A TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER WHO WAS FIRED FOR OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT HAS LOST HIS ATTEMPT TO KEEP HIS JOB. KYLE CANTWELL’S LAST DAY ON THE JOB IS SET FOR MARCH 24TH AFTER HE WAS DISMISSED FROM DUTY FOR OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT INVOLVING HIS PROCESSING OF DRUG EVIDENCE AND CITATIONS HE DIDN’T PROPERLY HANDLE IN SEVERAL OTHER CASES. COLONEL MIKE WALKER RECOMMENDED CANTWELL BE FIRED IN JANUARY. CANTWELL HAD APPEALED THE FIRING BUT TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY COMMISSIONER DAVE MITCHELL HAS UPHELD WALKER’S DECISION. CANTWELL HAS TWO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO APPEAL HIS FIRING.