{"county":"tipton","description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"id":630,"key":"sheriff","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Shannon Beasley","next_election":null,"notes":null,"officegroup":null,"partisan":1,"party":null,"qualities":null,"quantity":null,"source":"{\"url\": \"https://cms4files1.revize.com/tiptontn/document_center/ec_ELECTED_APPOINTED_OFFICIALS.pdf\", \"title\": \"Tipton County, TN \u2014 Elected and Appointed Officials\", \"retrieved_at\": \"2026-06-05\"}","state":"TN","term_end":"2026-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01","term_years":4,"terms":[{"current":1,"description":null,"electiondate":null,"name":"Shannon Beasley","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nShannon Beasley is the incumbent Tipton County Sheriff and a Republican candidate for re-election in the 2026 county general election.[1]\n\n## Career\nBeasley is a veteran of the Tipton County Sheriff's Office with roughly 30 years in the department, including service as Chief Deputy, the office's second-in-command, under then-Sheriff Pancho Chumley.[2][3] When Chumley retired in 2021 after 15 years as sheriff, Beasley assumed the role of sheriff effective September 1, 2021, and was subsequently elected to the office in the August 2022 county general election.[3]\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Election Notice \u2013 Tipton County](https://tiptonco.com/news_detail_T10_R36.php)\n- [2] [Sheriff \u2013 UT County Technical Assistance Service](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/official/shannon-beasley)\n- [3] [Pancho Chumley is retiring after 15 years as Tipton County sheriff \u2013 The Leader](https://covingtonleader.com/news/pancho-chumley-is-retiring-after-15-years-as-tipton-county-sheriff/)","firstname":"Shannon","lastname":"Beasley","token":"KrdeLJCWLp"},"term_end":"2026-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"}],"title":"Sheriff","type":null,"url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-06-05 21:37:19"}