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Nashville police chief publicly blasts DA spokesman who released name of alleged rape victim

The Nashville Police Chief publicly blasted a spokesman in the District Attorney's office for releasing a police incident report to a TV station that contained the name of a housekeeping employee who reported she was raped in a Bridgestone Arena bathroom. The woman later gave an on-camera interview to WSMV-TV Channel 4, saying she wanted to tell her story and was upset after learning that the co-worker who she said attacked her was a registered sex offender. "They should screen sex offenders, murderers, anybody (before employing them)," she told the TV station. Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson Police Chief Steve Anderson said that releasing the name of the alleged rape victim [...]

TCOG, League of Women Voters to host body camera forum in December

By Deborah Fisher|2016-12-01T08:56:37-06:00November 16, 2016|Categories: crime records, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government|Tags: Dawn Deaner, Hedy Weinberg, League of Women Voters, police body cameras, Steve Anderson, TCOG event|1 Comment

The Tennessee Coalition for Open Government and the Nashville Chapter of the League of Women Voters will host a body camera forum, "Police Body Cameras: From Privacy to Accountability -- What Citizens Should Know," Dec. 7 in Nashville. It is free and open to the public. A panel discussion, followed by audience questions and comments, will feature Lonnell Matthews, director of the mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods and Community Engagement; ACLU-Tennessee Executive Director Hedy Weinberg; and Davidson County Public Defender Dawn Dean. The event will be from 4-5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7 at the First Amendment Center at 1207 18t Avenue South. Two weeks ago, Nashville Mayor Megan Barry [...]