TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 30, 2020

The city of Nashville has created a review committee to assist with the selection of the next police chief, the Tennessean reports. Among those named to the five-member committee was Victor “Torry” Johnson, who served as Davidson County district attorney from 1987 to 2014. He is now a professor at Belmont University College of Law, where he teaches criminal law and procedure, wrongful convictions and trial advocacy. Other members are Deb Faulkner, who oversees the Franklin Police Department; Jill Fitcheard, executive director of Nashville’s Community Oversight Board; former Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director Mark Gwyn; and Diane Lance, head of Metro’s Office of Family Safety. The committee plans to meet next month and help narrow the applicants to a list of finalists.