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Nashville police uncover new details in Civil Rights bombing cold case

By Marianna Bacallao

June 20, 2025

Black leaders march down Jefferson Street in 1960.

MNPD’s nearly year-long investigation into bombings by the KKK points to the identity of a possible suspect in the attack on Z. Alexander Looby’s home.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, History, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: betsy phillips, civil rights, civil rights movement, Freddie O'Connell, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, Z. Alexander Looby

Nashville ‘No Kings’ protest draws thousands

By Cynthia Abrams

June 14, 2025

No Kings Nashville Bicentennial Mall capitol

A large, vocal and peaceful gathering — that was Nashville’s version of the “No Kings” protest against President Donald Trump on Saturday.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, extremism, Metro Nashville Police Department, No Kings, protests

Nashville police sergeant fatally shoots armed man near downtown

By Tony Gonzalez

June 10, 2025

A Nashville police sergeant fatally shot an armed man at a downtown intersection on Monday. It is the third shooting involving MNPD this year.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: downtown Nashville, Metro Nashville Police Department, police shooting

Nashville police whistleblower indicted over Covenant School records

By Marianna Bacallao

May 6, 2025

A Metro Nashville police whistleblower has been indicted for stealing documents related to the Covenant School shooting, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: community oversight board, Covenant, Covenant School, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, shooting

ICE arrests drivers in South Nashville, sparking outrage from local officials

By Marianna Bacallao

May 4, 2025

Several drivers in South Nashville were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Saturday night, sparking outrage from activists and politicians.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 287(g), Aftyn Behn, Don Aaron, East Nashville, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, Nashville police, raid, sean parker, Tennessee Highway Patrol

How Nashville is addressing overdoses in its booming tourism district

By Catherine Sweeney

April 10, 2025

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Business owners and city officials in Nashville have implemented a program that uses an opioid reversal kit created in West Virginia to bolster harm reduction efforts in the city’s tourism district.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Acme, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, drug overdose, harm reduction, Lower Broadway, Metro Nashville Police Department, naloxone, Narcan, tourism

Police close investigation into Covenant School shooting, saying assailant acted alone for notoriety

By Paige Pfleger

April 2, 2025

A new 44-page report from Metro Nashville Police shows that the 2023 Covenant School assailant acted alone, obtained several guns legally and was driven by a desire for notoriety.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Covenant School, gun violence, mass shooting, Metro Nashville Police Department, school safety

Nashville enacts guardrails for future police surveillance technology contracts

By Cynthia Abrams

March 21, 2025

With guardrails now in place, Nashville’s mayor is considering a new contract with police surveillance technology Fusus, which would need Metro Council approval.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: FUSUS, Metro Nashville Police Department, Metro Police, MNPD, Nashville Metro Council, Nashville police, Sandra Sepulveda

Nashville police department updates sexual misconduct policy after years of pressure from former officers

By Paige Pfleger

March 6, 2025

The Metro Nashville Police Department has added a sexual misconduct policy to its manual after nearly five years of advocacy from current and former MNPD employees.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Police Department, sexual harassment, silent no longer

‘We don’t want people to stop calling.’ This police commander says immigrants’ trust is key to his work

By Char Daston

February 18, 2025

A man in a police uniform with a shaved head sits behind a microphone in a radio studio.
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Carlos Lara leads Nashville’s Southeast Precinct, where he serves some of Nashville’s largest immigrant communities.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Immigration, Metro Nashville Police Department

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