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KPD News & Alerts

KPD News & Alerts Blog

The Knoxville Police Department (KPD) responds to a variety of events and calls for service each day.

For any questions, please contact KPD's Public Information Officer Scott Erland at 865-215-7210 or [email protected].

Click here to view KPD's current calls for service (updated every two hours).

The KPD News & Alerts Blog below is no longer being updated. Please visit KnoxvilleTNPolice.gov/News for current news, advisories and alerts.




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December 2021 - Posts
Throughout the Christmas holiday, Knoxville Police Department officers conducted enhanced holiday traffic enforcement in an effort to prevent serious crashes. That enforcement period ran from 4 p.m. on December 24 all the way through Sunday, December 26.  We are happy to report that there were no ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Dec 28, 2021 at 4:29 PM
  
Knoxville Police Department officers worked hard throughout the Christmas holiday to take drugs and prohibited weapons off of the streets of Knoxville.  In a review of KPD incident reports from Monday, December 20 through Sunday, December 26, KPD officers either arrested or charged 47 individuals ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Dec 28, 2021 at 9:47 AM
  
In continued efforts to prevent overdose deaths and violent crime, specifically that which surrounds the distribution of illegal narcotics, Knoxville Police Department officers either arrested or charged 47 individuals for weapon or drug charges from Monday, December 13 through Sunday, December 19.  ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Dec 21, 2021 at 2:55 PM
  
UPDATE (December 21, 8:10 a.m.): Investigators have successfully identified this woman. She was identified through a tip that was submitted to East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers.  ----- Violent Crimes Unit investigators are still actively attempting to identify the unknown woman who was in t ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Dec 21, 2021 at 8:12 AM
  
A Knoxville man is in custody after stealing an unlocked and unattended car from a gas station and fleeing from officers on Monday morning.    On Monday at around 7 a.m., it was reported that a victim’s car had been stolen from the parking lot of the Pilot at 2518 N. Broadway by an unknown indivi ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Dec 20, 2021 at 3:44 PM
  
At around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, December 15, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to I-40 East near Papermill Drive, where a male pedestrian had been struck by a semi-truck. The pedestrian, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced deceased on the scene. Based on the preliminary inves ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Dec 16, 2021 at 8:19 AM
  
The Knoxville Police Department Special Crimes Unit is requesting public assistance to help locate missing Lan Nguyen, age 29. Nguyen was reported missing on Monday, December 13 and was last seen at her apartment complex, Aventine Northshore, on Monday afternoon. Nguyen’s personal belongings were st ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Dec 14, 2021 at 2:08 PM
  
At approximately 10:25 a.m. on Tuesday, December 14, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to a crash with injuries on I-40 East at McMillan Road. Based on the preliminary investigation at the scene, a vehicle was travelling on I-40 West when it lost controlled, crossed on to I-40 East and ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Dec 14, 2021 at 12:55 PM
  
As part of the department’s ongoing efforts to prevent violent crime and overdose deaths, Knoxville Police Department officers continued their vigorous efforts to take illegal guns and drugs off the streets of Knoxville this past week. In a review of KPD incident reports from December 6 through D ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Dec 13, 2021 at 4:43 PM
  
UPDATE (December 7, 2021, 4:50 p.m.): Investigators Continuing to Seek Identity of Bank Robbery Suspect  KPD Violent Crimes Unit investigators and FBI Special Agents are continuing to investigate the robbery that took place on Monday afternoon at the First Horizon Bank located at 324 N. Cedar Blu ... more» 
Posted by serland  On Dec 07, 2021 at 4:56 PM
  
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