Phillip Townsend
Crime Lab IT ManagerPhillip Townsend has been working in an IT capacity with the Metropolitan Nashville government since 2018. As a member of the Metro Information Technology Services Field Services division, he served all Metro departments but primarily specialized in Metropolitan Nashville Police Department systems.
In the first half of 2021 Phillip worked on the project to upgrade the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department to Windows 10 and Office 365. In November of 2021 he transferred to the Police Department to be the IT Manager of the Crime Lab and Forensic Services Division, where he serves the Chemistry (Drug Identification and Toxicology), Forensic Biology, Latent Print, Tenprint, Firearms and Tool Mark, and Crime Scene Investigations Units.