Officers with the Auto Theft Task Force and the SCORPION unit were engaged in an operation during which an officer in an unmarked vehicle drove by and was followed from the area by two males in a 2012 Infiniti sedan. The two suspects located the vehicle occupied by the officer and both fired multiple rounds.
"I am deeply grateful to Garth and his team for including space that will serve as a mini hub for our operations in the Broadway entertainment district,” said Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake. “This unique partnership will help enhance public safety for downtown residents and visitors."
“We have counselors that have been trained in the unique needs of first responders’ children. I think they have this specific kind of life, and they deal with a certain kind of stress. And so that's what we're here to address in that particular program,” Crane explains.
A Tennessee Highway Patrol sergeant and a Marion County deputy died Tuesday in a helicopter crash Tuesday afternoon southwest of Chattanooga.
“If not for the quick action taken by Officer Burroughs, it is very likely that Officer Harris would have been severely injured."
The department arrested a man accused of making threats to take his own life and the lives of those who attended a heavily populated event at the FedExForum Friday night.
The teen told investigators he tossed a firework onto the property where the SUV was parked, catching it on fire.
A Memphis police officer is in critical but stable condition after being shot Saturday as officers were taking a man into custody following the report of a stolen car. A fellow officer applied a tourniquet to the wounded officer until paramedics arrived.
Following a pursuit Tuesday night around 8 p.m. on Dixie Highway in Louisville, police said a shootout occurred between Edwards and Kentucky State Police with Edwards being killed.
Police say Edwards fired shots at a Hendersonville police officer’s patrol vehicle, striking the officer. Authorities described the officer’s injury as "non-critical," but did not provide further details.
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