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Federal court says Nashville police sergeant can sue over supervisors’ alleged mistreatment

Samantha Max

April 4, 2022

A female Nashville police sergeant has sued the department in federal court for violating her constitutional rights.

Filed Under: Behind The Blue Wall, Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: lawsuit, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD

‘Support the police – that’s Nashville’: Metro Council passes controversial license plate readers

Ambriehl Crutchfield

February 3, 2022

Metro Councilmember Courtney Johnston
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Nashville will test out license plate readers in a six-month pilot program.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: John Cooper, license plate readers, Metro Government, MNPD, NDOT, Walk Bike Nashville

TBI investigating late afternoon shooting on I-65

Marianna BacallaoandRachel Iacovone

January 27, 2022

Sign outside the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation headquarters

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says agents are at the scene of a shooting on I-65 after Nashville police, Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers and an off-duty Mt. Juliet officer shot and killed a 37-year-old man while, they say, they were responding to reports of a person with a box cutter.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Police Department, Metro Police, MNPD, Nashville police, officer involved shooting, police, shooting, shootings, TBI, Tennessee Highway Patrol

Hosts Of Crowded East Nashville House Party Charged With COVID Order Violations

Rachel Iacovone

August 12, 2020

Fashion House Nashville

Arrest warrants have been issued for the hosts of the “Fashion House” launch party that gained national attention two weekends ago for drawing together hundreds of unmasked partygoers in East Nashville.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, WPLN News Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, Metro Police, MNPD

After Latest Shooting By Police, Nashville Oversight Group Calls For Department ‘Overhaul’

Samantha Max

June 3, 2020

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Early Wednesday morning, two officers shot a man in the hand while responding to a domestic violence call. The shooting wasn’t fatal. But it’s the third time that officers have fired at a black man since mid-May. Now, Nashville’s Community Oversight Board is investigating.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: community oversight board, John Cooper, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, Steve Anderson

Agreement Between Nashville Police And Oversight Board Is Put To The Test, Again

Samantha Max

February 27, 2020

Nashville’s new Community Oversight Board is calling for an emergency meeting with police to further flesh out its relationship with the department. The two groups signed an agreement barely two months ago, after weeks of tense negotiations. But at a meeting Wednesday night, board members said that agreement was already falling short.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: community oversight board, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, Steve Anderson

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