The Knoxville Police Department said that the Community Engagement Response Team was originally intended to be temporary, before moving to a more permanent model.
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs had to wait a few hours longer than anticipated to deliver his third budget address as morning storms washed out the original plans. That was fine. As far as budgets go, he’s learned to be flexible.
Coming off a shrunken pandemic budget from a year ago, Jacobs proposed a $893.5 million budget Tuesday. Given the challenges and uncertainties of the past year, this budget was a reminder of normalcy: no splashy buys, no tax increases but raises for county employees across the board including a more sizable bonus for sheriff’s office employees and overall strong fiscal health.
School board member says one component missing from school security discussion public input
A board member said that the district s law enforcement policies cover a lot, but they re missing input from the community. Author: Jacinta Render (WBIR) Updated: 7:12 PM EDT May 4, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Since October, Knox County Schools board member Daniel Watson has been working on a proposal that will take a deeper look at how school security is handled across the district.
“One of the very first things that I did when I came on the school board was I wanted to learn more about how we did school safety and security,” said Watson.
The first in-person Knoxville City Council meeting in over a year was interrupted Tuesday night when the family of Anthony Thompson Jr., a 17-year-old killed by a police officer at