By Kevin McKenzie The Commercial Appeal MEMPHIS, Tenn. — During roll call at the Memphis Police Department’s Old Allen Station, the "gun wall" serves as both motivator and reminder. Each year since 2009, police have posted a photo of every gun seized in the city’s busiest precinct, which covers North…
Tenn. sheriff’s robot at home in water
By Ansley Haman Chattanooga Times Free Press The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office soon will have an underwater robot to comb waterways for discarded weapons, missing persons, and explosive devices. A $110,794 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will allow the sheriff’s department to buy a submersible that can…
Off-duty cop steps in when 9 shot at Tenn. nightclub
Associated Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Authorities say nine people were shot when a fight broke out at a Chattanooga nightclub, where some 400 teens and adults were attending a Christmas party. Police say all those shot are expected to survive. Chattanooga police said in a press release Sunday morning that…
2 Tenn. officers involved in fatal shooting at Walmart
By Hayes Hickman Knoxville News-Sentinel KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A suspected shoplifter was fatally shot by police when he allegedly pulled a handgun on an officer inside a Walmart in South Knoxville on Tuesday night. The two Knoxville Police Department officers involved had responded at approximately 6:42 p.m. to an initial…
Tenn. sergeant who was shot now charged
Knoxville News Sentinel MEMPHIS — Authorities say a Memphis police sergeant has been arrested, more than three weeks after he was shot and allegedly told investigators a false story about the incident. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman stated in a news release that Sgt. Norman Benjamin was arrested Wednesday…
