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Norris Bulletin: Norris hires new police chief, separates public safety departments

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The town of Norris will have a new police chief beginning July 3.

According to the Norris Bulletin, it was announced during the Norris City Council meeting on Monday that William “Chip” Kain has been hired to serve as Norris’s next police chief. Kain is currently chief of police in the town of Baneberry, Tennessee. Kain has previously served with the University of Tennessee Police Department and the Clinton Police Department. He also once co-hosted a sports talk show on a Knoxville radio station. He succeeds Danny Humphrey, who stepped down earlier this year.

The Bulletin also reported that the City Council voted to reorganize the city’s Public Safety Department. The reorganization will essentially create separate police and fire departments, a move that supporters say will allow members of both to be more efficiently trained and supervised. That reorganization was unanimously approved.

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Norris public safety director to retire

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Chief Danny Humphrey, who serves as Norris public safety director, will retire in March, according to the Norris Bulletin.

Humphrey, who has had a 39-year career in law enforcement, is in charge of the Norris Police and Volunteer Fire Department.

He worked for the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department for almost 18 years before he joined the Norris Police force, the Norris Bulletin said. Humphrey was named chief by former Norris City Manager Benny Carden in 1999.

See the Norris Bulletin, a weekly publication, for more information. You can email publisher and executive editor Jack Mitchell at norrisbulletin@horizonusa.com.

No injuries reported, but cat dies in Norris fire that might have started at laptop

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No injuries were reported but a cat died after a kitchen fire in a Norris home last Friday, authorities said. (Photo courtesy Norris Fire Department/Chief Danny Humphrey)

 

NORRIS—No injuries were reported but a cat died after a kitchen fire in a Norris home last Friday, authorities said. The cause of the fire isn’t known, but authorities said it might have started at a laptop in the kitchen.

The fire was reported at 169 Garden Road at 9:48 a.m. Friday, February 19.

Norris Fire Department firefighters saw heavy smoke when they arrived, according to an incident report. The fire was in the kitchen and had not spread to other areas of the home, the report said. Firefighters were able to extinguish it. [Read more…]