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Between 1989 and 2005, Tacker rose to the level of detective sergeant at the Odessa Police Department after graduating from Odessa High School.
In 2005 he became Chief of Police at UT Permian Basin and in 2007 became Assistant Director of UT System Police in Austin.
Tacker earned his bachelor’s in criminal justice from UT Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas in 2008. He is currently enrolled at Mountain State University, where he’s studying strategic leadership and is slated to complete his master’s in March 2010.
In Odessa, Tacker worked in investigations ranging from forgery to homicide, he said, including high-profile cases that included a sizeable prostitution ring bust, and another that led to convicting members of a violent white supremacist group. As assistant director of UT System Police, Tacker oversees training at the System’s Police Academy in Austin.