Tennessee POST Commission holds January informal hearing; motions carry on several certification matters

The Tennessee POST Commission convened an informal hearing in January to review multiple law‑enforcement certification matters, including complaints and personnel investigations involving officers from several departments.

The commission heard an agency presentation in the case of former Memphis Police Department officer Nysha Williams, who testified that she did not assault the complainant and denied posting threats from a department device. Agency counsel told commissioners that Williams was terminated April 7, 2025, after agency investigators identified social‑media posts and videos they say contained threats and that she had been listed as a suspect in an August 29, 2024, intimidation/harassment incident. Williams told the commission, “I did not admit to assaulting this young lady. I never assaulted this young lady,” and said she used her personal phone, that she was off duty at the time of some posts, and that she had evidence she was being harassed while under an order of protection. After questions from commissioners the panel took a motion, seconded by Commissioner Green, and the chair announced, “Motion carries.” The commission directed the investigator to follow up…