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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 ...
Protests over the killing of Tyre Nichols (/ ˈ t aɪ. r i ˈ n ɪ k. ə l z / TY-ree) began on January 27, 2023, following the release of police body camera and surveillance footage showing five Black officers from the Memphis Police Department beating Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man. The police assault on Nichols occurred on January 7, 2023 ...
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 ...
The five Memphis Police officers – Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr, and Justin Smith – were fired by department and charged with second-degree murder.
The Memphis Police Department only be allowed two appointments per week and three hours for each appointment. [12] Memphis Councilman JB Smiley Jr. introduced a transparency resolution in June 2020 after reading the report by the Institute for Public Service Reporting. [13] [14] [15]
Many police officers and citizens were angered by the Memphis Police Department choosing to wait 30 hours before moving on the house. The SWAT team at the scene wanted to raid the house once they heard Hester screaming, but police administrators wanted to keep negotiating. By the time the raid was authorized, Hester had been dead for several hours.
Memphis police in 2022 cleared 809 of the 11,084 motor vehicle thefts reported, about 7.3% of all offenses. In 2023, MPD cleared 804 of the 15,868 motor vehicle thefts — about 5.1% of them.