Law enforcement leaders in Knoxville report that after seeing a record-high number of murders in 2020, five years of compassionate, proactive policing have brought that statistic plummeting down to historically low rates.
The conversation was perhaps the most surprising to take place during last week’s Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama Benchmarking Trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, a two-day whirlwind of meetings and panels with local leaders across as many sectors as possible.
More than five dozen ambassadors from the Tuscaloosa area were on the trip, and last Tuesday, they met with four leaders from police agencies in and around Knoxville…