There are 55 article(s) tagged Tennessee Bureau of Investigation:

• October 2018

  • Memphis police union tells officers not to talk to TBI

    The Memphis Police Association is advising police officers not to talk to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation when the state agency is investigating officer-involved shootings, the TBI was told Sunday. The advice includes police officers who witnessed shootings but are not involved. 

    By Omer Yusuf October 16, 2018

  • Man, 39, killed in officer-involved shooting in Bartlett; TBI investigating

    Authorities were on the scene Wednesday morning after an officer-involved shooting led to the death of a man on Stage Road near the Bartlett-Memphis border.

    By Clay Bailey & Yolanda Jones October 03, 2018

• September 2018

  • Mother of shooting victim calls for federal investigation, arrest of officers

    The mother of Martavious Banks, the man shot by Memphis police on Monday evening, stood on the street where he was shot earlier this week and demanded the names of the officers who critically wounded her son and that they be arrested.

    By Yolanda Jones September 20, 2018

  • State Rep. Hardaway to revive legislation on officer-involved shooting investigations

    With questions surrounding the shooting of Martavious Banks by a Memphis Police officer, state Rep. G.A. Hardaway is set to renew legislation requiring the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to take control of officer-involved shooting probes.

    By Sam Stockard September 20, 2018

  • Memphis Police: 3 officers did not turn on body cameras during police shooting

    The Memphis Police Department said an officer who critically wounded a 25-year-old man in a shooting in South Memphis Monday night did not record the encounter because he and two other officers failed to turn on their body and in-car cameras during the incident.

    By Yolanda Jones September 19, 2018