For Chattanooga police Officer Josh Wright, being in the right place at the right time is one part luck, one part job description and one part character.
Stringent policies on Taser use here are why area law enforcement agencies don't plan to change their training methods in the wake of a recent federal appeals court ruling.
Stringent policies on Taser use here are why area law enforcement agencies don't plan to change their training methods in the wake of a recent federal appeals court ruling.
A man arrested in connection with a robbery and shooting in October was himself shot and killed Saturday, representing the city's first homicide of the year.
Some Chattanooga firefighters noticed people acting suspiciously near their fire station earlier this year and suspected gangs were in the neighborhood.
Chattanooga is on pace to record its fewest traffic fatalities in four years, although pedestrian fatalities in the city have increased during the last year.
The Chattanooga Fire Department soon will join a statewide network of law enforcement agencies and emergency responders on a public safety intelligence network.
Iroquois, a 21/2 year old Labrador retriever, didn't make the cut as a seeing-eye dog.
Lorraine Bond always keeps a blue light in her window in remembrance of her son Donald, a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department deputy killed in the line of duty in September 2001.
Information obtained by Chattanooga homicide investigators Monday night led to an arrest Tuesday in connection with a double homicide.
Seventeen-year-old Carlton Braswell wrote a song Saturday that he hoped would propel his family out of poverty and away from Harriet Tubman homes to a nicer area of town.
The Chattanooga Police Department didn't hire any new officers in 2009 and, because of city budget constraints, has no plans to do so during fiscal year 2010.
The Erlanger officer who used a Taser on a patient who later died is not the only security employee at the hospital previously fired from another law enforcement department.
Stepping Out Pub & Grill owner Charles Peacock volunteered to give up his beer permit if it meant making Brainerd safer.
The Chattanooga Beer and Wrecker Board today revoked the beer license of Stepping Out Pub and Grill, located on Shallowford Road.
Opinions about Taser use in hospitals are mixed, but most law enforcement and mental health advocates agree that maintaining safety is essential during volatile situations.
Many factors may have made a 53-year-old man more prone to death, but being stunned with a Taser was not one of them, according to an autopsy released by the Hamilton County Medical Examiner’s Office.
A school resource officer at East Ridge Middle School has been placed on administrative leave with pay.
A man who died after being stunned with a Taser at Erlanger hospital died of natural causes, according to an autopsy from the Hamilton County Medical Examiner’s Office.
A public forum Monday night allowed investigators to determine if the Chattanooga Police Department is walking the talk in terms of meeting national standards.
Chattanooga residents and law enforcement personnel praised the Chattanooga Police Department during a public forum tonight.
Budget constraints and a desire to protect juvenile privacy have prevented Georgia from passing legislation that would require violent juvenile sex offenders to register publicly as such.
Investigators said they can't prove a man thought to be stealing copper wire with another man at an EPB substation was at the scene, let alone if he left the other man to die.
Sheriff Jim Hammond believes he's accomplished several goals in his partial term as Hamilton County's top elected law enforcement official.
Brian Anthony Wehrle left a relative's house in Carrollton, Ga., on Sept. 23, leaving behind money, his cell phone, medication and an overnight bag with shaving equipment and clothes.
A family member of an alleged kidnapping victim says she fears for her life after the men charged in the crime were released from jail on bond.
Finding a new location for the Chattanooga Bomb Squad to detonate the explosives it collects is not likely to be a blast.
New rifles issued to Hamilton County Sheriff's Office deputies will put more power in the hands of patrol officers, who may face increasingly violent criminals with high-powered weapons, officials said.
Erlanger hospital is reviewing all aspects of what occurred Nov. 27 when a patient being released was shocked with a Taser and later died, a Thursday statement said.
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker said today his 22-year-old daughter, Julia, was "shaken up" Wednesday night when she was carjacked in Washington, D.C., but he added she is "doing just fine."
Erlanger hospital President and CEO Jim Brexler released a statement today regarding Friday’s death of a patient who was shocked with a Taser upon release from the hospital and later died.
Erlanger hospital could face increased liability in the death of a patient shocked with a Taser if officials knew the officer being investigated in connection with that death was fired from another department for a similar incident, a local attorney said.
The Erlanger hospital security officer who allegedly used a Taser to stun a patient who later died was fired from the Chattanooga Police Department in 2005 after he stunned a suspect in handcuffs.
The cause of death for a man shocked with a Taser by Erlanger police officers may not be known for several weeks.
Two Brainerd High School students each face a charge of disorderly conduct after a Monday hallway fight led to one being shocked with a Taser by a school resource officer.
The family of a man electrocuted at an EPB substation say he was not a bad person, he was just trying to find a way to pay for his son's 15th birthday present that day.
The Tennessee Department of Correction could release inmates early to trim millions of dollars from its budget, but officials hope the state can find money elsewhere.
The holidays are a notoriously dangerous period for deer and drivers alike.
The Georgia State Patrol — like several other highway patrols nationwide — can’t fill its trooper rolls, and not necessarily because of a lack of money.
Thanksgiving Day for many local residents represented a chance to spend time with hundreds of people, creating a sense of community even among strangers.
Sheriff Jim Hammond is visiting local schools for the same reasons students attend -- to learn.
The cause of death for a man found in the Tennessee River on Tuesday is an apparent drowning and suicide, the Hamilton County Medical Examiner's Office has ruled.
Attorneys are sorting through fraud claims in the case of a former Chattanooga city employee accused of faking breast cancer to swindle the city and charitable organizations out of money and benefits.
A former city employee accused of lying about breast cancer and subsequently receiving thousands of dollars in assistance appeared briefly in criminal court this morning as the district attorney’s office sorts through claims of fraud.
After 68 computer hard drives were stolen last month, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is providing members whose Social Security numbers may be at risk with credit monitoring service for a year.
Emergency responders are used to playing on the same team for the sake of helping others.
The Chattanooga Nature Center will welcome a new female red wolf in early December, hopefully leading to a litter in the spring.
Five Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts students have been suspended after two separate incidents of drugs on campus.
About a year ago, Chattanooga Fire Department officials asked firefighters what features they'd want on their firetrucks if they could have anything they liked.
Inmates at the Silverdale Detention Center took over a pavilion in the recreation yard Friday morning, hanging white sheets to disguise their activities and taking two corrections officers hostage.
