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KPD e-News Release: Kingsport Police Stress Motor Vehicle Occupant Protection with Seat Belt Checkpoint
David Quillin, Chief of Police
200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660
In 2015, seat belt use in passenger vehicles saved an estimated 13,941 lives nationwide. That same year, seatbelts could have saved Two,804 extra lives if everyone had chosen to buckle up. Many Americans understand the lifesaving value of the seat belt – the national use rate is at 90.1 percent – but almost 27.Five million people still don’t buckle up.
In the State of Tennessee, a disturbance of the seatbelt law is considered a primary offense, meaning that if an officer observes a motorist not wearing a seat belt, the officer may stop and cite the motorist for the seatbelt disturbance without observing any other offenses.
Wearing a seat belt can lightly make the difference in a motorist being earnestly injured or killed in a crash versus literally walking away from the crash with minor injuries or entirely unscathed. The Kingsport Police Department encourages ALL occupants of ALL motor vehicles to wear their seat belt ALL of the time. It is the law, but more importantly, it might just save a life.
To serve as a reminder, on the afternoon of Thursday, September 7, 2017, K.P.D. will be conducting a Seat Belt Checkpoint at an undisclosed location in the City of Kingsport.
Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit
KPD e-News Release: Applications Now Being Accepted for a Law Enforcement Career with the Kingsport Police Department (2nd Notice)
David Quillin, Chief of Police
200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660
Individuals who are interested in a career in law enforcement are encouraged to apply. All applicants must either already be at least twenty one years of age or be turning twenty one by no later than April 24, two thousand seventeen (six months after the test date). Applicants are asked to only submit their application once, as weeding out duplicate applications hampers efficiency. All applications must be submitted online using the following link:
Following the September 24th deadline, all applicants will receive a confirmation email, as well as a letter by traditional mail, containing further instructions regarding the upcoming police applicant testing procedures. All applicants will fall under a series of assessments, beginning with a written examination on the morning of October 24, 2017. The written examination will be administered at the Civic Auditorium, located at one thousand five hundred fifty Fort Henry Drive in Kingsport.
While not a requirement, applicants are strongly encouraged to invest in the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR) “Entry-Level Police” probe guide or “Police Investigate Guide Bundle” to assist them in preparing for this examination. These explore guides are presently priced very reasonably at $20 and $30 respectively and are available for purchase at the following link:
Applicants who successfully pass the written examination will advance forward to a physical agility evaluation the same afternoon. The physical agility evaluation will consist of a timed one-mile run and a timed harshly one-quarter-mile obstacle course designed to measure fitness, strength, agility, and stamina as related to the duties of a Police Officer.
Applicants are also strongly encouraged to participate in a voluntary practice session for the physical agility evaluation. This session will take place on October Ten, two thousand seventeen at 1:00 PM (two weeks prior to the actual test date) at Domtar Park, located at one thousand four hundred fourteen Riverport Road in Kingsport. Individuals must have an application on file and sign a waiver in order to be eligible to participate in this practice session.
A series of interviews will go after the written examination and physical agility evaluation, beginning with an interview panel and ultimately an interview with the Chief of Police, to further vet the top performing candidates and determine the final selections.
The current beginning salary for Police Officer Trainee is $15.76 per hour or $32,791 annually. Applicants who are already certified law enforcement officers may be eligible for a salary adjustment to compensate for prior practice if certain criteria are met. Academy training and all essential equipment including uniforms, firearms, figure armor, and duty gear are provided by the department. K.P.D. also issues take-home police cruisers to officers meeting specific residency requirements.
City of Kingsport employee benefits include direct payroll deposit; paid vacation, holiday, and sick leave; employee life insurance; optional supplemental and dependent life insurance; long-term disability; health insurance; optional dental insurance; nimble spending accounts; ICMA RC four hundred one retirement; and optional ICMA RC four hundred fifty seven retirement.
A brief highlight movie of the Kingsport Police Department has been made available for viewing on the K.P.D. YouTube channel via the following link:
For extra information regarding the application process, please call the City of Kingsport Human Resources Department at 423-229-9401. For extra information regarding a law enforcement career at the Kingsport Police Department, please call the K.P.D. Public Information Officer at 423-229-9433.
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KPD e-News Release: K.P.D. Now Accepting Applications for Upcoming Class of Citizens Police Academy (2nd Notice)
David Quillin, Chief of Police
200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660
The Academy is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, October 11, two thousand seventeen at 6:00 PM. Classes will meet twice each week on Wednesday and Thursday evenings for four consecutive weeks at 6:00 PM, with the final class being held on Thursday, November Two, 2017. Each class will run approximately two to three hours in duration.
The Citizens Police Academy is not designed to prepare citizens to become actual police officers; however, it will give citizens a chance to walk a few steps in an officer’s boots to practice what it might be like to serve as a police officer and to better understand why officers do what they do. Citizens Academy classes include an interesting mix of classroom presentations, demonstrations, and arms on activities.
Class topics include:
1) An Introduction to K.P.D. with a Tour of the Justice Center
Two) Collision and D.U.I. Investigations
Three) Crime Scene Investigations
Four) The Bomb Squad
Five) The Police K-9
6) Traffic Stops and Building Searches
7) Defensive Tactics and the Use of Force
8) S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics)
The deadline to submit an application will be Friday, September 15, two thousand seventeen at Five:00 PM. Anyone interested in participating in the Citizens Academy needs to submit a fresh application, regardless of whether or not they have previously submitted an application.
For more information, and to download an application, please visit https://www.kingsporttn.gov/police-department/programs_for_citizens/citizen-police-academy. For any questions regarding the Citizens Police Academy or for further assistance in applying, please contact K.P.D.’s Public Information Officer at 423-229-9433.
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KPD e-News Release: Thorough yet Quick Police Work Results in Numerous Felony Juvenile Arrests and Well Over $100,000 in Recovered Property
David Quillin, Chief of Police
200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660
On August 28, two thousand seventeen a burglary occurred at Friendship Cars, located at one thousand eight hundred forty eight East Stone Drive in Kingsport. During the burglary, four vehicles with a total value in excess of $116,000 were stolen. Through further investigation, three teenage juveniles were identified as the suspects involved in this incident.
On August 31, 2017, another burglary occurred at Gunslingers, located at three thousand one hundred ninety two East Stone Drive in Kingsport. During this burglary, several guns with a total value in excess of $Ten,000 were stolen. Through further investigation, two teenage juveniles were identified as the suspects involved in this incident.
Detectives were able to link the two crimes together with a common denominator, as one of the suspects in the burglary at Gunslingers was also involved in the burglary at Friendship Cars.
The three juveniles in the Friendship Cars incident have been charged with Burglary and Theft over $60,000 while the two juveniles involved in the Gunslingers incident have been charged with Burglary and Theft over $Ten,000. All have since been apprehended. At the time the one juvenile who was involved in both incidents was arrested, he was in possession of a loaded handgun that had been stolen from Gunslingers.
All four stolen vehicles and over half of the stolen firearms have already been recovered. Both of these cases remain open and active investigations with the possibility of extra charges pending. As such, and since juveniles are involved, absolutely no extra information can or will be released at this time.
Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit
KPD e-News Release: K.P.D. Now Accepting Applications for Upcoming Class of Citizens Police Academy
David Quillin, Chief of Police
200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660
The Academy is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, October 11, two thousand seventeen at 6:00 PM. Classes will meet twice each week on Wednesday and Thursday evenings for four consecutive weeks at 6:00 PM, with the final class being held on Thursday, November Two, 2017. Each class will run approximately two to three hours in duration.
The Citizens Police Academy is not designed to prepare citizens to become actual police officers; however, it will give citizens a chance to walk a few steps in an officer’s footwear to practice what it might be like to serve as a police officer and to better understand why officers do what they do. Citizens Academy classes include an interesting mix of classroom presentations, demonstrations, and arms on activities.
Class topics include:
1) An Introduction to K.P.D. with a Tour of the Justice Center
Two) Collision and D.U.I. Investigations
Three) Crime Scene Investigations
Four) The Bomb Squad
Five) The Police K-9
6) Traffic Stops and Building Searches
7) Defensive Tactics and the Use of Force
8) S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics)
The deadline to submit an application will be Friday, September 15, two thousand seventeen at Five:00 PM. Anyone interested in participating in the Citizens Academy needs to submit a fresh application, regardless of whether or not they have previously submitted an application.
For more information, and to download an application, please visit https://www.kingsporttn.gov/police-department/programs_for_citizens/citizen-police-academy. For any questions regarding the Citizens Police Academy or for further assistance in applying, please contact K.P.D.’s Public Information Officer at 423-229-9433.
Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit
KPD e-News Release: Applications Now Being Accepted for a Law Enforcement Career with the Kingsport Police Department
David Quillin, Chief of Police
200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660
Individuals who are interested in a career in law enforcement are encouraged to apply. All applicants must either already be at least twenty one years of age or be turning twenty one by no later than April 24, two thousand seventeen (six months after the test date). Applicants are asked to only submit their application once, as weeding out duplicate applications hampers efficiency. All applications must be submitted online using the following link:
Following the September 24th deadline, all applicants will receive a confirmation email, as well as a letter by traditional mail, containing further instructions regarding the upcoming police applicant testing procedures. All applicants will go through a series of assessments, beginning with a written examination on the morning of October 24, 2017. The written examination will be administered at the Civic Auditorium, located at one thousand five hundred fifty Fort Henry Drive in Kingsport.
While not a requirement, applicants are strongly encouraged to invest in the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR) “Entry-Level Police” examine guide or “Police Probe Guide Bundle” to assist them in preparing for this examination. These explore guides are presently priced very reasonably at $20 and $30 respectively and are available for purchase at the following link:
Applicants who successfully pass the written examination will advance forward to a physical agility evaluation the same afternoon. The physical agility evaluation will consist of a timed one-mile run and a timed toughly one-quarter-mile obstacle course designed to measure fitness, strength, agility, and stamina as related to the duties of a Police Officer.
Applicants are also strongly encouraged to participate in a voluntary practice session for the physical agility evaluation. This session will take place on October Ten, two thousand seventeen at 1:00 PM (two weeks prior to the actual test date) at Domtar Park, located at one thousand four hundred fourteen Riverport Road in Kingsport. Individuals must have an application on file and sign a waiver in order to be eligible to participate in this practice session.
A series of interviews will go after the written examination and physical agility evaluation, beginning with an interview panel and ultimately an interview with the Chief of Police, to further vet the top performing candidates and determine the final selections.
The current beginning salary for Police Officer Trainee is $15.76 per hour or $32,791 annually. Applicants who are already certified law enforcement officers may be eligible for a salary adjustment to compensate for prior practice if certain criteria are met. Academy training and all essential equipment including uniforms, firearms, bod armor, and duty gear are provided by the department. K.P.D. also issues take-home police cruisers to officers meeting specific residency requirements.
City of Kingsport employee benefits include direct payroll deposit; paid vacation, holiday, and sick leave; employee life insurance; optional supplemental and dependent life insurance; long-term disability; health insurance; optional dental insurance; lithe spending accounts; ICMA RC four hundred one retirement; and optional ICMA RC four hundred fifty seven retirement.
A brief highlight movie of the Kingsport Police Department has been made available for viewing on the K.P.D. YouTube channel via the following link:
For extra information regarding the application process, please call the City of Kingsport Human Resources Department at 423-229-9401. For extra information regarding a law enforcement career at the Kingsport Police Department, please call the K.P.D. Public Information Officer at 423-229-9433.
Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit
KPD e-News Release: Kingsport Police Department Investigating Fatal Crash on Fairview Avenue (Update)
David Quillin, Chief of Police
200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660
A two thousand sixteen Nissan Frontier pickup had been left unoccupied by the previous driver, Tina M. Robinson, in the nine hundred block of Fairview Avenue. Ms. Robinson had left the hazard/emergency lights flashing; however, the vehicle was illegally parked and downright blocking the only northbound travel lane of Fairview Avenue. She had deliberately placed the pickup there, so that she and her companions could blast furniture into it from the roadside.
Meantime, a two thousand seven Yamaha F6S motorcycle, ridden by Hunter M. Isley, was northbound on Fairview Avenue, approaching the nine hundred block. According to numerous independent witnesses, Mr. Isley was driving at an excessive rate of speed and recklessly (allegedly performing the stunt commonly known as a wheelie) when he lost control of the motorcycle.
The motorcycle struck the rear end of the pickup. Mr. Isley died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. One of Ms. Robinson’s companions, Gary D. Arnold, was standing in the roadway behind the pickup when the motorcycle crashed into it. He is believed to have been possibly injured when he was struck by either the motorcycle or resultant debris; however, he refused medical treatment at the scene.
The investigation into this fatal crash is active and ongoing by the K.P.D. Traffic Unit with the possibility of charges pending. As such, no extra details will be released at this time.
Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit
KPD e-News Release: Kingsport Police Department Investigating Fatal Crash on Fairview Avenue
David Quillin, Chief of Police
200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660
Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit
KPD e-News Release: K.P.D. to Playmate with THSO and NHTSA to Discourage Impaired Driving and Step Up Enforcement Labor Day Weekend
David Quillin, Chief of Police
200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660
The Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) is Tennessee’s advocate for traffic safety. The THSO fucking partners with community advocates and law enforcement agencies across the state to reduce impaired-driving crashes, injuries, and fatalities. Booze It & Lose It is Tennessee’s statewide campaign that runs from August Legitimate, two thousand seventeen through September Four, 2017, coinciding with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) national campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.
Driving under the influence (DUI), also known as driving while intoxicated (DWI), buzzed driving, or impaired driving, is the crime of driving a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol and/or drugs, including those prescribed by physicians. In Tennessee, a toasted driver’s level of intoxication is typically determined by the measurement of blood alcohol content (BAC). A BAC measurement of 0.08% defines the criminal offense.
Being convicted of driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol can influence your life in many ways, including loss of employment, prevention of employment in certain jobs, higher insurance rates, serious financial setbacks, private and family embarrassment, and incarceration.
This year, the Kingsport Police Department is partnering with both the THSO and NHTSA to stop buzzed drivers and help save lives. During the high-visibility state and national enforcement campaigns, local law enforcement will showcase zero tolerance for buzzed driving. Enhanced state and national messages about the dangers of driving impaired, coupled with enforcement and enlargened officers on the road, aim to drastically reduce inebriated driving on our nation’s roadways.
Statistics showcase a panicking trend in buzzed driving. According to NHTSA, Ten,265 people were killed in drunk-driving crashes in 2015, an increase from the 9,967 people killed in 2014. On average, Ten,000 people were killed each year from two thousand eleven to 2015—one person killed every fifty one minutes in 2015. That’s the equivalent of twenty jumbo jets crashing each year, with no survivors. This is why the Kingsport Police Department is working with THSO and NHTSA to remind drivers that inebriated driving is not only illegal, it is a matter of life and death. As you head out to Labor Day festivities, recall: Booze It & Lose It, so either Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.
Over the Labor Day holiday period in 2015, there were four hundred sixty crash fatalities nationwide. Forty percent of those fatal crashes involved drivers who had been drinking (.01+ BAC). Of those alcohol-related fatal crashes, one third (33%) involved drivers who were buzzed (.08+ BAC), and almost one-fourth (23%) involved drivers who were driving with a BAC almost twice the illegal limit (.15+ BAC). Nighttime is the most dangerous time to be out on the roads: During the two thousand fifteen Labor Day holiday period, seventy eight percent of drunk-driving crash fatalities occurred inbetween six p.m. and Five:59 a.m. – as compared to half of all drunk-driving crash fatalities via the rest of the year.
The Kingsport Police Department is stressing the dangers of driving impaired to our community. Tipsy driving is a massive problem in the United States, with more than Ten,000 people dying annually. If you’re out on the roads and you see someone driving tipsy, please report it. You could help save a life.
The Kingsport Police Department, THSO, and NHTSA are reminding citizens of the many resources available to get them home securely. Buzzed driving is not acceptable behavior. It is essential to plan a sober rail home before you ever leave for the party. That’s why, via the year, but especially during this Labor Day holiday, there will be zero tolerance for inebriated driving. There are just no excuses.
The Kingsport Police Department recommends safe alternatives to drinking and driving:
- Recall that it is never okay to drink and drive. Even if you’ve only had one alcoholic beverage, designate a sober driver or plan to use public transportation to get home securely.
- Download NHTSA’s SaferRide mobile app available on Google Play for Android devices and Apple’s iTunes Store for IOS devices. SaferRide permits users to call a taxi or a predetermined friend, and identifies the user’s location so he or she can be picked up.
- Call a cab or a friend. Use community sober rail programs if available.
- If you see a buzzed driver on the road, contact the Kingsport Police Department.
- Have a friend who is about to drink and drive? Take the keys away and make arrangements to get your friend home securely.