KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Knoxville police officer cited for theft resigned months after being caught on video shoplifting while on duty, according to the Knoxville Police Department.
A spokesperson for KPD said Tyler Wheeler, 32, resigned from his position before he was supposed to meet with Chief Paul Noel on Friday morning for a pre-disciplinary hearing.
On June 10, Knoxville police received a report that a uniformed KPD officer had shoplifted from a convenience store on Kingston Pike…