Tag: MNPD

Nashville’s Elementary Schools to Lack SROs Despite $140 Million Allocation for Positions Statewide

Only one school district out of Tennessee’s four largest cities will not have SROs in every school this fall after the state legislature and Governor allocated $140 million for each district in the state to do so following the shooting at The Covenant School in March. The shooting, which happened in Nashville, inspired the legislature…


EXCLUSIVE: Covenant Shooter’s Former Schoolmates Recall Past Culture of Bullying at School

Editor’s Note: Former Covenant School students, Mary and Dorothy, along with their parents, spoke about their experiences with The Covenant School and Covenant Presbyterian Church in the early 2000s. They agreed to speak about their experience to The Epoch Times on the condition of anonymity, out of fear of reprisal and damage to their reputation…


Parents, Staff at Covenant School Join Prominent Officials in New Filings Seeking to Stop Release of Shooter’s Writings

An array of statements in support of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department’s denial of public records requests in connection with the March 27 mass shooting at The Covenant School have been filed this week. In total, around 25 statements supporting the decision to withhold the documents were made in just three days. Those filing in support…


Group of Private Schools, Nashville DA File Briefs Supporting Attempts to Halt Release of Covenant Shooter’s Manifesto

The support for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) to deny public records requests which sought the writings of The Covenant School shooter received new backing Monday, June 12, from Nashville’s District Attorney and a collective group of four private schools in a three-mile radius of Covenant. The District Attorney, along with the group of…


Covenant School Seeks Intervention in Open Records Lawsuits as Journal and Suicide Note Delivered to Court

An unredacted copy of the journal and suicide note found in the vehicle of Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale was delivered Friday to a Nashville court for review as part of a public records lawsuit, a lawsuit for which the Covenant School is now seeking court approval to intervene in due to the nature of…


Nashville Court Demands Covenant School Shooter’s Unredacted Writings for Review

A Nashville, Tennessee court has ordered the unredacted copies of a so-called manifesto and writings of Nashville Christian school shooter Audrey Hale to be delivered to a judge beginning Friday. The court order comes in a lawsuit by groups and individuals that sued the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) for the writings after their requests…