Fallen Trees Increasing Livingston Power Outages
The number of homes without electricity is climbing in Livingston with fallen trees causing outages. Police Chief Greg Etheredge said the Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation has crews on ground working on restoring power. “We are having some trees coming down and some power lines down,” Etheredge said.”Specifically, here over around Carr and Airport Road. […]
Livingston PD Adds 10 Bulletproof Vests For Patrol
The Livingston Police Department has purchased 10 new bulletproof vests for patrol officers. Police Chief Greg Etheredge said the vests were being swapped back and forth between officers to keep them going. However, Etheredge said with new officers in the department it was important to ensure every officer’s safety. “This new technology, they’re lighter weight […]
Livingston PD Moving Traffic School Online
Traffic school in Livingston will make the move to an online self-study course due to too many COVID complications. Police Chief Greg Etheredge said the department tried to meet in-person and on Zoom but there were too many social distancing and technical issues. Etheredge said everything about traffic school for driving citations will stay the […]
Livingston Man Shot After Residential Altercation
Livingston Police continue the investigation into a Sunday morning shooting that sent a Livingston man to the hospital. The incident happened around 1:20am Sunday morning as police and EMS responded to Fairview Lane. Police found Chris Melton with gunshot wounds. According to the investigation, Melton had gone to the home of Robert Richardson “to start […]
Livingston PD Updates Use Of Force Policy
The Livingston Police Department has updated its use of force policy after the state mandated all law enforcement agencies to review its guidelines. Under the changes, officers that are witness to another officer using excessive force must step in and stop the situation. Police Chief Greg Ethridge said the main goal is to hold each […]
