TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 21, 2023

Tennessee’s two largest cities, Nashville and Memphis, have been running independent, civilian-led boards to investigate police misconduct allegations and review policing policies for a number of years. Yesterday, the state legislature voted to abolish the groups, WPLN reports. Nashville's community oversight board was created by referendum in 2018 following police shootings of Jocques Clemmons in 2017 and Daniel Hambrick in 2018. The Memphis Civilian Law Enforcement Review Board was established in 1994.