‘Pay now or pay later’: MPD criticized at public meeting on DOJ report
A host of community members, local activists and some local officials gathered at the National Civil Rights Museum to express their thoughts on the DOJ’s report.
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Public Safety MFD gets $4M grant to resolve facility’s ‘risk of catastrophic failure’
The department said it has been working to secure the grant for four years.
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Public Safety Crime numbers decrease from last year, new MPD data shows
Last year, there were 344 murders in Memphis as of Dec. 14. There were 235 this year during that same time period.
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Public Safety MPD interim chief touts homicide solve rates
With additional investigators and fewer murders this year compared to last, MPD’s CJ Davis says the department is seeing improvements.
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Public Safety MPD, Boll Weevils let gifts fly
On Monday, members of the Memphis Police Department and the Secret Order of the Boll Weevils visited families that have been affected by crime.
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Public Safety Man sues City of Memphis for wrongful conviction
A man wrongfully convicted of a 2002 Beale Street robbery is eligible for compensation of up to $1 million from the state, but has to be exonerated by Tennessee’s governor before he can receive the money.
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Public SafetyDA weighs in on ouster efforts, DOJ report and jail conditions
Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy discussed the DOJ’s investigation into MPD, attempts to remove him from office and conditions at the Shelby County Jail on WKNO’s “Behind The Headlines.”
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Public Safety New trial date set for alleged mastermind of Young Dolph killing
Hernandez Govan is facing charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.
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Shelby County‘Disgusting’: Defense attorneys raise alarm over jail’s intake conditions
Booking and processing at 201 Poplar is taking days, leaving inmates to live in overcrowded holding cells with little phone access.
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Public Safety MPD: Treadwell Middle student stabbed in fight over basketball game
Five children have been charged in connection to the incident.
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Public Safety$50 million price tag for Memphis crime lab, study says
Local leaders have suggested a local crime lab would help solve crimes. But concerns persist about the feasibility and cost of such a project.
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Public Safety Trial date moved for civil case in inmate’s death
The trial date for the federal civil lawsuit about the death of Gershun Freeman has been delayed.
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City of MemphisWhat the DOJ said about how MPD responds to mental-health crises
Issues that the Memphis Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team faces include using “unnecessary force” and escalating encounters during mental-health calls, according to the report.
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DOJ ‘left no stone unturned’ in MPD investigation
The city’s refusal to enter a consent decree to reform the Memphis Police Department could lead to a lawsuit to put such an agreement in place, a top U.S. Department of Justice official said Thursday, Dec. 5.
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Public Safety Jail inmate died from fentanyl overdose, autopsy says
The inmate, who died in July, was being held in the jail for the Germantown Police Department.
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Public Safety Families of homicide victims ‘trying to keep it strong’ at DA’s rememberance event
One by one, row by row, families in the Michael D. Rose Theater at the University of Memphis hung an ornament in honor of their lost loved one on one of the four wreaths displayed in the front of the room.
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Public Safety Former Memphis officer appealing bond denial
Demetrius Haley, who was convicted in October of civil rights violations related to Tyre Nichols’ death, has been held in federal custody pending his sentencing on Jan. 22.
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Shelby CountyMoms in prison learn ‘a different way’
At least one in 10 children in Tennessee will experience having their parents behind bars at some point in their lives.
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November 2024
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Public Safety Appeals court dismisses rape kit lawsuit against the City of Memphis
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has effectively dismissed the decade-long rape-kit backlog lawsuit against the City of Memphis.
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Public Safety Sentencing delayed for former officer charged in Nichols’ death
The federal sentencing date for one of the former police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols has been rescheduled for early 2025.
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Public Safety Police car set on fire Downtown, MPD says
A police car was set ablaze in front of the Memphis Police Department’s North Main precinct Monday night, Nov. 25.
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Public Safety‘It’s almost every case': The impact of having a parent in prison
Parental incarceration can influence millions of children nationwide to engage in criminal activity themselves, and Memphis is no exception. But there is hope.
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Public Safety At least 48 gangs active in Memphis, interim police chief says
The Memphis Police Department’s new fugitive task force has made around 614 arrests in the two months it has been operating, Col. Frank Winston told Memphis City Council members Tuesday, Nov. 26.
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Public Safety Former officer charged in Nichols’ death to be tried separately
“Emmitt Martin and the state are playing games. They are pretending he is a co-defendant when he is in fact a cooperating witness,” said a lawyer representing one of the other officers charged.
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Public SafetyHalf-brother of man convicted in Young Dolph killing sentenced
“I think he was used by his brother,” the prosecutor said after the sentencing. “I think he knew better, and he obviously knew things were fishy and that he shouldn’t be doing these things. He is not a criminal.”
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