Attorney General Jeff Sessions to visit Nashville, speak to gathering of police

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is set to come to Nashville on Monday to address a national gathering of the Fraternal Order of Police. 

Sessions is set to kick off the four-day conference, which will be held at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. 

The conference, which is held every two years, will host police chiefs, sheriffs and federal officers from throughout the country. 

Earlier this month Sessions announced the formation of a new program within the Department of Justice to combat the opioid crisis that continues to plague the country. The program will help fund 12 assistant U.S. attorneys, including in East Tennessee, to help focus on investigating and prosecuting health care fraud related to prescription opioids.

In May, Sessions pointed to violent crime in Memphis while discussing his plans to pursue stricter charging and sentencing guidelines.

Sessions is the latest official in President Donald Trump's administration to visit Nashville in recent months. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross spoke at a recent gathering of the Republican National Committee. Ross' visit was preceded by Vice President Mike Pence, who spoke to the state Republican Party earlier this month. 

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price visited Music City in early July.