Earlier this year, University of Tennessee Law Enforcement Innovation Center partnered with the Memphis Police Department (MPD) to establish the MPD Leadership Academy. Continue reading LEIC Takes Leadership Training to Memphis PD
Nearly 28 million people are currently enslaved around the world, with traffickers raking in $150 billion a year. UT Southern Assistant Professor and Program Chair of Criminology and Homeland Security Richard Schoeberl works to help solve this crisis. Continue reading ‘Something Had to be Done’
Employees from the Tennessee Department of Correction participated in the first course for public information officers held in November 2022. Continue reading LEIC Develops Public Information Officer Certification
Close to 800 newly elected county officials gathered in Franklin in August to ready themselves to take office. Continue reading CTAS Hosts Orientation for Newly Elected County Officials
LEIC began training UT police officers in its Cultural Competency program, developed in partnership with the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. Continue reading Law Enforcement Innovation Center Rolls Out Cultural Competency Training
IPS will offer two new training and technical assistance programs in 2021 with help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Continue reading IPS Receives USDA Grants
The 401-bed hospital is in the former Commercial Appeal building in the Memphis Medical District. Continue reading UTHSC Prepares COVID-19 Hospital
On a crisp spring morning, 17 U.S. Army forensic science technicians closely studied seven crime scenes deep in the forest in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Continue reading Center Hosts Forensic Invitational
With the majority of drug overdose deaths attributed to opioids, UT Law Enforcement Innovation Center partnered with BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee Health Foundation to do something about it. Continue reading Increasing Incidents
Under this new arrangement, the center will tailor its mission to providing language services to state and local government entities in support of industrial recruitment and economic development. Continue reading Tennessee Foreign Language Institute Joins UT
Law enforcement’s forensic training heads to the woods. Continue reading Hands On
In 2016, Tennessee legislators approached the LEIC to expand their training on investigating domestic violence and sexual assault to help campus investigators. Continue reading LEIC Trains Campus Investigators
Inside the Law Enforcement Innovation Center’s simulation of confrontation.
Continue reading Virtual Danger
The UT Law Enforcement Innovation Center provided domestic violence and sexual assault training throughout the state. Continue reading Stop Domestic Violence
Longtime UT Extension executive Herb Byrd III became UT system vice president for public service, leading the statewide Institute for Public Service, on Jan. 1. Continue reading New Vice President Leading UT Institute for Public Service
The new Tennessee Legislative Leaders Academy program offers leadership trainings throughout the year for newly elected state legislators. Continue reading Training New Legislators
It took two botched police lineups, several erroneous witness statements and no physical evidence to lock up 14-year-old Anthony Williams for life in the shooting of a fellow teen he did not know. Twenty years later, a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga psychology professor helped unravel the case and set Williams free. Continue reading Twenty Years to Life
Twenty-four law enforcement officers wearing khaki pants and navy shirts are busy measuring, taking notes and poking yellow rods into various objects like car seats, windows, concrete, clothing and walls. Continue reading The People’s Experts
UT Martin tops safest campus ratings. Continue reading Safe Place
Paulette Sutton’s bloodstain analyses can mean life or death Continue reading Seeking the Truth in Blood Trails
Tony Parker locks up prisoners at Northwest Correctional Complex, but sending them out to productive lives is more rewarding. Continue reading He Holds the Key
Seizing opportunities is nothing new for William Mackall, the UT Martin Hall of Fame football player and undercover police officer. Continue reading Roadside Savior
UT is a leader in the development of alternative fuels, and Dr. Bill Bass has solved the mystery of “The Big Bopper.” Continue reading Fuels, Funds, and a Solved Mystery
