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A man who was fleeing officers with the Knoxville (TN) Police Department has been arrested and now faces a host of charges after he reportedly struck an officer with his vehicle.
An officer with the Middle Tennessee State University Police Department is making the most of her time while most of the students have vacated campus for winter break. Officer Katelynn Adams seized 14 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop.
The Elizabethton (TN) Police Department has launched a new smartphone app allowing residents to view alerts and submit anonymous tips to the agency.
Officer B.K. Hardin of the Knoxville (TN) Police Department was directing traffic on a Saturday in late November when an unknown assailant ambushed him with a strike to the head with a blunt object—possibly a hammer or tire iron—severely injuring him.
Officers with the Memphis (TN) Police Department were reportedly responding to a 911 call of a man pointing a gun at passing cars in the street when shots rang out, leaving the gunman critically wounded.
An officer with the Dickson (TN) Police Department performed some roadside heroics as she assisted a woman in labor in giving birth to a baby girl.
James Smallwood, president of the Nashville Fraternal Order of Police, said in a statement: "While the Fraternal Order of Police remains firm in its belief that this board will only create a divide between law enforcement and the public, we recognize that the voters have spoken, and we will respect the rule of law and the will of the people we serve."
Tremaine Wilbourn was sentenced by a jury Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the murder of Memphis, TN, police officer Sean Bolton.
A Blount County, TN, deputy who fatally shot a Greenback man after he advanced on the officer with an ax has been cleared and was scheduled to return to his duties, according to the sheriff's office.
The deputy, who has not been identified, was taken to the hospital in critical condition. However, he has since been upgraded to non-critical condition.