TIMELINE OF NASHVILLE / DAVIDSON COUNTY
Sheriff's Office references are highlighted in bold on each page of this timeline.

 
1700s and Earlier
  |  1800-1849  |  1850-1899  |  1900-1949  1950-1999  |  2000+ (this page)
List of Davidson County Sheriffs  |  Brief History of DCSO

 

2000+
2000 The Titans play in the Super Bowl on January 30 and, although they do not win, downtown Nashville is essentially shut down on February 3 when the team is welcomed home with a ticker tape parade for its amazing first season.
2001 Metro Nashville/Davidson County announces its plan to make many of its services available on the internet.
2001 The administration of the Davidson County Sheriff's Office becomes the first in America to be awarded national accreditation by the American Correctional Association.
2002 The Davidson County Sheriff's Office's Criminal Justice Center Detention Facility is accredited by the American Correctional Association, making it the first agency of its kind in the United States to be 100% accredited.
2002 Daron Hall is Sheriff of Davidson County.
2007 The Davidson County Sheriff's Office becomes the first in Tennessee, and only the 4th in the US, to participate in the 287(g) jail model. Trained ICE deputies can now screen foreign-born arrestees to check legal status.