Chattanooga Police Department opens internal probe after probationary officer is charged with domestic assault


Closeup of silver handcuffs detaining crime prisoners. Shot on the wooden table arrest tile arrests / Getty Images
Closeup of silver handcuffs detaining crime prisoners. Shot on the wooden table arrest tile arrests / Getty Images

A probationary officer working in the Chattanooga Police Department's Neighborhood Policing Bureau is the subject of an internal investigation following an allegation of misconduct, according to a statement issued Sunday from the department.

Probationary Officer Lorenzo Caldwell was relieved of duty and will remain on administrative leave until a final disposition is reached in the investigation, officials said in the statement.

The investigation was launched after a report was filed with the department's Special Victims Unit, officials said.

Special Victim's Unit investigators "have opened a criminal investigation after determining that Probationary Officer Caldwell was the primary aggressor in a domestic assault incident," spokesman Trevor Tomas said in the statement. Caldwell is charged with domestic assault.

The investigation is ongoing, officials said.

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