Tennessee law enforcement officers will likely soon be required to report to federal authorities when they have a person in custody who is an unauthorized immigrant under a bill passed this week in the statehouse.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has been crunching the numbers.
Here's how Congressional representatives from Tennessee and North Georgia voted Friday on the $1.2 trillion government funding bill.
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The agency that certifies Tennessee police officers will have to provide training on how to handle a person in custody going through a medical crisis after a bill sponsored by Rep. Yusuf Hakeem, D-Chattanooga, was signed into law.
Officials on Tuesday identified a man who died while waiting to be released from the Hamilton County Jail last week.
A man led Hamilton County deputies on a chase early Monday morning before crashing into a garage and hiding inside before being arrested, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Officials representing local law enforcement, the court system, health care and other social services talked Friday about what Hamilton County agencies are doing well and where they need to improve their attempts to reduce domestic violence.
A man died after being in custody at the Hamilton County Jail, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Last month, a man suspected of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl was shot 16 times by Catoosa and Knox county deputies in East Ridge, an autopsy report shows.
