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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Tennessee.. According to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 375 law enforcement agencies employing 15,976 sworn police officers, about 256 for each 100,000 residents.
Sheriff Buford Pusser served as the sheriff of McNairy County from 1964 to 1970. Selmer, as the county seat, is the location of the courthouse and old jail, which was his base of operations. His story has been made famous in the Walking Tall movies starring Joe Don Baker and Bo Svenson. The movies were filmed in nearby Henderson.
According to a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), the McNairy County Sheriff's Office responded to an animal welfare call at a home in Betel Springs, located about 97 ...
McNairy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census , the population was 25,866. [ 3 ] The county seat and largest city is Selmer . [ 4 ]
Connor Brackin, the now former McNairy County Sheriff’s deputy, responded to the house in Bethel Springs, Tenn., on Nov. 4, following a call to check on the dogs, according to Atlanta News First.
The Tennessean ran a front page story on Aug. 13, 1967 the day after McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser's wife, Pauline, was killed in an ambush outside of Selmer, Tennessee.
Buford Pusser, Sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, from 1964 to 1970, was born in Finger. [12] Several movies and a television series were based on his life. References
In 1964, he decided to run for McNairy County Sheriff, and his opponent, James Dickey, died in a car accident just before the election. Pusser served as the McNairy County Sheriff from 1964-69.