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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.
The Hamilton County Jail & Detention Center is located in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, and is operated by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. [1] The maximum capacity as of 2016 is 1046.
The Old Bedford County Jail, sometimes known as the Rock House Jail, [2] is a 19th-century jail building located near the public square in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The old jail is a two-story building built in 1866-7 from solid hand-hewn limestone. [2] [3] [4] Goodspeed's 1887 History of Tennessee described it as "one of the handsomest and most ...
In 1999, the Department opened the first Security Threat Group in the Southeastern Tennessee State Regional Correctional Facility (Renamed Bledsoe County Correctional Complex). In 2000, the Governor signed legislation making lethal injection, rather than electrocution, the standard method of execution for any person sentenced to death.
Norman Dalton, who was Marshall County’s sheriff from 2010 to 2014, said he was “shocked” at the amount of animals seized by the office since Sheriff Billy Lamb took over in 2014.
The Ellis County Sheriff's office said there are 133 jailers and 137 deputies who currently work at the jail compared to 558 inmates in the jail. The memorial service for Bias was announced Thursday.
The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office (RCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency in Rutherford County, Tennessee. The RCSO is responsible for patrolling the 626-square miles of the County and its 250,000+ residents. The RCSO currently employs 178 sworn law enforcement officers and 135 Detention Officers as Deputy Sheriffs.
LYNNVILLE, Tennessee — The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office and two of its top employees have been ordered to pay a combined $485,000 to a family after a jury found in October that the office ...