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KPD News & Alerts

KPD News & Alerts Blog

The Knoxville Police Department (KPD) responds to a variety of events and calls for service each day.

For any questions, please contact KPD's Public Information Officer Scott Erland at 865-215-7210 or [email protected].

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The KPD News & Alerts Blog below is no longer being updated. Please visit KnoxvilleTNPolice.gov/News for current news, advisories and alerts.




Recent Posts
November 2021 - Posts
During the Thanksgiving holiday, the Knoxville Police Department conducted enhanced, high-visibility patrols throughout the city in an effort to deter dangerous driving and prevent serious crashes on one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. Those enhanced patrols ran from 4 p.m. on Wednesday, No ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Nov 30, 2021 at 10:53 AM
  
An investigation is underway after Knoxville Police Department officers responded to a shooting that wounded three on Monday night.  On Monday, November 29, 2021 at around 6:35 p.m., 9-1-1 received a call from the victims, who said that they had been shot and were still driving. The victims were ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Nov 30, 2021 at 9:01 AM
  
The victim from the shooting that occurred in the 2800 block of Nichols Avenue on Wednesday, November 24 has died as a result of his injuries and the Knoxville Police Department Violent Crimes Unit is continuing its investigation into the shooting.    Officers responded to a home in the 2800 bloc ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Nov 29, 2021 at 3:40 PM
  
A 17-year-old male has been charged with carjacking, aggravated robbery and evading arrest after stealing a car at gunpoint from a West Knoxville apartment complex and fleeing from responding officers on Sunday night.   On Sunday, November 28 at around 9:20 p.m., Knoxville Police Department offic ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Nov 29, 2021 at 9:14 AM
  
On Saturday morning, KPD officers responded to a report of an unconscious man in a car at the Mapco on Asheville Highway. When officers arrived, they found 29-year-old Jomaine Williams asleep in the driver’s seat of a Buick Enclave with a handgun next to him in the center console. Officers woke up W ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Nov 15, 2021 at 9:12 AM
  
In the first week of November, Knoxville Police Department officers remained active in their efforts to take drugs and guns off of the street.   In a review of incident reports submitted by KPD officers from Monday, November 1 through Sunday, November 7, officers arrested a total of 54 individual ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Nov 08, 2021 at 3:34 PM
  
Teen Suspect Charged in Death of J’Michael Dossett (November 5, 2021, 4:30 p.m.) A 16-year-old male has been charged in the death of J’Michael Dossett, who was fatally shot and killed at 4115 Catalpa Avenue on Sunday, October 31.   The investigation into Dossett’s death, which is being led by ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Nov 05, 2021 at 4:35 PM
  
In the weeks leading up to Halloween, Knoxville Police Department investigators conducted 100 sex offender compliance reviews as part of the department's Halloween sex offender compliance operation. That operation, classified as “Operation Innocence”, was led by Violent Crimes Unit investigator Evan ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Nov 02, 2021 at 3:17 PM
  
Bryar Hill, 18 of Alcoa, Tennessee, was charged with two counts of aggravated kidnapping after Knoxville Police Department officers and 9-1-1 dispatchers located and intercepted the vehicle he was occupying with two female victims early Saturday morning.  The investigation that was led by the KPD ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Nov 01, 2021 at 3:57 PM
  
Over the past week, Knoxville Police Department officers continued their tireless efforts to take illegal guns and deadly narcotics off of the street. In a review of incident reports from Monday, October 25 through Sunday, October 31, officers arrested a total of 55 individuals ranging from 14 to 53 ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Nov 01, 2021 at 2:45 PM