[TN] Chattanooga Police Officer Kenneth Freeman accused of dv assault and threat to kill girlfriend

Officer Kenneth Freeman of the Chattanooga Police Department is off duty because of alleged domestic assault to a girlfriend. According to a police report filed early Saturday morning, Officer Freeman threatened to kill the girlfriend...



OFFICER KENNETH FREEMAN ON PAID LEAVE AFTER DOMESTIC ASSAULT CHARGE
chattanoogan.com
posted July 18, 2009
Officer Kenneth Freeman was relieved of duty Saturday morning amid allegations of domestic assault against a girlfriend.
Chattanooga Police responded to a call at 4040 Mountain Creek Road at 1 a.m. and talked to Rose Blanks who stated that Officer Freeman threatened her following an argument... Officer Freeman will be on paid leave pending an internal and criminal investigation. Officer Freeman was in the news last December in an incident in which he shoved a 71-year-old Wal-Mart greeter to the floor. He was suspended following that incident and was sued in Federal Court. Prior to that, he had a courthouse shoving incident with Lloyd Levitt. [Full article here]

CHATTANOOGA OFFICER ON PAID LEAVE, ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT
WDEF
Kristen Johnson
July 18, 2009
Officer Kenneth Freeman was relieved of duty this morning amid allegations of domestic assault against a girlfriend. Chattanooga Police responded to a call at 4040 Mountain Creek Road at 1 a.m. and talked to Rose Blanks who stated that Freeman threatened her following an argument. Investigators with the Youth and Family and Internal Affairs Divisions are working the case. Officer Freeman will be on paid leave pending and internal and criminal investigation. [LINK]

MORE DETAILS ON INVESTIGATION INTO CHATTANOOGA POLICE OFFICER KENNETH FREEMAN
WDEF
Amy Katcher
July 20, 2009
[Excerpts] Officer Kenneth Freeman of the Chattanooga Police Department is off duty because of alleged domestic assault to a girlfriend. According to a police report filed early Saturday morning, Officer Freeman threatened to kill the girlfriend after she jokingly said she'd call his wife... After making the initial statement the victim said she blew the situation out of proportion. But a neighbor of the victim tells us the two have had altercations in the past... The police report says the couple was drinking vodka and cranberry juice at an apartment in Alpine Villas Friday night. According to the report, Officer Freeman was in possession of his gun. "That's something we are looking into," Lt. Noorbergen said Monday. "There's allegations that there was alcohol. That Officer Freeman was drinking and if he was armed that could be a violation of our policy"... Since 1997 there have also been 26 citizen complaints against Freeman, but more than half have been unfounded. Lt. Noorbergen says the high number of complaints is because he works in high-crime areas. Lt. Noorbergen says Internal Affairs typically tries to finish investigations within 30 days. [Full article here]

Original Documents: Kenneth Freeman's Chattanooga Police Internal Affairs Records Show History of Complaints
Submitted by WDEF News 12 on July 23, 2009 - 12:24pm.
http://www.wdef.com/files/Officer_Ralph_K_Freeman.pdf
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