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Myron Thompson, Knoxville News Sentinel November 18, 2024 at 8:38 PM The Knoxville Police Department has released the names of the two officers involved in the Nov. 12 shooting of Christopher Arons.
Knoxville police have released body camera videos from officers involved in the Nov. 12 shooting that wounded Christopher Arons, a 52-year-old man who was wielding an axe on the city's northeast ...
The Knoxville Police Department said they received a third-party report Monday afternoon that a man had gravely injured his girlfriend in a home on the 1200 block of Mercer Street in Knoxville.
The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.
There is also good news on the investigation front, with 17 of the 24 murder investigations closed either by arrest or exceptional means. Knoxville saw a more than 30% decline in homicide numbers ...
In 1857, M. V. Bridwell was named the first chief of police, and paid watchmen (discreetly appointed men referred to as "secret police") were first utilized in 1867. In 1885, a three-man board of public works was created in Knoxville to give more structured oversight to police officers and other city employees. [1]
The Knoxville Police Department body-camera footage from the April 27 police shooting of 25-year-old Jamauri Griffin shows the man firing a gun point-blank into the face of a woman inside her home.
People visit Krutch Park in downtown Knoxville for the Regal Celebration of Lights on Nov. 24. The event was headlined by the tree lighting along the park's extension on Gay Street.