An off-duty Metro Nashville Police officer was arrested and charged by officials with the Smyrna Police Department.
Officer Jonathan Frith was charged with two misdemeanors: resisting a police stop and evading arrest, stemming from a dispute with one of his neighbors just after midnight Sunday.
Smyrna police reported that Frith and another neighbor were derogatorily shouting at the residence of a person who lives near them after being warned to stay off that person’s property.
When officers returned to the home a second time, Frith refused to stop after being ordered to do so and, later, would not return to the immediate scene.
Frith, 31, who has been with the MNPD for eight years, was released from Smyrna police custody after posting bond.
The MNPD’s Office of Professional Accountability is conducting an administrative investigation of his actions.
