PODCAST (Click Play Above) - In this engaging episode of the WGNS Action Line, we talk with Murfreesboro Police Chief Michael Bowen and Captain Clayton Williams (Photo L: Bowen / R: Williams). Topics covered on today’s program include the construction of a brand-new police precinct and overall crime trends in the growing city.

Have criminal cases increased as Murfreesboro’s population has expanded, or have crime rates actually declined when compared to population growth over the past 10 to 20 years? The discussion takes a closer look at how the city has changed from a community of around 49,000 residents in the mid-to-late 1990s to a population that now exceeds 180,000 people.

That rapid growth is leading to long-range public safety infrastructure improvements, including Murfreesboro’s first standalone police precinct planned for the western corridor along Veterans Parkway.

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