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ICE agent identities would be confidential under Tennessee proposal

By Marianna Bacallao

March 3, 2026

As immigration enforcement in Tennessee faces increased scrutiny, state lawmakers want to further limit what records of ICE operations are open to the public.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, ICE, immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jack Johnson, Jeff Yarbro, police, raid, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol

Tennessee to pilot White House immigration agenda at state level

By Marianna Bacallao

January 15, 2026

Tennessee will be the first state to pilot the White House’s immigration agenda, which focuses on increasing verification for legal residents and requiring local law enforcement to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, 287(g), Bo Watson, Cameron Sexton, Donald Trump, ICE, immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Lisa Sherman Luna, police, raid, Stephen Miller, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol

What to know about Trump’s National Guard deployment to Memphis

By Marianna Bacallao

September 12, 2025

President Donald Trump’s decision to send the national guard to Memphis has been met with praise from Republicans in Washington, D.C., but closer to home, the response has been more tepid.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, crime, Donald Trump, London Lamar, memphis, police, Raumesh Akbari, Tennessee National Guard

3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he fled a traffic stop

By Adrian Sainz, AP

May 7, 2025

A jury took about 8 1/2 hours over two days to find Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty on all charges after a trial in state court in Memphis.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, memphis, police, police brutality, Tyre Nichols

Ex-officer says he regrets his failure to stop the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols

By Adrian Sainz, AP

April 30, 2025

Former Memphis police officer Desmond Mills Jr. testified Tuesday that he regrets his failure to stop the beating of Tyre Nichols after Nichols ran away from a traffic stop in 2023.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: memphis, police, police brutality, Tyre Nichols

Tennessee sheriff indicted for profiting from inmate labor, misusing funds

By Adrian Sainz, AP

June 15, 2024

Officials say the sheriff of a rural Tennessee county illegally profited from the work of jail and prison inmates under his care and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without permission.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, police, rural Tennessee, sheriff, West Tennessee

Tennessee officers accused of shielding a man committing sex crimes. Police deny extortion.

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

June 1, 2024

A federal lawsuit claims police officers in a Tennessee city were paid off to obstruct any efforts to investigate sexual assault allegations against a man that included multiple victims over several years. The Johnson City Police Department has denied the accusation.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Johnson City, police, sexual assault

Update: Nashville restaurant mass shooting suspect arrested

By Miriam Kramer

March 31, 2024

One man is dead and multiple people were injured after a shooting in a Salemtown restaurant on Sunday afternoon, Nashville police confirmed.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: crime, Metro Police, Nashville police, police

What is going on with FUSUS?

By Elizabeth Burton

January 25, 2024

What’s going on with FUSUS? And how do you even say it?

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: FUSUS, MNPD, Nashville Metro Council, police, surveillance

Nashville police response times have ballooned since 2020. Oversight group says that damages faith in the department.

By Paige Pfleger

March 1, 2023

A patrol car in downtown Nashville.

In 2020, it took only 10 minutes for Nashville police to respond to a call about a shooting. Two years later, that wait time had tripled to half an hour.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: community oversight board, MNPD, police

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