TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2019
The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee passed legislation this week stripping the subpoena power of police oversight committees, The Daily Memphian reports. The legislation would take subpoena power away from Nashville’s recently-appointed oversight panel, which was set up after an overwhelming public vote, and the Knoxville Police Advisory & Review Committee, which has subpoena authority for civil matters, not criminal cases, and works with its police department.