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The encounter began shortly before 2 p.m. local time, when a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper first spotted the man on the shoulder of the interstate. Officers tried for about a half-hour to deescalate the situation. They pleaded with the man to drop the box cutter and keep his hands in sight.
Read More →Knoxville (Tenn.) Police Department Officers Andrew Keith and Steve Taylor both were honored with the department's Medal of Merit on Monday for their lifesaving actions to rescue a state trooper at the scene of a fiery crash in March.
Read More →Officials say they used technology to track the deputy’s last cellphone ping near a dead-end road that leads straight into the Hiwassee (Tennessee) River.
Read More →Starrett was injured in a wreck on January 23 while rushing to the scene of a fatal crash. He was transported to UT Medical Center where he underwent multiple surgeries.
Read More →The motorcycle deputy was responding to a crash involving another motorcycle deputy at the time of the incident
Read More →Troopers Andy Wall and Buddy Head were riding their motorcycles on Sam Ridley Parkway in front of Stonecrest Hospital in Smyrna at 2 p.m., when a crash occurred involving three vehicles and the two state troopers.
Read More →While attempting to clear the roadway, an oncoming tractor-trailer struck Jenkins, his patrol unit and two other vehicles. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Read More →A Tennessee Highway Patrol sergeant and a Marion County deputy died Tuesday in a helicopter crash Tuesday afternoon southwest of Chattanooga.
Read More →A Tennessee woman has been charged in a wrong-way crash that killed Officer Destin Legieza of the Brentwood (TN) Police Department late last week.
Read More →Three vehicles, one of which was parked at a gas station, were involved in the accident that happened around 3 a.m. One of the vehicles was driven by Officer Corille Jones, who was on duty at the time responding to a call.
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