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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 city of Memphis, in its declination letter, acknowledged that the Justice Department found violations within the police department, but the specific violations were not made public until after ...
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 ...
Starting in June 2020, The Institute for Public Service Reporting began reporting a series of articles in response to the city of Memphis' delay in fulfilling public record requests for excessive-force complaints filed against Memphis Police Department officers over the last five years, which would have cost $6,000 in fees.
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.
On the local court front, the Memphis Police Association, the City of Memphis and a group of more than 70 officers are slated to argue a motion to intervene in Shelby County Circuit Court.
City officials said a video of the beating would be released to the public after 6 p.m. Friday. Memphis’ Scorpion unit was created in October 2021 under the police department’s Organized Crime ...
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.