A Rock Spring, Georgia private investigator, of A & A Investigations, has announced a press conference on Thursday, November 6, 2008 to discuss possible police misconduct by University of Tennessee at Chattanooga police officers.
Private Investigator Jerry Morris was retained by the parents of a former UTC student who apparently shot himself in an off-duty campus officer’s apartment on Aug. 29, 2008. According to the Chattanooga Police Department officers found alcohol in the apartment of Officer Chase Kilgore on Vine Street after the incident took place shortly after 2:30 a.m..
Private Investigator Jerry Morris has stated that University of Tennessee officers have provided alcohol to students in the past and have been witnessed attending college parties with students. Morris alleges that this behavior has been going on for years and he can provide several witnesses to the alleged misconduct.
The former student’s parents are also expected to speak at tomorrow’s news conference.
For more information regarding this incident see http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_134124.asp
For updates on this case see: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/nov/05/chattanooga-private-investigator-accuses-utc-polic/