Tennessee

Maybe a fancy dress party?

SaysUncle has a story about Knoxville claiming the police accessories previously given to retiring officers. He's concerned about the gun question -- ie, should those guns already given away be confiscated from the officers to whom they were given (apparantly without authority)?

But the story contains this quote:

To accommodate that decision, Owen ordered all retired officers to sign a form this year agreeing that the uniforms, police badge, police identification card and weapon they were given upon retirement belonged to the city.

Forget the weapon, which is clearly useful for self-defense. What possible personal use is there for a uniform, police badge, and police identification card... aside from impersonating a police officer? Not that "badge control" could ever possibly work, but I've got to wonder how many retired police officers get out of speeding tickets by flashing their expired credentials.

Stop 'intimidating' protesters

After a firestorm of protest over the actions of Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents at a March 5 peace protest on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen demanded that TBI Director Larry Wallace change the agency's policies concerning surveillance of public assemblies.

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