Davidson County Most Wanted Sources
Start with the MNPD Criminal Warrants Division. That office points visitors to its Criminal Warrants Facebook account. The account runs a weekly Most Wanted feature. MNPD frames it as a public-safety notice. It covers violent offenses, crimes against children, sex crimes, burglary, and habitual traffic-felony warrants. The brochure calls the weekly selection a Top 10. Remember, it is a changing social post. It is not a full index of Davidson County warrants or a roster of everyone in custody.
A wanted notice and a booking record answer different questions. One asks the public for help finding someone. The other documents a custody event at the county jail, followed later by a court file. A notice may carry a photo. That image stays on the official post, though, and should not be mistaken for a current jail booking photo.
Current posts appear on the MNPD Criminal Warrants Facebook account. The permanent page and brochure help when a post has rotated out or is unavailable. A weekly cadence has limits. The same ten listings do not stay visible all week, and not every county warrant shows up.
The MNPD warrants page names the official division and its weekly posting route.
Go to the source for the current notice rather than trusting a copied or stale listing.
Note: Davidson County wanted notices are selective public appeals, while confirming an individual criminal warrant requires the in-person police or court route.
Davidson County Wanted Listing Details
An MNPD wanted post is a sketch, not a file. It usually names the person police hope to find and may pair that name with a photo. Some entries add a warrant number or a short reason for the search. Others skip those fields entirely. The department does not promise that each weekly listing carries every detail, so gaps are normal rather than a sign of a problem. What the post does best is point you toward one thing: the tip line. Call that number instead of trying to settle questions a court record exists to answer.
| Listing element | What it can show |
|---|---|
| Name | The identity MNPD identifies in the weekly public appeal, which still needs careful confirmation. |
| Photograph | An image carried by the official wanted notice, not proof that a person is in current Davidson County custody. |
| Charge or category | The stated warrant context, such as the categories described by MNPD, rather than a court disposition. |
| Warrant context | Information that explains why MNPD is requesting tips, without a promise that all case details are posted. |
| Tip direction | The official or Crime Stoppers channel for information, not a direction to contact or follow the person. |
Court proceedings can change what a listing said. For a resolved case, look to the court system. A missing or thin social post does not mean a warrant was cancelled. The same caution applies when two people share a similar name.
Use Davidson County Wanted Posts Safely
Keep a wanted notice in its lane. It tells you that MNPD is making a public appeal about a certain case, nothing more. A stranger's face on a flyer is not something to act on alone. Read the post where the agency posted it, and pass along anything you know only through the tip channels named there. After an arrest, the person's custody details move into county systems, and the Davidson County booking and roster page shows where those records live.
- Open the official MNPD warrants page and use its link to the current weekly Most Wanted post.
- Read the person name, stated warrant context, and any safety instruction without assuming the post supplies a complete case history.
- If information may help, use Crime Stoppers or law enforcement rather than contacting, tracking, or confronting the person.
- For a case outcome, use the Criminal Court Clerk's official record route after verifying the right person and case.
MNPD's appeal is a request for information, not an invitation for bystanders to investigate. Immediate danger? Contact emergency services. For non-emergency tips about a wanted notice, use the stated channels and keep the line clear between a public post and a verified legal record.
Davidson County Crime Stoppers Tips
The MNPD warrants brochure lists two Crime Stoppers channels for Davidson County tips. Call 74-CRIME, also written 742-7463. Or text CASH to CRIMES at 274637. Rewards can reach $1,000 at the board's discretion, though nothing is guaranteed. Use the channels only for information that can be passed along to the appropriate public-safety partners.
Crime Stoppers contact
Call: 74-CRIME (742-7463)
Text: CASH to CRIMES (274637)
Reward: Up to $1,000, paid at the board's discretion
More details: MNPD Criminal Warrants brochure
Crime Stoppers takes reports. It does not confirm warrants. MNPD's no-phone-confirmation rule still stands for anyone checking a possible warrant involving themselves. Never risk personal safety to gather material for a tip.
Note: Crime Stoppers reward decisions are discretionary, so check MNPD's brochure for current program terms before counting on a reward amount.
Check Davidson County Criminal Warrants
Davidson County offers no unrestricted online MNPD warrant search by name. The Criminal Warrants Division will not give warrant information over the telephone. If you believe a warrant may exist, go in person. Bring photo identification to the police division. That is the official confirmation path. It differs from scrolling a weekly Most Wanted post or calling a general jail-information line.
- Review the MNPD Criminal Warrants page for current instructions before travel.
- Bring photo identification for an in-person criminal-warrant inquiry at the office listed by MNPD.
- For court-side case, bond, or warrant information, contact the State Warrant and Bond Office or the Criminal Court Clerk.
- If a warrant seems mistaken, outdated, or tied to a pending case, speak with counsel or the court and follow the official resolution process.
MNPD Criminal Warrants Division
MNPD Criminal Warrants Division
440 3rd Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37201
615-862-7685
State Warrant and Bond Office
State Warrant and Bond Office
512 First Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37201
Staffed around the clock. Call 615-862-5670 for warrant information.
MNPD posts two different sets of service hours on its page. One runs 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The other goes until 11:00 p.m., seven days a week. The two conflict, so check the official page for current hours before you go. Calling the office number will not get you a warrant answer. MNPD policy is firm on that point: no warrant information is given over the phone.
Davidson County Warrant Record Routes
People often say "warrant" and "wanted" as if they meant the same thing. In Davidson County, the records route depends on what you are actually asking. MNPD owns the official criminal-warrant confirmation path. The court's warrant and bond office covers the court side of the matter. DCSO Civil Warrants does something else entirely. Its job is civil process. So it cannot substitute for a criminal-warrant check through MNPD.
| Warrant-related route | Best use | Important limit |
|---|---|---|
| MNPD criminal warrant inquiry | Official in-person check with photo ID for a possible criminal warrant. | MNPD does not provide warrant information by telephone. |
| State Warrant and Bond Office | Court-side warrant and bond questions at the Criminal Court Clerk. | It is not presented as a complete public online name database. |
| MNPD weekly Most Wanted post | A curated public appeal for tips about selected wanted people. | It is not a complete Davidson County warrant list. |
| DCSO Civil Warrants Division | Civil process, orders of protection, and criminal subpoenas or summons. | It is not a replacement for the criminal-warrant confirmation route. |
The Criminal Court Clerk adds case and bond context that can matter once a warrant is resolved or an arrest happens. That court history sits at a later stage than a wanted post.
Davidson County Digital Wanted Sources
MNPD's weekly Facebook feature is the verified local digital wanted source. No DCSO jail app exists with a confirmed public booking-photo feature. That gap matters. A wanted post is not a jail-app result, a roster row, or a photo search. DCSO's systems cover custody and offender information. MNPD's weekly social post, by contrast, highlights selected wanted appeals.
TDOC FOIL, reached through the MyTN Public Safety area, plays a different role. It serves people in state custody or supervision. It can show an offender profile, a status, and sometimes a photo. It will not confirm a current Davidson County booking or a standing county warrant. The TDOC FOIL information page keeps the state-custody route separate from MNPD's wanted notices.
A specific case calls for the police or court route first. A safety tip about a public notice goes to MNPD or Crime Stoppers. Keeping these lines straight matters. It stops a limited weekly post from being stretched into a claim about every Davidson County warrant, every booking photo, or a person's legal status. It also keeps a state offender profile from standing in as proof of a county arrest, release, or warrant.
Note: A TDOC offender profile covers state custody or supervision, while an MNPD wanted post covers a selected public appeal.