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The Tennessee Highway Patrol ( THP) is the State Patrol organization for the U.S. state of Tennessee, responsible for enforcing all federal and state laws relating to traffic on the state's federal and state highways. The agency was created to protect the lives, property, and constitutional rights of people in Tennessee.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Tennessee designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Tennessee.. According to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 375 law enforcement agencies employing 15,976 sworn police officers, about 256 for each 100,000 residents.
Tennessee State Prison is a former correctional facility located six miles west of downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Cockrill Bend. It opened in 1898 and has been closed since 1992 because of overcrowding concerns. [ 1 ] The facility was severely damaged by an EF3 tornado in the tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020.
August 6, 2024 at 5:55 PM. Amanda McCoy/amccoy@star-telegram.com. A Tarrant County commissioner requested a briefing from the Sheriff’s Office on standard operating procedures in the jail ...
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, commonly known in the area as Metro Police, is the primary provider of law enforcement services for Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. The MNPD covers a total area of 526.1 square miles (1,363 km 2) that encompasses everything from high density urban locations to rural areas.
FOX 4 Staff. July 1, 2024 at 12:28 PM. FORT WORTH, Texas - Texas DPS announced the arrest of two corrections officers indicted in connection to the death of 31-year-old Marine veteran and inmate ...
Jun. 13—AUSTIN — Just more than a week after Governor Greg Abbott launched Texas' 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has captured the ...