TBI releases annual School Crime Study
May 15, 2018
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released a new study today, detailing the volume and nature of crime on K-12 campuses across the state.
The annual report compiles three years of crime data submitted to TBI by the state’s law enforcement agencies through the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS).
TBI releases “Crime on Campus 2017” Study
March 15, 2018
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released to the public its annual crime study detailing the volume and nature of crime on the state’s college and university campuses.
‘Crime on Campus 2017’ compiles data submitted to TBI by the state’s colleges, universities, and law enforcement agencies through the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS).
New TBI report details Firearm-Related Crime in Tennessee
December 14, 2017
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released a report today detailing the nature and volume of reported firearms-related crime across the state over a four-year period.
The report, “Firearm Violence in Tennessee: 2013-2016,” utilizes data submitted by the state’s law enforcement agencies through the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS).
Tennessee Leaders Call for Increased Awareness about Fentanyl
June 16, 2017
Nashville, TN – Fentanyl: It’s here; it’s deadly and not just illegal users are at risk. Along with fentanyl there are other, more powerful drugs like carfentanil that are being used in counterfeiting legal drugs like Percocet and even counterfeiting of illegal heroin.
That’s the message leaders from the Tennessee Department of Health, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security provided today during a press conference at TBI headquarters in Nashville.
Tennessee Leaders say Misuse of the Powerful Drug Fentanyl and it’s Derivatives are Causing Overdoses and Deaths.
Tennessee issues Public Health Advisory on Fentanyl
April 30, 2017
Nashville, TN – Fentanyl, an exceptionally powerful drug used legally to treat extreme pain, has found its way to the illegal drug market, and it is killing people.
According to three departments and one agency of Tennessee State Government, overdose deaths associated with fentanyl are increasing in the state and law enforcement officials have found the drug in counterfeit versions of commonly misused pain relief pills.
Misuse and Accidental Use of Powerful Drug Fentanyul can be Fatal.
1,451 Tennesseans Die from Drug Overdoses in 2015
November 17, 2016
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Health data show 1,451 people died from drug overdoses in the state in 2015.
This is the highest annual number of overdose deaths recorded in state history and brings the five-year total for Tennessee to 6,036 lives lost. That figure is approximately the equivalent of every person on 40 mid-size jet liners dying.
Deadly Epidemic of Substance Use Disorders Continues to Grow in Tennessee.
Four Tennessee Agency Leaders call for increased awareness about Fentanyl
August 30, 2016
Nashville, TN – Following a public health alert update last week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on increased risk of overdose and fatalities associated with Fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and compounds, commissioners and directors from four Tennessee departments are urging the public to have increased awareness about the substance.
Deadly, Illegally Sold and Often Cheap Drug Cited by CDC in Alert Update Issued Last Week
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports Suspect Apprehended, Charges Pending in Shooting Death of TBI Agent
August 9, 2016
Jackson, TN – Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting death this afternoon of a TBI Special Agent during the course of an ongoing drug investigation.
Preliminary information indicates Special Agent De’Greaun Frazier was one of several agents working alongside the Metro Narcotics Unit during a controlled buy this afternoon around 2:00pm in a vehicle in the area of Brianfield Cove.
TBI Special Agent De’Greaun Frazier was shot and killed this afternoon during a controlled Narcotics buy.
TBI School Crime Report shows continued decreases in Reported Incidents
June 22, 2015
Nashville, TN – Today, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released its annual study into the volume and type of crime on school campuses in Tennessee.
The study, “School Crime 2012-2014,” utilizes data collected by TBI in 2012, 2013, and 2014 through the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS).
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announces results of Week Long Human Trafficking Operation
May 31, 2015
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced results of a week-long operation to better understand and combat human trafficking in Tennessee.
With the partnership of the Brentwood Police Department, the Clarksville Police Department, and End Slavery Tennessee, TBI Agents embarked on an undercover operation to identify potential victims of trafficking, arrest those seeking to purchase illicit sex, and learn more about the specific nuances of this type of crime.
It is Human Trafficking and Tennessee Won’t Stand for It
