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WEBVTT D WITH THREATS OF TERRORISM. KCCI'S LAURA TERRELL IS KNOXVILLE TONT, WHERE POLICE ARE ON HIGH ALER LAUR POLICE SAY BREAKS MADE THE THREAT WHEN THEY WERE POKING HIM INTO THE JAIL. HE SAID HE WOULD -- THEY WERE POKI HIM INTO THE JAIL. HE SAID HE WOULD GET A G AND SHOOT POLICE OFFICERS. KNOXVILLE POLICE CHIEF DAN LOSADA SAYS THREATS LIKE THIS ARE NO JOKE, AND THAT'S WHY CORIE BRIGGS IS BEHIND BAR >> I WILL TELL YORIGHT NOW, -- LAUR CHIEF LOSADA SAYS HIS OFFICERS AND SURROUNDING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE NOW AWARE OF BRIGGS AND HIS THREATS. IT ALL STARTED FRIDAY WHEN A KNOXVILLE POLICE OFFICER NOTICED BRIGGS DRIVING ERRATICALLY AND THEN RAN HIS LICENSE PTE TO DISCOVER IT DIDN'T MATCH THE CAR. >> THEY TOLD THE SUBJECT HE WAS UNDER ARREST. HE RESISTED ARREST. LAURA: BRIGGS REMAINED COMBATIVE AND EVENTUALLY MADE THE THREATS AS OFFICERS WERE PUTTING HIM IN HIS JAIL CELL. >> I HONESTLY DO NOT BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT HE WOULD EVER CARRY OUT A THREAT LIKE THAT. LAURA: BRIGG'S SISTER SAYS THIS IS OUT OF CHARACTER, SHE CLAIMS HER BROTHER WAS HEARTBROKEN BY THE DEATHS OF SERGEANT TONY BEMINO AND OFFICER JUSTIN MARTIN ON NOVEMBER 2. >> HE HAD JUST BEEN TO THE JUST KILLED, -- WHO WERE JUST KILLED, AND BROUGHT FLOWERS AND DONUTS, AND WAS CRYING. >> WE TELL OFFICERS TO BEWARE OF AMBUSHES. LAURA: IN THIS TRYING TIME FOR POLICE OFFICERS, REMINDERS ARE EVERYWHERE OF THE DANGERS OF THE JOB AND THE FEAR OF NOT COMING HOME. >> THESE LAST FEW MONTHS, WHEN I GET READY TO COME TO WORK, I MAKE SURE MY BEST TO SPENDING A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER, MAKE SURE MY

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A Knoxville man faces felony charges after he threatened to shoot police officers. Corie Briggs, 34, was charged with threats of terrorism after police say he made the threats to officers who booking him into the Marion County Jail for a traffic citation. Courts documents show Briggs said he was going to “get a handgun and shoot you. Just like the other ole boy did up there in Des Moines to those other two officers." “You make that statement to a police officer in Iowa right now, they are going to take you seriously,” Knoxville Police Chief Dan Losada said. Losada said Knoxville officers and surrounding law enforcement agencies are now aware of Briggs and his threats. The incident started Friday when a Knoxville police officer noticed Briggs driving erratically and then ran his license plate, discovering it did not match the car. “They told the suspect he was under arrest and he resisted arrest by striking one of my officers in the face more than once,” Losada said. Police said Briggs remained combative and eventually made the threats as officers were putting him in his jail cell. Briggs’ sister, Amy Boylan, said she cannot believe her brother made the threat. “I honestly do not believe in my heart that he would ever carry out a threat like that,” Boylan said. Boylan said Briggs’ behavior is out of character, and that her brother was heartbroken over the deaths of Sgt. Tony Beminio and Officer Justin Martin on November 2. “He had just been to the memorial for the officers that were killed and brought flowers and doughnuts, and was crying,” Boylan said. “So I was very surprised he would say something like that.” “We have signs reminding officers to keep their head on a pivot (and) beware of ambushes,” Losada said. Losada said in this trying time for police officers, reminders are everywhere of the dangers of the job. “These last few months when I come to work, I make sure my vest is fitting a little bit tighter,” Losada said. “I make sure my weapons are functioning properly and take care of myself and remind myself that my goal is to go home for the day at the end of my shift.” Briggs is being held in the Marion County Jail. In addition to being charged with threats of terror, Briggs was charged with assault on a peaceful officer with the intent to commit serious injury, driving while barred, interference with official acts and fifth-degree criminal mischief.Knoxville police said they are keeping an eye on him when and if he gets out.