Grassroots Intervention

Council approves financial support for a new community-based program charged with blocking gun violence in city streets.

Changing of the Guard

After being sworn in as KPD’s new chief, Paul Noel takes the first step toward instituting new accountability training for the department.

Every Monday, we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.

Reclassifying deputy chiefs would give the new KPD leader the ability to hire his top commanders from outside the department.

Council approves a third-party examination of KPD to coincide with the arrival of the city’s new police chief.

Council will take up Mayor Indya Kincannon’s proposed $434.1 million budget and accompanying property tax increase on Tuesday.

As Knoxville’s new police chief, Paul Noel vows to focus on crime, community, culture and career development.

Noel will bring a flavor of New Orleans’ police reforms to Knoxville when he takes the reins of KPD in June.

Kincannon picks a nationally known reform advocate from New Orleans to lead the Knoxville Police Department.

Council hears details of a proposed new pay structure for city employees that would increase wages and salaries across the board.