The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is the primary provider of law enforcement services for Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. The MNPD covers a total area of 526.1 square miles (1,363km2) that encompasses everything from high density urban locations to rural areas.
Composition and organization
The departm00 personnel, including over 1450 full-time sworn members. The department responds to more than 950,000 police calls per year on average. The most recent census ranked Nashville as the 21st largest U.S. city. In 2000 the Department of Justice ranked the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department as the 36th largest U.S. police department.
The department is configured in a decentralized format, providing its precinct commanders with control of their own resources to address issues and crime trends in their areas. The department is divided into eight precincts: North, South, East, West, Central, Hermitage, Madison, and Midtown Hills. A precinct is designed similarly to a medium-sized police department, with uniform patrol, undercover officers, directed patrol officers, plainclothes detectives, and other specialties.
In 1963, the City of Nashville and the Davidson County government merged, so the county government is now known as the "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County," or "Metro Nashville" for short.
Davidson County has the largest population in the 13-county Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–FranklinMetropolitan Statistical Area. Nashville has always been the region's center of commerce, industry, transportation, and culture, but it did not become the capital of Tennessee until 1827 and did not gain permanent capital status until 1843.
History
Davidson County is the oldest county in the 41-county region of Middle Tennessee. It dates to 1783, when the North Carolina legislature created the county and named it in honor of William Lee Davidson, a North Carolina general who was killed opposing General Cornwallis and the British Army's crossing of the Catawba River on February 1, 1781. The county seat, Nashville, is the oldest permanent European (white) settlement in Middle Tennessee, founded by James Robertson and John Donelson during the winter of 1779-80. The first white settlers established the Cumberland Compact in order to establish a basic rule of law and to protect their land titles. Through much of the early 1780s, the settlers also faced a hostile response from Native American tribes who resented their encroaching on their territory and competing for resources. As the county's many known archaeological sites attest, Native American cultures had occupied areas of Davidson County for thousands of years. The first whites to enter the area were fur traders. Long hunters came next, having learned about the large salt lick, known as French Lick, where they hunted game and traded with Native Americans.
Madison Precinct Detectives Fired Upon During Traffic Stop
A gunman is in custody this evening after he opened fire on three Madison Precinct detectives just before 1 p.m. on Dickerson Pike. They returned fire.
published: 04 Apr 2023
Federal lawsuit filed against Metro Nashville Police
Metro Nashville Police and two individual officers are named in a federal lawsuit following a shooting of a woman in March 2021.
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Nashville Metro Police release body camera footage of Covenant School shooting response
The video released Tuesday shows the police response took roughly three and a half minutes from the moment officers arrived to when the shooter was killed.
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Become a Police Officer in Nashville
The MNPD is hiring and Music City is a great place to become a police officer. Visit www.joinmnpd.com or contact our Background and Recruitment Unit at 615-862-7341 for more information.
published: 12 Feb 2021
MNPD Employees of the Year for 2023
Chief John Drake this afternoon congratulated the MNPD's 14 Employees of the Year for 2023
published: 22 Feb 2024
More Video Released of deadly Metro officer-involved shooting
Warning the video is graphic. News 2's Stassy Olmos goes through newly released body camera footage with a Nashville attorney who has worked on civil rights cases including police conduct. She explains how the tragic situation escalated so quickly.
published: 15 Mar 2021
Aggressive Drivers: Metro Nashville PD officer weighs in on potential solutions
Mix officer shortages with population growth and you get a recipe for aggressive driving. One Metro officer has cooked up potential solutions, but he says the government needs to get involved.
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A gunman is in custody this evening after he opened fire on three Madison Precinct detectives just before 1 p.m. on Dickerson Pike. They returned fire.
A gunman is in custody this evening after he opened fire on three Madison Precinct detectives just before 1 p.m. on Dickerson Pike. They returned fire.
A gunman is in custody this evening after he opened fire on three Madison Precinct detectives just before 1 p.m. on Dickerson Pike. They returned fire.
Metro Nashville Police and two individual officers are named in a federal lawsuit following a shooting of a woman in March 2021.
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Nashville, Tennessee is a growing city and the Metro Nashville Police Department is growing with it! We are hiring NEW and LATERAL police officers to join us in...
Nashville, Tennessee is a growing city and the Metro Nashville Police Department is growing with it! We are hiring NEW and LATERAL police officers to join us in serving this great city and its citizens. Check out joinmnpd.com today for more information!
Nashville, Tennessee is a growing city and the Metro Nashville Police Department is growing with it! We are hiring NEW and LATERAL police officers to join us in serving this great city and its citizens. Check out joinmnpd.com today for more information!
The video released Tuesday shows the police response took roughly three and a half minutes from the moment officers arrived to when the shooter was killed.
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The video released Tuesday shows the police response took roughly three and a half minutes from the moment officers arrived to when the shooter was killed.
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The MNPD is hiring and Music City is a great place to become a police officer. Visit www.joinmnpd.com or contact our Background and Recruitment Unit at 615-862-...
The MNPD is hiring and Music City is a great place to become a police officer. Visit www.joinmnpd.com or contact our Background and Recruitment Unit at 615-862-7341 for more information.
The MNPD is hiring and Music City is a great place to become a police officer. Visit www.joinmnpd.com or contact our Background and Recruitment Unit at 615-862-7341 for more information.
Warning the video is graphic. News 2's Stassy Olmos goes through newly released body camera footage with a Nashville attorney who has worked on civil rights cas...
Warning the video is graphic. News 2's Stassy Olmos goes through newly released body camera footage with a Nashville attorney who has worked on civil rights cases including police conduct. She explains how the tragic situation escalated so quickly.
Warning the video is graphic. News 2's Stassy Olmos goes through newly released body camera footage with a Nashville attorney who has worked on civil rights cases including police conduct. She explains how the tragic situation escalated so quickly.
Mix officer shortages with population growth and you get a recipe for aggressive driving. One Metro officer has cooked up potential solutions, but he says the g...
Mix officer shortages with population growth and you get a recipe for aggressive driving. One Metro officer has cooked up potential solutions, but he says the government needs to get involved.
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A gunman is in custody this evening after he opened fire on three Madison Precinct detectives just before 1 p.m. on Dickerson Pike. They returned fire.
Metro Nashville Police and two individual officers are named in a federal lawsuit following a shooting of a woman in March 2021.
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Nashville, Tennessee is a growing city and the Metro Nashville Police Department is growing with it! We are hiring NEW and LATERAL police officers to join us in serving this great city and its citizens. Check out joinmnpd.com today for more information!
The video released Tuesday shows the police response took roughly three and a half minutes from the moment officers arrived to when the shooter was killed.
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The MNPD is hiring and Music City is a great place to become a police officer. Visit www.joinmnpd.com or contact our Background and Recruitment Unit at 615-862-7341 for more information.
Warning the video is graphic. News 2's Stassy Olmos goes through newly released body camera footage with a Nashville attorney who has worked on civil rights cases including police conduct. She explains how the tragic situation escalated so quickly.
Mix officer shortages with population growth and you get a recipe for aggressive driving. One Metro officer has cooked up potential solutions, but he says the government needs to get involved.
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The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is the primary provider of law enforcement services for Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. The MNPD covers a total area of 526.1 square miles (1,363km2) that encompasses everything from high density urban locations to rural areas.
Composition and organization
The departm00 personnel, including over 1450 full-time sworn members. The department responds to more than 950,000 police calls per year on average. The most recent census ranked Nashville as the 21st largest U.S. city. In 2000 the Department of Justice ranked the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department as the 36th largest U.S. police department.
The department is configured in a decentralized format, providing its precinct commanders with control of their own resources to address issues and crime trends in their areas. The department is divided into eight precincts: North, South, East, West, Central, Hermitage, Madison, and Midtown Hills. A precinct is designed similarly to a medium-sized police department, with uniform patrol, undercover officers, directed patrol officers, plainclothes detectives, and other specialties.
There's no "cookie-cutter plan" and security concerns change from one event to the next, MetroNashvillePoliceInspectorPreston Brandimore said during the meeting availability Friday ... Metro Nashville ...
The Smiths, who live in Antioch, are among dozens of families dealing with a rash of car thefts that have been on the rise in Nashville in recent years, according to Metro Nashville PoliceDepartment data.
Here is a list of Nashville's most dangerous areas compiled by WalkBike Nashville using 2023 data from the Metro Nashville PoliceDepartment and NDOT... the Metro Nashville Police Department reported.
The boy told police he opened fire on a car with several people inside because he thought it was connected with local vehicle burglaries, according to a news release from the MetroNashvillePoliceDepartment... Wednesday, police said.
I think about public safety from the standpoint of crime and safety and wanting to make sure that we have all of the right tools there, including what our MetroNashvillePoliceDepartment and law enforcement are working on the criminal legal side.
“By embracing a more inclusive approach to zoning, we can address its housing challenges while preserving the vibrant, diverse communities that make the city unique.” MetroNashvillePoliceChiefJohn Drake.