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Chattanooga police cite attendees at job training

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By Yolanda Putman 4 min read

photo Tonya Rooks

WHERE TO CALL

Men interested in attending Hope for the Inner City’s Jobs for Life class may call Vincent Boozer at 698-3178. Separate job training classes are also available on site to women.

They came expecting job training. What they didn’t expect was a citation for criminal trespassing.

But so many men were cited by police and Chattanooga Housing Authority security personnel that the men began to suspect that the Hope for the Inner City job skills class at College Hill Courts was a setup.

One man got two citations in the same day, said Tonya Rooks, resident council president at the public housing site.

Betsy McCright, executive director of the housing authority, blamed the citations on a misunderstanding and said the housing authority is willing to help the men.