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Oak Ridge police describe changes after May 25 Scarborough shooting; city plans foot patrols, on-call mobilization
Summary
Police Chief Robin Smith told the Oak Ridge City Council the department will increase on-foot patrols, set up standby pay and formalize mutual‑aid arrangements after a May 25 crowd‑related shooting in the Scarborough neighborhood that wounded nine people.
Police Chief Robin Smith told Oak Ridge City Council on June (reading) that the department has changed how it will respond to rapidly assembling crowds after a May 25 incident in the Scarborough neighborhood that left nine people shot and one person cut.
Smith said patrol supervisors observed “an unusual stream of vehicles coming into the city on South Illinois Avenue” the night before the shooting and later verified by drone footage that “a significant number of people carrying weapons” had gathered. The department received multiple 911 calls about the growing crowd, she said, and staged officers nearby rather than engaging from vehicles because only six officers were on duty that shift.
The chief said officers entered the crowd after shots were fired shortly after 3 a.m., and that officers “immediately drove into the crowd, loaded 3 gunshot…
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