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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 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 Memphis City Council Tuesday evening unanimously passed a resolution expanding the scope of police officers who can receive mental health care after a critical incident.. The policy, which ...
A Memphis Police Department officer drives past an American flag displayed between two Memphis Fire Department trucks outside of Hope Church prior to the start of the funeral for Joseph McKinney ...
Kirkpatrick began her career in law enforcement with the Memphis Police Department, and in Washington State was a police officer in Redmond and then a college instructor in criminal justice. She later served as Chief of Police for five years each in Ellensburg , Federal Way , and finally Spokane , from which position she retired in 2012 to ...
The community effort was the genesis of the Memphis Police Department's Crisis Intervention Team. The Memphis CIT program has achieved remarkable success, in large part because it has remained a true community partnership. Today, the so-called "Memphis Model" has been adopted by more than 2,700 communities in the U.S. including other countries.
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 ...
Memphis Police Department interim Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis listens to a question from the media after she and Mayor Paul Young announced at a press conference that Assistant Chief Shawn Jones is ...