JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A local attorney’s whistleblower complaints about the Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have gained additional merit as many more people have provided evidence to a non-profit helping that attorney, the group’s founder told News Channel 11.
John Tye, an attorney and prominent former whistleblower, said much additional evidence has come to the non-profit Whistleblower Aid since he first spoke to News Channel 11 on July 1. He asked the community for information during that interview, and Whistleblower Aid also used targeted social media ads designed to gain more accounts related to JCPD’s alleged failure to fully investigate rape and other allegations against a downtown Johnson City business owner.
“The new inquiries we’ve had over the last couple weeks have solidified a lot of things, have opened up new prospects that we weren’t aware of a couple weeks ago and have really validated a lot of the facts in the complaint,” Tye said.
Whistleblower Aid, a 5-year-old organization that’s already represented Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen as well as other prominent government and corporate cases, is representing Kateri “Kat” Dahl, a former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney who worked at JCPD from 2019-2021 through an agreement with the region’s federal attorney’s office.
“Our mission is to help whistleblowers, witnesses, report what they know lawfully, safely and securely,” Tye said.
“We help people like...
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