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06/27/2025

New Tennessee Laws going into effect July 1st

04/22/2025

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03/19/2025

https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/17/memphis-domestic-violence-center-abruptly-closes-amid-statewide-fight-for-victim-funding/

A Memphis domestic violence agency abruptly shut its doors amid an urgent fight for state funding by Tennessee victim-serving organizations.

01/08/2025

https://www.investigatetv.com/2025/01/07/sober-drivers-arrested-dui-often-have-one-thing-common-medical-problems/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3Mle19BWvXBaoZDGsqhJh2UGaMtpgXxHh4Yl_PJ-iDjitighuHIbCcNLo_aem_RQi8payJk603RBbmruZSvg

Our investigators examine sober DUI arrests involving medical conditions and look at the training legal experts say some members of law enforcement lack.

08/29/2024

https://tncourts.gov/press/2024/08/27/tennessee-supreme-court-clarifies-probable-cause-search-case-drug-detecting-dog

August 27, 2024 Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court today clarified that an alert from a trained drug-sniffing dog can be part of law enforcement’s probable cause for a search even though the dog cannot tell the difference between illegal ma*****na and legal hemp.On February 16, 2020,...

07/08/2024

Tennessee ranks 9th in world incarceration rates
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/2024.html

06/27/2024

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4733043-supreme-court-gun-ban-domestic-abusers/

The Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision Friday upheld a federal law that disarms people under domestic violence restraining orders, ruling it complies with the court’s recent expansion of Second Amend…

06/12/2024

https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/metropublic-safety/article/44395/shelby-county-district-attorney-office-steve-mulroy-implement-diversion-program-weapons-charges

As part of its efforts to address racial disparities in the local criminal justice system, the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office is implementing a diversion program for felons charged with unlawful possession of a firearm.

05/29/2024

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/city-council-passes-resolution-to-lower-unpaid-traffic-ticket-fines/article_c8b33932-17c9-11ef-a4a9-c36728f52f83.html #

TRAFFIC FINES: Memphis City Council approved a resolution allowing traffic and parking ticket payments to be cut in half. The hope is to bring in enough money to offset the proposed 75-cent property tax increase.

05/20/2024

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/no-separate-hearing-required-when-police-seize-cars-loaned-to-drivers-accused-of-drug-crimes-scotus-rules

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against two women who loaned their cars to others arrested for drug crimes while using the vehicles, leading Alabama police to seek civil forfeiture of the cars.