Tennessee at a glance
Population by race and Hispanic origin
States in this database with the most similarly-sized populations:
Full-time law enforcement staff in Tennessee
- 463 Agencies
- 17,785 Officers
- 10,346 Civilian staff
Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents
- 2.58 Tennessee
- 2.2 National average
Federal grant funding
USA Spending grants to Tennessee at the state level have not yet been reviewed, please check back soon. To see grant funding to cities and counties within Tennessee, scroll down to the “Cities and counties we’re monitoring” section of this page.
Military equipment transfers
We were unable to locate any military equipment transfers for this location using the LESO Property Transferred to Participating Agencies database published by the Defense Logistics Agency, or transfer data for this state has not yet been reviewed by our staff. This state may have also acquired military equipment for policing via other sources or programs which is not reported here.
Counties and cities we’re monitoring in Tennessee
Data was last updated September 6, 2022
Counties
| Funding | Misconduct and Settlements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Population | Grant funding found | Military equipment value | Consent decree | Public misconduct database | Settlements |
| Knox County | 466184 | $2,781,075.10 | $3,015,496.60 | No | No | None found |
| Shelby County | 936611 | $9,836,661.63 | $2,072,577.08 | No | No | None found |
Cities
| Funding | Misconduct and Settlements | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Population | Officers per 1000 people | Grant funding found | Military equipment value | Consent decree | Public misconduct database | Settlements |
| Chattanooga | 181370 | 3.11 | $1,321,596.87 | $0.00 | No | No | None found |
| Clarksville | 156092 | 2.28 | $4,455,977.85 | $0.00 | No | No | None found |
| Hendersonville | 57888 | 2.39 | $390,000.00 | $1,526,346.88 | No | No | None found |
| Jackson | 67036 | 3.55 | $3,108,659.00 | $6,333,324.00 | No | No | 1 settlement with compensation totaling $1,050,000.00 |
| Knoxville | 187487 | 2.62 | $4,192,758.26 | $833,459.00 | No | No | None found |
| Memphis | 650910 | 3.94 | $13,159,295.44 | $1,233,948.00 | No | No | None found |
| Murfressboro | 141704 | 2.13 | $0.00 | $455,940.00 | No | No | None found |
| Nashville | 667070 | 2.79 | $14,389,373.19 | $292,349.00 | No | No | None found |