Tennessee Highway Patrol News

Tennessee Highway Patrol to Announce Identity Theft Arrests

Tennessee’s Highway Patrol and Shelby County officials are announcing dozens of arrests following an identity theft investigation. A news conference was held Tuesday afternoon in Memphis to discuss details of the investigation, which was done by the state Department of …

Tennessee Highway Patrol Pilot Program Aims to Increase Safety

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is testing a software system that aims to increase the safety of motorists and decrease the number of crashes. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the agency has been piloting a system called Crash Reduction Analyzing …

Tire Damaged Before Deadly Tennessee Bus Crash

The Tennessee Highway Patrol says a blown tire on a North Carolina church bus was the cause of a fiery crash that killed eight people in three vehicles last October. Speaking at a news conference in Knoxville on Monday, Highway …

Tennessee Highway Patrol Reports Success During No Fatalities Challenge

The Tennessee Highway Patrol and state Department of Safety and Homeland Security say a goal to have zero fatalities on Interstate 40 over the Thanksgiving holiday appears to have been met. Seven other states participated in the challenge that involved …

Tennessee Focusing on Road Safety

The Governor’s Highway Safety Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol are reaching out to communities across the state to offer help in reducing traffic fatalities. The Tennessean reports that the agencies are putting more resources in counties that have the …

Tennessee Highway Patrol Graduates 7 New Canine Teams

The Tennessee Highway Patrol has graduated seven new canine teams that specialize in explosive detection. The teams were presented with a certificate and badge at a special ceremony held recently at the agency’s training center in Nashville. The six-week training …

Tennessee Highway Patrol to Increase Safety Measures for Halloween

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is once again stepping up safety measures for Halloween. Colonel Tracy Trott says in a news release that troopers will be conducting increased patrols and using other enforcement techniques to look for aggressive or impaired drivers …