After five officers were fired and three more suspended in the wake of a sex scandal that rocked rural Tennessee, the department’s chief was himself dismissed Monday.
After five officers were fired and three more suspended in the wake of a sex scandal that rockedin rural Tennessee, the department’s chief was himself dismissed Monday, according to city officials. Prior to his termination, La Vergne Police Chief Burrel “Chip” Davis had been on paid administrative leave but had contributed to an internal investigation late last year that did not name Davis as a participant in the illicit activity.
A third-party investigator, hired by the city to probe what Davis knew about the rampant culture of unreported sexual trysts between officers in his department, and when, found that the former chief, with full knowledge of what was going on, failed to discipline the involved individuals.
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