White County Sheriff Targets Impaired Festival Drivers
The White County Sheriff’s Office is increasing patrols and focusing on impaired drivers as travelers move through the area this weekend for the Bonnaroo Music Festival. Sheriff Steve Page said the department has deployed extra patrols across the county to monitor for traffic hazards and speeders from the Coffee County event. Page said the agency […]
White County Gets Law Enforcement Drone, Deputies Licensed
A new, grant funded police drone being utilized by the White County Sheriff’s Department in an effort to expand the department’s capabilities. Lieutenant James Blankenship said the Vantage Robotics drone has a thermal imaging camera. It will be used primarily for search and rescue, or high risk situations. Blankenship said there are some legal limitations […]
White County Sheriff Says Pay Studies Have Fallen On Deaf Ears
White County Sheriff Steve Page said the department has already done salary studies, but the commission failed to notice. Page said he doesn’t know if the commission purposefully ignored the studies or if they just didn’t see them, but studies have been done multiple times of surrounding counties’ pay scales. “We went around to the […]
White County Commissioner agrees with Sheriff On Budget
At least one White County Commissioner agrees with the county sheriff that commissioners did not get a clear picture of what they were voting on Monday night. Sherriff Steve Page said he thought county commissioners were misled when the county’s new fiscal year budget passed. District Seven Commissioner Larry Daniels said the sheriff’s budget was […]
White Co. Sheriff’s New Phone System Going Well
White County Sheriff’s Office has initiated a new phone system. Sheriff Steve Page said the replacement was made possible through a recent grant opportunity. He said the previous phone system was over 20 years old and used multiple numbers. “It’s digital and that helps us with our answering service and being able to transfer the […]
Dunaway Dismissed 25 Cases Involving White Co Sheriffs Deputy
District Attorney Bryant Dunaway asked the courts to dismiss some 25 cases involving former White County Sheriffs Deputy Brandon Young. The FBI continues its investigation of Young after he urged his police dog to attack a non-violent suspect during an April arrest. Young has since resigned. Dunaway said as he began to look at cases […]
