Former Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy’s indictment is a ‘sad day,’ mayor says

The indictment of former Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy shortly after she resigned from her position is a “sad day for our community,” a Tennessee mayor says. Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp made the remark Thursday after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced that a grand jury in his county returned a 17-count indictment containing felony and misdemeanor criminal charges against Murphy. “Those of us who have been entrusted to serve the public have a responsibility to keep that trust,” Wamp wrote on X. “The Chattanooga Police Department is a revered law enforcement…