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Chattanooga police received 47 noise complaints on the Fourth of July; no citations issued

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Fireworks were for sale at the Exit 1A Fireworks in East Ridge on June 30.
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Fireworks were for sale at the Exit 1A Fireworks in East Ridge on June 30.


No citations for noise complaints, including for loud neighborhood fireworks, were issued in Chattanooga on the Fourth of July, police said.

Chattanooga police received 47 noise-related calls between 6 p.m. July 4 and 6 a.m. July 5, according to Police Department data.

The most common complaint was for neighborhood fireworks going off after the city’s cutoff time of 12:30 a.m., Executive Chief Glenn Scruggs said in a media briefing Thursday.