THP Officer Checked On Schrade Shortly After Report

By Kleinheider Posted on August 26, 2008 at 5:20 am

From Theo Emery:

A Tennessee Highway Patrol officer ran a background check of Tennessean reporter Brad Schrade shortly after Schrade wrote about punishments doled out to troopers for leaking information.

Lt. Ronnie Shirley, the target of an internal probe into why he ran unauthorized checks of up to 182 people, used a law enforcement database portal to look at Schrade’s driver’s license information on Jan. 15, 2007.
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Special Agent Troy Human of the THP’s Criminal Investigation Division disclosed the date Monday while he and another THP agent interviewed Schrade as part of the internal investigation.

Human said the check would have revealed Schrade’s driver’s license information, photo and Social Security number, according to Schrade. It would not have included his driving history, according to the THP’s parent agency, the state Department of Safety.

Just days before Shirley ran the check, Schrade had reported on an appeals hearing in which four disciplined THP officers denied wrongdoing associated with leaked allegations of exam tampering for trooper recruits.

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