Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) Chief John Drake last week announced a new Violent Crimes Division to investigate car jackings, armed robberies, and other violent incidents of an apparent serial nature.
According to an MNPD press release, this new division becomes effective December 1.
“Precision policing is one of the three key pillars of our police department, in addition to organizational excellence and community engagement,” Drake said in the press release.
“The new Violent Crimes Division will take a precision county-wide approach to identify and arrest those persons in our community whose acts of violence pose real threats to the safety of Nashvillians and businesses.”
Lieutenant Charles Beasley, who currently leads the Hermitage Precinct’s Investigations Unit, will lead the new Violent Crimes Division.
“That model had been in temporary effect since late August,” the MNPD press release said.
“During that time the special robbery initiative has made a total of 66 arrests related to robbery investigations and recovered 33 suspected crime guns.”
MNPD officials said in a separate press release last week that they charged Devonte Jones, 19, with aggravated kidnapping and robbery. This, for allegedly carjacking a woman outside an apartment complex in the 3900 block of Bell Road. He subsequently and allegedly escaped after he wrecked the stolen vehicle on the I-24 exit ramp to Shelby Avenue and forced his way into another motorist’s car, the press release said.
“The carjacking victim was sitting in her silver Ford SUV when Jones allegedly approached her and shined a bright flashlight into her eyes, threatening to shoot her if she did not give him her vehicle. She complied and Jones drove off, eventually wrecking on the I-24 exit ramp onto Shelby Avenue,” according to the MNPD press release.
Jones is currently in jail in lieu of $105,000 bond, the MNPD press release said.
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Well this is a couple of years late
“The new Violent Crimes Division will take a precision county-wide approach to identify and arrest those persons in our community whose acts of violence pose real threats to the safety of Nashvillians and businesses.”
So what about the rest of the cops on the force?
“Look Johnny, perp has a gun. Better call this one in. Dealing with violent crimes isn’t in my job description.”
So, it will be hamstrung by the COB. The new police chief is scared of his own shadow. #VotetheBumsOut!
Did someone J-walk in the mayor’s neighborhood? Or perhaps someone allowed their dog to defecate on his lawn! Maybe, a neighborhood dog chased the mayor’s cat! Something like that obviously must happened near to where one of the city leaders live, why else would they abandon the “defund the Police” mantra?
It’s a typical elitist reaction and a typical failed Democrat response! Cooper & Cooper must go!
Amen!
This “select” crew, of Nashville’s new Democrat-Party controlled brown-shirts will be comprised of “special” Democrat-Party “selected” people who WILL, willingly, go “mom’s-door-to-mom’s-door”, to help this corrupt federal government’s Seek Kyle, Seek Kyle, Seek Kyle FBI. And push CRT, and other similar hateful, and separatist, ideals. Probably remove the unvaccinated from their homes, and force them into camps, like Australia does, today.
It is unfortunate, for the USA, that mother’s caring for their children, and their children’s educations, ARE classified as “terrorists”, NOW. That is, literally, an official statement by TODAY’S… FBI. (Aka, Nashville’s Democrat-Party controlled and equally corrupt partner).
PS: In case you are a democrat from Nashville, or educated by the left-o-nuts: the word, “mother”, is the word YOU think means, “people without a prostate”.