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POST informal panel votes to decertify officer after hospital taser incident
Summary
An informal POST committee voted to decertify an officer who resigned amid investigations after an unauthorized taser deployment at a hospital; the department said the conduct met elements of aggravated assault and the officer acknowledged a mistake but disputed characterizations.
An informal POST Standards and Training committee voted to decertify an officer who resigned while under internal investigation after an incident in which he used a department taser on a fellow officer at a hospital.
Terry Barnes, an internal affairs sergeant with the Chattanooga Police Department, told the committee the officer resigned May 1, 2024, while three internal investigations were open and that one of the incidents — a February 10…
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