Metro Police chief under investigation amid allegations of having sex on the job
The chief faces allegations of having sex in his office on company time.
The Metro Nashville Police Department confirms an investigation into Chief John Drake amid allegations of having sex in his office on company time.
By:
Jennifer Kraus
Posted 1 hour and 10 minutes ago
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake is now under investigation by his own department.
Chief Drake is accused of having a sexual relationship with a woman on company time.
The chief apparently had a relationship last year with a woman. There's nothing unusual or surprising about that. By all accounts, it was a consensual relationship between two consenting adults. The chief is not married. And the woman does not work for the police department.
But the reason we are here telling you about this is that there are allegations that the two spent time together during work hours. And that some alleged sexual encounters happened at the Metro Nashville Police Department Headquarters on Murfreesboro Road.
A Metro Police spokesperson told
NewsChannel 5 Investigates that this is "currently under investigation by the Office of Professional Accountability." That's the police department's internal affairs office that looks into complaints of misconduct against members of the MNPD.
The police spokesperson also told us that Chief Drake had no statement or anything to say on the matter, but that he is cooperating with the department's investigation.
We know investigators will look at text messages allegedly between Chief Drake and the woman.
NewsChannel 5 Investigates has obtained some of these messages. And we are still working to authenticate them before we share them and their contents.
