The Tennessean reminds us of the history of the THP under the Bredesen administration which has exerted significant political influence over it.
Do we really want a sequel?
UPDATE: Gail Kerr adds that Bredesen has failed to remove its undue political influence from the THP:
Here’s the rotten truth: Gov. Phil Bredesen promised to clean up the state cop shop. He has not.
Corruption and political patronage in the Tennessee Highway Patrol appear to be as rampant as ever. The governor says it is better than it was three years ago. One hopes there is some truth to that. But it sure looks like the second verse of the same sad song.
Time after time after time, someone in the THP has been accused of doing something illegal or improper. And time after time after time, they simply got away with it.
For example, a state trooper who fixed a ticket is now under investigation again, this time for accusations that he ran unauthorized criminal background checks on private citizens and state employees. Who was his mentor — J. Edgar Hoover?
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