Det. Aaron Putman (presenting with det. Charles)
ATOD Summit 2025

Det. Aaron Putman (presenting with det. Charles)

Detective
MPD

Detective Putman is currently assigned to the Heroin Opioid Response Team within the Memphis Police Department’s Organized Crime Unit. Detective Putman has received specialized education in conducting overdose deaths investigations, a current member of the Tennessee Dangerous Drugs Task Force, and training from the Organized Crime Unit in the investigating and detection of illegal drug activity. Detective Putman has been a police officer since 2009, a narcotics detective since 2015 and has participated in numerous firearms arrests, drug arrests, drug seizures, and drug investigations during his career as a law enforcement officer.
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