HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — A colonel with the Tennessee Highway Patrol testified before state lawmakers Wednesday, claiming that the agency has no quota for DUIs and that all arrests are ‘valid.’
We spoke with a former THP trooper who says she disagrees, and felt pressured to make DUI arrests while working for the agency.
Legislation passed in May of last year requires the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) to report sober DUI arrests made by law enforcement departments across the state.
Recent data showed 419 “sober DUI” arrests were made in 2024, many of them made by THP…