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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 9, 2019

Tennessee Officer Honored for Saving Child's Life

Officer Jillian Hampton has been honored for her heroism in the life-saving actions she took to rescue a child from an undisclosed medical emergency in July.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

Corrections Administrator Murdered in Home, Escaped Inmate Suspect at Large

An escaped inmate is the prime suspect in corrections administrator Debra Johnson's murder at her home Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 31, 2019

Video: One-Legged Man Steals Tennessee Squad Car

A Tennessee man broke into a squad car belonging to the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department in Jacksboro, TN, and drove the vehicle more than 200 miles until it ran out of gas in Williamson County.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

Louisville Officer Shot, Injured During Foot Pursuit of 2 Subjects

An officer with the Louisville Metro Police Department suffered a graze wound from a gunshot during a foot pursuit early Friday morning.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2019

Tennessee Police Captain Derides SROs as Not "Real Cops"

A captain with the Knoxville Police Department was conducting a briefing in June—that was reportedly captured on audio—during which he openly mocked anyone who wanted to become a school resource officer (SRO).

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 18, 2019

Department Jokes that Flushing Drugs Down Toilet Might Create "Meth Gators"

Officers with the Loretto (TN) Police Department had some fun on Facebook when they posted an image of drugs and drug paraphernalia seized from a man who was attempting to flush the stuff down a toilet.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 4, 2019

Tennessee Officer Killed in Vehicle Collision

Officer John Anderson with the Metro Nashville Police Department was killed in a crash with a fleeing suspect vehicle near downtown Nashville early Thursday morning.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 3, 2019

Police Chief Pushes Back Against Town Government for Dissolving Department

The former chief of police for the Ridgetop (TN) Police Department says that the action by the town political leaders to dissolve the department due to budget constraints only tells half the story.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJune 21, 2019

An Open Letter to Knox County Sheriff's Detective Grayson Fritts

According to Knox News, Detective Grayson Fritts—who is also a pastor at a local church—delivered a sermon in early June in which he said that the government should execute members of the LGBTQ community. You read that right—he called for state-sanctioned mass-murder of an entire population of people. His comments were reprehensible and anathema to the oath LEOs take to protect and serve their communities.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 19, 2019

TN County Officials Decline to Discipline Detective Over Homophobic Sermon

Knox County, TN, officials debated on Monday whether or not to approve a strongly worded response to a detective who delivered a sermon at his church earlier this month that called for state-sponsored execution of members of the LGBTQ community.

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