NASHVILLE (AP) — State officials are sponsoring document shredding Saturday in Nashville to promote identity theft awareness.

The Consumer Affairs Division of the Department of Commerce and Insurance and the Tennessee Attorney General's Office will have personnel at the LP Field parking lot where citizens can safely shred and dispose of outdated, private records.

Members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Department of Safety and Homeland Security will distribute information on preventing such theft.

Gary Cordell, state consumer affairs director, said identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in Tennessee.