Pretrial Services – Davidson County Sheriff

About Pretrial Services

Pretrial Services is designed to maximize the release of qualified defendants from custody on non-financial conditions. This is accomplished by identifying those defendants most likely to appear in court on their scheduled court date, supervising these individuals while out on Pretrial, and providing accurate information to be used in the determination of bond setting.

The objectives of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Pretrial Services Program are as follows:

To reduce jail overcrowding
To reduce the inequities in the pretrial release system
To minimize the failure to appear rate in court by close supervision of clients released in the custody of pretrial
To insure a fair and equitable manner for all eligible persons to be released from jail
To consider public safety issues in the releasing of defendants on pretrial

Objectives, which are indirectly accomplished through releasing of offenders to the Pretrial program:

To inspire confidence in the legal system
To reduce the loss of spending power in the community, and to help minimize the accompanying loss of tax revenue to the county
To reduce the number of family disruptions caused by the incarceration of a parent, spouse, or child
To allow deserving offenders with roots and ties to the community, to obtain release from jail pending trial.

The Pretrial Services Program operates seven (7) days a week, 24 hours a day.

Pretrial Screening Office

The Pretrial Screening Office is located in the Booking room of the Downtown Detention Center. The office is open and staffed twenty-four hours a day, seven (7) days a week. The phone number for the screening office is 615-862-7673.

Phone number for the Downtown Detention Center’s inmate information is 615-862-8123.

Pretrial Case Management Office

The Ben West building is located at: 100 James Robertson Pkwy, Nashville TN 37219

The Pretrial Case Management Office is located in Suite 102 of the Ben West Building. Our Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The phone number for the Case Management Office Is 615-862-8520.

To contact your Case Manager, call the main number and enter one of the following extensions:

Last Name starts with A-C, call 615-862-8520 and enter Ext. # 1
Last Name starts with D-I, call 615-862-8520 and enter Ext. # 4
Last Name starts with J-M, call 615-862-8520 and enter Ext. # 6
Last Name starts with N-R, call 615-862-8520 and enter Ext. # 8
Last Name starts with S-Z, call 615-862-8520 and enter Ext. # 2
Mental Health and bound over criminal cases, call 615-862-8520 and enter Ext. #3 or Ext. #8
Pretrial Diversion Program, call 615-862-8520 and enter Ext #3

If you have been placed on the Pretrial Diversion Program, you may contact your case manager by calling 615-862-8520 and enter ext #6 If you’re on Pretrial out of Criminal Court, your extension number is #3 or #8.

If you need to contact the Public Defenders Office, they are located at 150 2^nd Ave N, Suite 400.

Office phone number 615-862-5730.

Pretrial Diversion

Pretrial Diversion is an alternative to sentencing wherein defendants are under supervision from six months up to a two year period.

Contact Us

Main number: 615-862-8520

Extensions

Diana Brady, Pretrial Program Director – Ext. 7
Johnny Tunstall, Program Supervisor – Ext. 5

Johnny Metilor, General Sessions Case Manager – Ext. 1
Keith Payne, Criminal Court Case Manager – Ext. 3
Kirsten Kruger, General Sessions Case Manager – Ext. 4
Julie Perkerson, General Sessions Case Manager – Ext. 2
Raymond South, General Sessions Case Manager – Ext. 6
Charles Glover, General Sessions/Criminal Court Case Manager – Ext. 8

Ben West Building Suite 102
100 James Robertson Parkway
PO Box 196300
Nashville, TN 37219-6300