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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 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.
After speaking with MPD, the Grays have organized a Dec. 16 community celebration to "give the entire community the chance to come out and say thank you to these police officers,” LaSimba Gray said.
Memphis police officers who are not physically injured but witness traumatic incidents will now be able to receive city-sponsored mental health care.
Silent demonstrations of around 40 people protesting the murder of Floyd, the death of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, and the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, led to "verbal confrontations" with Memphis police and two counter-protesters from the Facebook group Confederate 901. [51] On May 27, protesters shut down Union Avenue near McLean Boulevard. [52]
An original sign from the 1978 Memphis Police Association strike can be seen in the conference room at the association's headquarters at 638 Jefferson Ave.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Eight people were shot, including two men who were killed, at an unauthoritized public party over the weekend in a Memphis city park, police said. Officers responded early Saturday evening to a reported shooting in Orange Mound Park, Memphis Police Department Chief Cerelyn Davis said during a news conference at the location.