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Search results for "Tennessee Highway Patrol" ...
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Badge of Privilege/Highway Patrol Coverage
The authors investigated the Tennessee Highway Patrol and found an organization rife with cronyism, where political connections mattered more than skill at a traffic stop or enforcing the law, and a department that turned a blind eye to its own officers when they got in trouble.
Tags: highway patrol; law enforcement; cronyism; State Troopers; honorary programs; FOIA
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Seizing for Dollars
The News-Sentinel examined the state's asset forfeiture program, specifically looking at what items were being taken from people by law enforcement in our country, why the property was taken and what happened to it. The reporters found authorities confiscated $1.1 million and nearly 1,700 vehicles over the past four years. Most of the vehicles were seized from repeat drunk drivers and those driving on a revoked license because of a prior DUI. The reporters looked at how much money the auctions of those vehicles brought into the departments and found that most agencies lost money after they deducted storage, towing and auction expenses from the proceeds.
Tags: forfeiture laws; Knoxville Police Department; vehicles; Tennessee Highway Patrol; police seizures; property; drug cases
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Tennessee Highway Patrol
This story exposes a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer who had been working on other part time jobs while officially on-duty as a state trooper. This officer tampered with the timesheets regularly to make this possible. Following these allegations the officer resigned while other members of the highway patrol are under investigation.
Tags: Tennessee Highway Patrol; state troopers; Larry Parsley; Department of Safety
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Down on the Body Farm: A bizarre research facility in Tennessee boats a bumper crop of corpses-and helps convict killers
William Bass talks about how he uses his "body farm" research facility to convict killers. The body farm is located near the University of Tennessee's campus. At the research facility, Bass and his team of anthropologists allow corpses to decay on a two-acre plot of land near the Tennessee River. Bass has helped to solve numerous murder cases for police based on the knowledge he gains from observing the decaying process.
Tags: law enforcement; forensic law; forensics; William Bass; anthropology; body farm; University of Tennessee; forensic anthropology research facility; murder cases; police; highway patrol; solving mysteries