{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Billy L. Littleton","chatgptsummary":"Billy L. Littleton currently serves as a lieutenant with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, demonstrating peace-officer training and availability to the district. In September 2021, he received a thirty-day suspension without pay and mandatory racial sensitivity training after a video showed him shouting a racial slur from a vehicle window. Bio does not indicate experience in legal process service or executing civil court orders.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nBilly L. Littleton is a Republican candidate running for Constable District 3 in Monroe, Tennessee, in the 2026 election cycle [7]. He currently serves as a lieutenant with the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office [14]. \n\nLittleton has been identified by local media as a legitimate officer within the Monroe County Sheriff's Department. In February 2025, he was listed as the contact for public assistance in identifying a suspect in a burglary case [20]. Earlier that year, in February 2024, Deputy Billy Littleton reported making an arrest for criminal impersonation and resisting arrest after pursuing a suspect who had falsely claimed to be his brother [21].\n\nLittleton\u2019s career has been marked by a significant disciplinary controversy. In September 2021, Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones suspended Littleton without pay for 30 days and placed him on one year of probation after a video surfaced showing him shouting a racial slur out of a vehicle window [17][19]. The Atlanta Black Star reported that the video showed Littleton yelling \u201cf-cking n-ggers\u201d while seated in the back of a car, with a woman in the front seat appearing to record and laugh [19]. Sheriff Jones stated he was \"highly appalled by the language\" and emphasized that such behavior was not tolerated by the department [17][19]. As part of his discipline, Littleton was required to undergo racial sensitivity training through the county\u2019s human resources department and was removed from consideration for sergeant promotions [17][19]. The Atlanta Black Star noted that the incident caused outrage on social media, with some residents questioning whether he should be reinstated [19].\n\nIn 2026, Littleton\u2019s name has appeared in public records related to a scam alert issued by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. The office warned residents that scammers were using his name and title to leave fraudulent voicemails claiming to have \"confidential legal matter[s]\" requiring immediate attention [14]. The sheriff's office clarified that while Littleton is a legitimate lieutenant, the specific call and voice message were not from him or the department [14].\n\n## Sources\n\n[7] [Candidate Lists | Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos.tn.gov/elections/2026-candidate-lists) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-03\n[14] [\u201cThis is Lieutenant Billy Littleton attempting to initiate ...](https://www.facebook.com/SheriffTommyJones/posts/scam-alert-please-read-scam-alert-please-read-scam-alertthe-monroe-county-sherif/1383001847174532/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-03\n[17] [Tennessee deputy suspended without pay for shouting racial slur out of car window - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/billy-littleton/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-03\n[19] ['Why Not Weed Out the Cancer?': Tennessee Deputy Not Fired, But Must Undergo Sensitivity Training After Video Shows Him Shouting Slur](https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/09/08/why-not-weed-out-the-cancer-tennessee-deputy-not-fired-but-must-undergo-sensitivity-training-after-video-shows-him-shouting-slur/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-03\n[20] [Monroe Co. Sheriff's Office asks for public's help identifying suspect](https://www.local3news.com/local-news/monroe-co-sheriffs-office-asks-for-publics-help-identifying-suspect/article_807ee324-f788-11ef-b4b6-e7dcc0fc1cd6.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-03\n[21] [Man pretends to be brother, gets arrested | News | advocateanddemocrat.com](https://www.advocateanddemocrat.com/news/article_4f7ff79d-aa8c-5d12-a413-f9e558a5b60d.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-03\n","firstname":"Billy","lastname":"Littleton","middlename":"L.","suffix":null,"token":"MlEUWU3F65"},"token":"billy_l_littleton"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"constable","o.office":null,"office":"constable_district_3","officedescription":"A constable is an elected peace officer for a district within the county. In Tennessee the office's authority varies widely by county \u2014 in some it retains law-enforcement and civil-process powers, in others the role is limited or largely inactive.","officequalities":"- Knowledge of legal process service: serving civil papers and executing court orders where authorized.\n- Peace-officer training where the county grants law-enforcement authority.\n- Integrity and accountability, given that the office carries a badge and, in some counties, arrest authority.\n- Availability to the district \u2014 a district-level office residents may call on directly.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Constable","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-03","title":"Monroe County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/c12ec801-c11c-4849-b628-aa43ea951c0f/SAMPLE%20BALLOT%20AUGUST%206%2C%202026.pdf"},"title":"Constable District 3"}