Jail overcrowding besieges Sheriff Hammond. We have questions, too. De-escalation reforms? The problem of militarisation? The right to see a magistrate on arrest? Miranda warnings? Evils of the cash …
An impoverished independent businessman vows to appeal to the Tennessee supreme court a mid-level appellate opinion in a criminal case hostile to liberties Tennesseans enjoyed prior to World War …
Chattanooga police department has a policy in its “Arrest procedures” manual requiring officers to read people their Miranda rights when arrested. The departmental rule is based on a directive …
But commoners would fear the officer’s approaching cruiser less if they could learn about the ethics rules he swore to uphold — and trust that he would obey them. …
Taking effect this week in Chattanooga is city government’s so-called short-term vacation rental ordinance, one that is illegal on several grounds — including a new one that comes into …
You are not to say, “It is a conspiracy!” in regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, and you are not to fear what they fear or …
In Tennessee, the failure or refusal to produce or give one’s identification is an offense only if the officer intends to either cite or arrest you for a crime …
Chattanooga city police chief David Roddy, meeting with reporters in the MSM conference room at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, expresses a desire for better relations with the public. …