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WKRN reports:

An investigation is underway to determine if a Metro police officer’s contact with alleged prostitutes crossed the line.

Via WKRN:

Metro police confirm to News 2 there is an internal investigation into allegations Detective Wayne Fisher went too far during two separate prostitution stings.

According to the case files, the alleged incidents happened in 2007; one in a hotel room and the other in a car.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol has wrapped up its investigation of state trooper Ronnie Shirley's unauthorized snooping into the background-check databases of 182 Tennessee citizens, including a reporter who was making things difficult for the Bredesen administration by exposing its scandalous re

From Theo Emery:

A Tennessee Highway Patrol officer ran a background check of Tennessean reporter Brad Schrade shortly after Schrade wrote about punishments doled out to troopers for leaking information.

The Tennessean calls for an independent investigation into the latest scandal involving the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Bredesen administration:

The public should have full confidence in this investigation, and we don't see how an internal investigation would ac

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An investigation into conduct at a Metro fire station has led to discipline against five people.

Captain Michael Crume will be demoted to firefighter.

Also, firefighters Jeffrey Warbritton, Norman Crawford, Richard Brantley and John Carpenter will be suspended without pay for two weeks.

A Metro Nashville sexual harassment case may be heard by the Supreme Court to determine whether a law protecting government whistleblowers applies:

If the high court agrees to hear the case, it could broaden federal whistleblower laws to protect workers from retaliation when they cooperate with internal workplace sexual harassment investigations.