After a string of high-profile incidents including the police killing of George Floyd in 2020, a growing number of law enforcement agencies are participating in a peer intervention program designed to empower police officers to step in when they see something that isn’t right, and to teach about the psychology of why people don’t always intervene.
'Active bystandership' training aims to overcome the pressures that discourage police officers from intervening when their colleagues use excessive force.
As of 10:15 a.m. Monday morning, Knoxville has a new chief of police. Paul Noel was sworn in as the 27th chief of the Knoxville Police Department (KPD) in a