Ten officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) have been reassigned duties following an investigation into the November 6 leak of the manifesto written by Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale, according to reports.
MNPD confirmed to FOX 17 News this week that 10 officers from the threat section of the department’s Specialized Investigation Division will “transition out of the division next month” as part of the reassignment.
Police further confirmed to the outlet that the reassignment of the 10 officers is “in connection to the release of the three photos that were taken at the Covenant scene.” However it “is not considered a disciplinary action” and that “no one is losing rank.”
“MNPD acknowledges that these individuals were questioned as part of a leak investigation which did not identify any current MNPD employees or employees of any partner agency in the leak,” a Metro Police spokesperson said in a statement, according to FOX 17 News.
Steven Crowder released three pages of the Covenant School shooter’s manifesto.
After Crowder released the documents, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell ordered an investigation from Metro Legal to determine how the photos of the manifesto were leaked.
Last month, MNPD Chief John Drake announced that the department had “exhausted” its investigative options to discover the identity of the law enforcement professional who leaked images of the manifesto and further revealed that a former MNPD detective had opted against cooperating with his former employers’ investigation.
“The investigation has not identified current MNPD employees, or employees of any partner agency, as engaging in the unauthorized release of the images,” Drake (pictured above) said last month. “A number of individuals were interviewed, cooperatively, and electronic devices forensically examined, as part of the investigation. Attempts were made last month to interview a former MNPD detective who possessed the images as part of his official duties. That person declined and is no longer a member of law enforcement. The department does not have the ability to compel statements or cooperation from former employees.”
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
Photo “John Drake” by Metro Nashville Police Department. Background Photo “Covenant School” by Metro Nashville Police Department.
There is a common denominator with this mass shooting and all others ever since the ‘going postal’ phrase came to be.
What drugs were the shooters being treated with, the side effects and the individual that prescribed the Meds. The Congress and Senate are well aware of how dangerous the drugs can be, and still do nothing.
Some of the shooters had Prozac in their system.
A drug that can cause violence. Some steroids can also cause violence.
The public is being kept in the dark. Why!
The Covenant murder perp may very well have had FBI handlers and/or provocateurs who they want to protect. School mass murder shootings are ALWAYS and immediately seized upon as a pretext for citizen disarmament by deep state, tyrannical politicians. They are obvious.
So they did nothing wrong, but are getting kicked off their assigned group, and it’s not a punishment. Doesn’t make much sense. Need better leaders. Release this girls manifesto.
Whoever is withholding the Hale documents are IN VIOLATION of the law. And furthermore, cowards.
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” —John F. Kennedy
The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.” —John F Kennedy
They reacted bravely and quickly, and now find themselves getting reassigned. It is likely for not ratting out their fellow officer. If the brass had done its job and released the Hale documents, this would not be a consideration.
If they had released the documents, perhaps it may have thwarted the transgender shooter in Iowa.