Nashville Police Department places seven officers on administrative assignment after release of Covenant School shooter manifesto

Seven Metropolitan Nashville Police Department officers have been placed on administrative assignment following the release of photos of writings of the Covenant School shooter.

Administrative assignment is"when an employee has been approved by the appointing authority to be absent from their normal assigned tour of duty and no other type status is appropriate," according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department manual. The chief of police must authorize the reinstatement of the officer placed on administrative leave, the manual states.

This decision from the Metro Nashville Police Department comes after three pages of what appeared to be excerpts of the manifesto were leaked to Louder with Crowder, prompting outrage from officials. The police department, which has refused to release the manifesto to the public, confirmed that the photographs were"writings" related to the Covenant School shooting but did not specify whether they were from the manifesto.

The shooter was Audrey Hale, 28, who identified as a transgender man and opened fire at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, in March, killing three students and three adult staff members. Investigators released body camera footage showing police officers taking down Hale 14 minutes after the shooter entered the school.

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