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Tennessee POST reopens Hancock County decertification matter; investigator cites witness accounts and recommends informal hearing
Summary
POST investigator reported witness statements and a TBI agent’s account that a former chief deputy was present during a severe assault, may have been intoxicated and allegedly said “my badge turns off at 05:00.” The commission voted to send the matter to an informal hearing and discussed a potential formal proceeding.
The Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission on Feb. 20 voted to refer an investigation tied to Hancock County to an informal hearing after an investigator said witnesses and a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agent reported that a former chief deputy was present during an assault and likely under the influence.
Kevin Green, a post investigator, told the commission that witnesses said the subject “was indeed present during that…
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