07/17/2026
We would like to officially welcome Officer Mike Carlson to Holston View as our new SRO!
Michael “Mike” Carlson has been a police officer with the Bristol Tennessee Police Department since 2006. Prior to service with the police department, Officer Carlson served in the United States Marine Corps leaving as an infantry squad leader with deployments to a variety of places along the Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. In 2010, he became a member of the police department's SWAT team and has remained on the team since then. Throughout his time on the team, Officer Carlson has served in a variety of roles such as basic entry, less lethal operator, breacher, and currently serves as a sniper. He became a field training officer in 2011 and from 2014-2018 held the position of narcotics investigator.
On return to patrol, Officer Carlson continued to train new officers and supervising them during their training phase with him. In 2022, he moved to the support services unit and currently assists in designing and coordinating training as well as patrolling the downtown area and occasionally filling in for school resource officers. While in support services, Officer Carlson has built strong relationships with the downtown community and upon the retirement of the community resource officer he stepped up and added that role to his duties until the role could be permanently filled. Officer Carlson holds current instructor certifications in fi****ms, tactical medical, use of force, and high risk vehicle stops.
In the next couple of weeks, Officer Carlson will step into his new role of the new School Resource Officer of Holston View. He is very excited to begin serving the students, staff, and families of the Holston View Community!