Chief Deputy Michael Raines
Mike Raines began his career with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office in 1987 as a Correctional Officer assigned to the Hill Detention Center. In addition to his time at HDC, he also worked at the former Criminal Justice Center, and the former Pre-Release Center. In 1994, he transferred to the Community Services Division as a Corporal and worked his way through the ranks serving as a Corporal, Sergeant, and Lieutenant. He will continue working as the Director of Correctional Services managing Correctional Services, Maintenance, Warehouse, Fleet Management, and Laundry Divisions.
On Nov. 1, 2023, Mike Raines became our Chief of Operations overseeing Transportation & Court Services, Sheriff’s Support Center, Civil Warrants, Security, Security Services, and our Special Operations Response Team (S.O.R.T.). Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Human Relations from Trevecca Nazarene University and is a 2012 graduate of the National Institute of Corrections Academy Executive Excellence Program.
Chief of Administration Evin Baylis
Evin Baylis began his career with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office as a correctional officer in 2008. Upon graduating from the training academy, he was assigned to the Correctional Development Center and worked at both the male and female facilities. In 2010, he was promoted to the Human Resources Division as a HR Generalist and, in 2013, Evin transitioned to Hiring and Recruitment Specialist. Furthering his HR career, in 2015, Evin was promoted to Assistant Human Resources Director, and, two years later, was promoted to Director of Human Resources. In 2020, Evin assisted with overseeing the staff acquisition of CoreCivic. At the time, the hiring process generally took three to four months to complete and, on average, the DCSO hired 100-120 employees a year. The CoreCivic transition of 133 individuals was completed is 45 days. Additionally, he assisted with overseeing the 2022 staff acquisition of the Allied Security posts located in the AA Birch building.
A Milwaukee, Wisconsin, native, Evin holds a bachelor’s degree in Business/Marketing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. In 2014, he earned his master’s degree in Public Service Management from Cumberland University.
Chief of Corrections Timothy Dial
Tim Dial began his career with the Nashville-Davidson County Sheriff’s Office April 2013 as a correctional officer at the Criminal Justice Center (CJC). Serving at CJC as a corporal, sergeant, and in 2016, lieutenant, he was actively involved in closing that facility prior to demolition and the planning/on-site coordination of opening the Maximum Correctional Center (MCC), where he served as a lieutenant for several years.
He was selected for the Downtown Detention Center transition team, responsible for training, developing operations, and creating effective systems for the 756-bed state-of-the art facility. In 2020, he served as part of the Metro Detention Facility (MDF) transition team in the Core Civic takeover. He was named Chief of Security in October of 2020 and later that same year, moved MDF to the current MCC.
Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in Recreation and Physical Education from Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri. In 2020, he achieved the Certified Jail Manager designation from the American Jail Association (AJA), was elected to the Jail Manager Certification Committee, and is a graduate of the AJA Jail Executive Institute.
Chief of Staff Karla West
Karla West began her communications career as Assistant Press Secretary to former Tennessee Governor Ned McWherter. She joined the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office in 1994 as Director of Communications and was named Chief of Staff in 2018. She is responsible for all crisis and media management, employee communications/strategy, community engagement, the Sheriff’s Citizens’ Academy, and public communications including oversight of the agency’s internal/external websites as well as social media platforms. Additionally, Karla oversees the legal, standards, and investigations divisions. She serves on Sheriff Daron Hall’s executive management team and is involved with daily policy decisions and senior advisement.
Over the years, Karla has traveled the country as an instructor in media and public relations for the National Institute of Corrections; working with the nation’s prison and jail public information officers. Additionally, NIC’s Large Jail Network has sought her media expertise to advise the country’s corrections leaders. She serves as the DCSO’s Metropolitan Council liaison and served 10 years as the state legislative liaison. Karla’s proactive public relations efforts earned an Apollo Award by the Public Relations Society of America. Her corrections-related articles have been featured in a variety of national publications.
Karla holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Tennessee Technological University.