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The Memphis Police Department was founded in 1827. [6] In 1878, the 55-man police department was devastated by the yellow fever epidemic with all 55 officers stricken, and 10 officers dying. [6] By 1927, the city's murder rate was 69.3 per 100,000 population, the highest in the country.
Between 2004 and 2008, the number of full-time officers in the Memphis Police Department fell by 23.2%. [12] In the first half of 2006, robbery of businesses increased 52.5%, robbery of individuals increased 28.5%, and homicide increased 18% over the same period of 2005. The Memphis Police Department has responded with the initiation of ...
Contraband confiscated during the Memphis Police Department's "All Off Boyd" operation sit on a table at a Tuesday June 11, 2024 press conference. MPD interim Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis announced ...
They shouted "Fam Mob," the name of a Memphis-based gang. [19] The incident was captured on video that went viral. Eleven people were arrested. According to the police, it was "a flash mob that got out of control." [20] In 2015, the cousin of Shelby County Sheriff Bill Oldham was targeted in a robbery/homicide after a drug deal gone wrong.
Memphis Police Department real time crime center staff work on computers as live camera feeds from around the city are seen on a wall of screens in front of them on Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
Memphis also had 193.2% more homicides (129 compared to 44), 71.9% more robberies (1,028 compared to 598) and 16.5% more aggravated assaults (3,763 compared to 3,229) than Nashville had.
Artis Whitehead, who has been in jail since 2003 on charges related to the robbery of B.B. King’s in 2002, becomes emotional as Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Jennifer Fitzgerald gives her ...
Columbus Division of Police (CPD) Ohio: 1,859: July 2023 [20] 20: Memphis Police Department (MPD) Tennessee: 1,850: March 2024 [21] 21: Baltimore County Police ...