The Knoxville Police Department has decided to stop notifying Tennessee coach Butch Jones when one of his players gets into legal trouble, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported Friday.
"After reviewing our long-standing practice of courtesy notifications to the University of Tennessee administration of incidents involving UT students, it is clear that no investigations were compromised or improper information provided," Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch said in a statement. "But in the interest of transparency and to alleviate any appearance of conflict of interest, we have changed the previous practice, to ensure that investigators focus without hindrance on finding the facts and bringing justice to victims of crime.