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Thirty-five new police officers graduated from the police training program today and will receive their badges and take the oath of office at a ceremony in the War Memorial Auditorium.
The acting police chief Deborah Faulkner and Mayor Bill Purcell will both speak at the ceremony which begins at 7p.m.
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Police have identified the two men who were wounded during a robbery outside 577 Charles E Davis Blvd. Saturday as Markeith Miller, 20 of Pecan St. and Billy Miller, 32, of Ewing Dr.
According to police records, the two men were walking to Billy Miller’s car when they were approached by two gunmen who demanded that they empty their pockets. Markeith Miller fled across the street and was shot in the buttocks. Billy Miller received multiple gunshot wounds.
The suspects took the Suburban, which was recovered Saturday afternoon on Decatur Ave.
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Metro police have identified the man shot to death Sunday in the parking lot at Charles E. Davis Blvd. as Daryl Eugene Mosby, 20, of Pennock Avenue.
Police believe that Mosby was approached at about 1:30 a.m. for an apparent robbery by at least two gunmen while with friends.
Detective are searching for Fredrick Dernell Alexander for questioning in connection with Mosby’s murder. Witnesses reported seeing Alexander armed with a pistol fleeing the scene. Alexander, 29, of Boscobel St., is also named in a parole violation warrant issued earlier this month.
Investigators are determining whether Mosby’s murder is in any way connected to Saturday’s robbery-related shooting incident outside 577 Charles E Davis Blvd.
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Vanderbilt police play a limited but important role in the emergency medical service system, said Andrew Atwood, director of crime prevention.
“All 911 calls are routed to the police station first,” said Atwood. “If there’s a medical emergency, the dispatcher will call the appropriate people, but we still send a patrol car out.”
Atwood said officers often arrive at the scene first and may have to stabilize the situation until the fire department or paramedics arrive.
He also said that the police have first access to the caller’s whereabouts and better knowledge of the Vanderbilt area.
“The county departments can’t tell who’s calling like we can,” Atwood said “We respond quicker than outside agencies.”
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