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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.
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 ...
Memphis Police Department interim Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis announced 12 arrests Tuesday morning inside MPD's downtown headquarters. Multiple firearms and different drugs were also confiscated.
Memphis police use excessive force and discriminate against Black people, Justice Department finds. December 5, 2024 at 1:29 PM. The report says that “Memphis police officers regularly violate ...
The Memphis Police Department was found to be in violation of the U.S. Constitution due to a pattern of misconduct involving discrimination and excessive force, according to an investigation by ...
The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols exposed serious problems in the Memphis police department, from excessive force to mistreatment of Black people in the majority-Black city, according to a report ...
Memphis Police Department Deputy Chief Joe Oakley, who oversees the department's information systems, poses for a portrait in front of a wall of screens showing live camera feeds from around the ...
The Memphis Police Association celebrated its 50th anniversary and rededicated its headquarters in honor of Congressman Harold Ford Sr. on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023.