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The City of Memphis is planning to bring additional law enforcement resources to the Downtown area, including more officers, more cameras and a new Memphis Police Department command center.. The ...
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.
Two other Memphis police officers were injured during the shooting. The DA's office, after charging the 17-year-old, said evidence from the shootout indicated that McKinney was killed by friendly ...
The report comes after a 16-month-long pattern-or-practice investigation into the Memphis Police Department. According to the DOJ, the department was found to use excessive force and conduct ...
In response to protests the Chattanooga Police updated policy requiring members to intervene in situations of police brutality. [17] Mayor Andy Berke formed a new Office of Community Resilience. The OCR took $150,000 from the police budget to fund social work, recidivism reduction programs, job training for felons and youth mentorship programs.
Gangs in the Memphis area are concentrated in high crime black neighborhoods like College Park, Hollywood, Hickory Hill, Parkway Village, Westwood, Raleigh, Frayser, Orange Mound, Whitehaven, Binghampton, Klondike and Smokey City; their presence is also felt in the suburbs of Tipton County, Tennessee. [3] [4]
Memphis police officers who are not physically injured but witness traumatic incidents will now be able to receive city-sponsored mental health care.
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.