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Carjacking Occurs on Clydeton Rd.

May 14, 2018 Carjacking Occurs on Clydeton Rd near Hwy 70 On Friday evening, a victim had her car forcibly taken from her after stopping at the railroad crossing on Clydeton Rd near Hwy 70.  The suspect, David Tyler Lowery, of Trinity, AL, jumped into the passenger side of her car while she was waiting on the train to cross.  He told her he had just walked away from the nearby Hope Center Drug Recovery Facility and was trying to go to Decaturville.  When she turned onto Hwy...

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WPD Announces SAFE Campaign Participation

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Waverly Police Department 02/01/2018 THE WAVERLY POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SAFE CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION The Waverly Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) for its fifth annual Seatbelts Are For Everyone (SAFE) campaign. This statewide initiative is designed to increase seatbelt usage and child passenger safety restraint usage through the implementation of occupant-protection programs, public events, and checkpoints throughout...

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Session 10 – Citizen’s Police Academy to Start in January

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December 15, 2017 Citizens Police Academy -Session 10 Announced Session 10 of the Citizen’s Police Academy (CPA) is set to begin Monday, January 15, 2018, at 6pm.  Chief Grant Gillespie and officers from the Waverly Police Department will conduct the program.  Classes are approximately three hours in length and are held every Monday night through March 19.  Topics covered in the course include an overview of the law enforcement profession, criminal law, drug enforcement,...

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Position Open for Public Safety Officer

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  The Waverly Department of Public Safety-Police and Fire is accepting applications for the position of Public Safety Officer (Police Officer). The Department of Public Safety is a 24 hour full service Police and Fire Department. Because of the unique mission of the department, Public Safety Officers are required to perform both law enforcement and firefighting duties. All Public Safety Officers are required to complete the Basic Police Academy and Basic Fire Academy. Public Safety...

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Waverly Police K9 Crockett has been awarded “Healthcare for K9 Heroes” Grant

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Media Release August 22, 2017 By:  Chief Grant Gillespie Waverly Police K9 Crockett has been awarded “Healthcare for K9 Heroes” Grant The Waverly Police Department K9 Unit received a grant providing health insurance coverage for its Police K9, Crockett.   The insurance will reimburse the department’s special drug fund for veterinary expenses. “This represents considerable savings to the department and allows us to use funds we would normally spend on our K9 in other drug...

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