Tag Archives: Cookeville Police

Cookeville Police Department working to implement a new program to help respond to calls dealing with mental illness or substance abuse. Retired Major Ken Sircy is working to facilitate a grant with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). He said ultimately, this serves as an alternative response and a better response for those suffering from mental crises or substance ... Read More »

The Cookeville Police Department Life Saving Award given to three officers who helped save a woman from fire two weeks ago. “I couldn’t have been more impressed to see their teamwork and their courageousness in the way that they went into a structure fire and we’re not firemen,” Police Chief Randy Evans said. “But a smoke filled room, obviously very ... Read More »

Cookeville Police Department located a reported missing child at the bottom of a nearby pool Thursday. Police responded to the report in the 1100 block of East 10th Street. Officers immediately jumped into the pool to rescue the child and began performing life-saving measures on the unconscious three-year-old girl. The child was transported to Cookeville Regional Medical Center by ambulance ... Read More »

A two-year-old boy was ejected from a vehicle after an accident Monday morning. According to reports from Cookeville Police, 28-year-old Heather Phillips of Cookeville was traveling westbound on West Jackson Street near Maxwell Street when the vehicle left the roadway while negotiating a left curve and struck a utility pole. The two-year-old was not secured in a child safety seat ... Read More »

Cookeville Police Department applying for grant money through the new state Violent Crime Intervention Fund. Chief Randy Evans said the fund has some $100 million set aside for local law enforcement agencies. “They’re mainly for evidence-based programs, technology, and any strategies developed for violent crime reduction,” Evans said. “It’ll be a grant period from March of 2023 to June of ... Read More »

Cookeville Police Department investigating a three-vehicle collision on Spring Street near J. S. Breedlove Drive on Halloween night. Public Information Officer Lieutenant Anthony Leonard said the accident occurred after a vehicle crossed the center line, striking two other vehicles. One person was transported by EMS to the hospital. As of 8 p.m., Spring Street from Dry Valley Road to J.S. ... Read More »

Retired Cookeville Police Captain Bobby Anderson was killed in a motorcycle accident Friday morning at 50-years-old. Anderson was driving a 2019 Honda Goldwing motorcycle in the area of Buffalo Valley Road near Eagles Landing Drive. The accident involved Anderson’s motorcycle and a dump truck. The Cookeville Police Department responded to the scene at 9:16 a.m.  After realizing that Anderson was ... Read More »

Cookeville Police was approved to get new gear for the department. Chief Randy Evans said that the brand new purchases include 73 protective masks for some $15,257. “We have some of those in the inventory and have had for many years within the SWAT team and other functions in the department,” Evans said. “But we’re trying to outfit the entire ... Read More »

Cookeville City Council will consider an agreement to provide the police department with co-responder services for mental health-related situations. Police Chief Randy Evans said that in entering the agreement, Volunteer Behavioral Health Systems would be ready to hire an individual to provide service immediately. “It provides if you will, to use the term ’embedded,’ a mental health co-responder with law ... Read More »

The Cookeville Police Department will purchase four new hybrid vehicles for $36,000 each. Chief Randy Evans said it was a first for the department. The department will also purchase three standard SUVs at $33,000 each. Evans said they’ve been looking at studies, and motivations for the purchase came from nature of the car industry moving in this direction, and that ... Read More »