked hard through his career here to look for better ways of serving the community through continued education and training.