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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].

Click here to view KPD's current calls for service (updated every two hours).

The KPD News & Alerts Blog below is no longer being updated.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




Recent Posts
UPDATE (February 18, 2:35 p.m.): The victim has been identified as 44-year-old Robert Webster of Knoxville, Tennessee.  ORIGINAL STORY: On Monday, February 17 at 10:47 p.m., KPD officers responded to a call of a male pedestrian that had been struck near the intersection of Chapman Highw ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Feb 18, 2020 at 2:35 PM
  
On Thursday, February 6 at approximately 2:14 p.m., KPD officers responded to a crash on Western Avenue at Ball Camp Pike involving two vehicles.    The preliminary investigation at the scene determined that a car was traveling west on Western Avenue and hydroplaned, causing it to strike the side ... more» 
Posted by tmcdonell  On Feb 07, 2020 at 9:25 AM
  
On Monday, January 27, 2020 at around 10:35 p.m., Knoxville Police Department officers were dispatched to a wreck on Middlebrook Pike at Robinson Road involving a car and a motorcycle. The 38-year-old male driver of the motorcycle was transported to the UT Medical Center following the accident and w ... more» 
Posted by tmcdonell  On Jan 28, 2020 at 10:35 AM