Can you be arrested if you don’t ‘show’ officer your ID?
Police chief David Roddy gives an interview to Josh Roe regarding his new job with the executive branch of city government. (Photo TV9) In Tennessee, the failure or refusal to produce or give one’s identification is an offense only if the officer intends to either cite or arrest you for a crime or offense. And […]
Ignored Miranda rule spoils city’s ‘community policing’ goals, but offers secret sauce
Mayor Andy Berke oversees the executive branch of Chattanooga government; the police department led by David Roddy is an executive branch agency, accountable to Mr. Berke in executing city (and state) policy. Chattanooga city police chief David Roddy, meeting with reporters in the MSM conference room at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, expresses a desire […]
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Berke cops reject constitutional rule to Mirandize all arrestees
David Roddy gives one of many interviews as Chattanooga’s chief of police. (Photo Newschannel9.com) Chattanooga police department in its policy for traffic stops omits a significant element of public protection against arbitrary state power and poisons relations between the Mayor Andy Berke administration and members of the public, especially those traveling on the public right-of-way. […]
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Hixson Utility District admits putting fertilizer, aluminum factory ‘discharge’ into tap
In this graphic, Hixson Utility District makes a worrisome admission about an intentional contaminant it puts into drinking water — one it is being asked to remove. Fluoride is approved by the federal government. (Images Hixsonutility.com) Hixson Utility District faces renewed questions about its use of a contaminant, hydrofluorosilicic acid, which it puts deliberately as […]
Agency ‘entrenched in fraud’ of fuzzled inmate job data, grievances
This letter to the Tennessee commissioner of corrections says CoreCivic puts 100 percenters into social skills classes who can’t take them, and keeps other men out who can so that the latter group can be kept longer in prison. CoreCivic, the for-profit prison company, tells Grenda Harmer he is out of the life skills class […]
When Chattanooga cops don’t give Miranda rights, do they violate ethics rules?
Ethics rules for city police officers require respect of citizenry, an unwillingness to violate constitutional rights. So, why are arrested people not mirandized? (Courtesy Noogaradio) Tweet Pin It
Police reform’s hidden goad: Chattanooga v. Davis case
State DAs such as Neal Pinkston have accepted continued violation of the state legal system, a violation that involves the overlooking of cities’ enforcement of state law. It’s been going on 16 years, despite a powerful high court ruling inviting DAs to act and overturn the city police concept. With police, city corporations overturn state […]
Future of Chattanooga as a city-state; but first, let it become own county, Crockett says
Chattanooga in the city-states futureWhat are the major trends that bode well for Chattanooga being richer, freer and more independent? Dave Crockett lassos prospect. A major hitch, getting the general assembly to pass a bill letting big cities become counties. Posted by NoogaRadio 92.7 FM – AM 1240 on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 What are […]