TBI Director. Former Knoxville police chief.
TBI Director announces more transparency on internal investigations
TBI Director David Rausch has announced that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will no longer shield from the public the outcomes of internal investigations into possible misconduct by its agents. TBI Director David Rausch Previously, if a member of the public complained about an agent's actions, the department would conduct an investigation, but claimed that those investigations were confidential under the public records law exemption that makes all TBI investigation documents confidential. "What I am doing is on our internal complaints that come from the public, we will make those an administrative investigation. And administrative investigations, when they are concluded, are open to public review," announced Rausch, who [...]