Chief investigative reporter Jeremy Finley of WSMV 4 Nashville puts a blunt claim on the table: former Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers say internal pressure to hit DUI numbers is pushing officers to arrest sober people.
He doesn’t leave it at rumors. He brings taped meeting audio, internal “DUI maps,” and on-camera whistleblowers who say the quiet part out loud.
Ashley Smith, a former THP trooper, opens with the gut punch. “This is corruption,” she tells Finley. “We’re ruining people’s lives. We’re being forced to ruin people’s lives.”…