Kanika Jackson, 40, Smyrna
Officers with the Smyrna Police Department recently culminated a criminal investigation into a teacher at Smyrna High School by making an arrest. In February of 2024, SPD was notified via a DFS hotline report that Kanika Jackson, 40 of Smyrna, who was employed as a teacher at Smyrna HS was allegedly verbally and physically abusive towards students in class. SPD School Resource Officers and detectives immediately notified the Smyrna School District, who placed the employee on administrative leave. Officers then began a thorough investigation in conjunction with the Department of Justice. Investigation revealed that on three separate occasions during this school year, Ms. Jackson placed her hands on students in a physical manner, causing them offense and alarm. In one instance, she allegedly grabbed a student’s hair and pulled it. In another, she is alleged to have grabbed a student’s neck and shaken them. In the final incident, she is alleged to have grabbed a student by the neck and pushed them into a wall. On Wednesday, June 12th at approximately 1130 a.m., investigators with SPD took Ms. Jackson into custody without incident at her residence. She was brought to SPD and formally charged with 3 counts of Offensive Touching. She was presented via video court to JP#2 where she was released on her own recognizance pending a future court hearing.
It should be noted that this investigation is separate from the ongoing Smyrna Elementary criminal investigation.
Where are the teachers that abused the children at smyrna elementary?? Why aren't they posted? Allegedly??