The Knoxville Police Department (KPD) has issued a warning about a wave of deceptive phone calls sweeping through the community. These calls, which officials say are the work of scammers posing as law enforcement, have the sole intent to illegally siphon money from victims. According to WVLT, these con artists have taken to impersonating KPD officers, even dropping the names of actual members of the force to lend credibility to their claim.