There are 36 article(s) tagged C.J. Davis:

• March 2026

  • After Downtown shootings, Memphis police chief is looking at youth curfew

    The city is still searching for a space where teenagers, once picked up by MPD, would spend time waiting for their parents. 

    By Samuel Hardiman March 25, 2026

• January 2026

  • Secondary roads start to get attention as temps rise above freezing

    City Council members meeting online Tuesday heard from city division directors with a cautiously optimistic view of how the city has handled the cold. MPD Chief C.J. Davis said crime was down 75%.

    By Bill Dries January 27, 2026

• November 2025

  • Memphis crime down 23% year to date

    Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis presented the latest crime numbers for the first full month of the Memphis Safe Task Force. She also talked about the MPD’s relationship with the task force including on immigration arrests.

    By Bill Dries November 18, 2025

• October 2025

  • Senate Judiciary, City Council hear different versions of crime task force work

    The U.S. Justice Department wants to put as many of the charges stemming from the Memphis Safe Task Force surge through the federal system, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said this week.

    By Bill Dries October 14, 2025

• September 2025

  • First National Guard deployments expected within 2 weeks, MPD chief says

    Chief C.J. Davis said the Memphis Safe Task Force is still evolving and the Memphis Police Department is still learning information every day.

    By Samuel Hardiman September 30, 2025

  • In a city plagued by crime rate, leaders hope Memphis Safe Task Force can shift the narrative

    In detailing specifics of the Memphis Safe Task Force, Gov. Bill Lee didn’t dwell on the city’s crime rate. Instead, flanked by Mayor Paul Young and Police Chief C.J. Davis, he pledged that the crime reduction that could come would be lengthy and sustainable. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 28, 2025

  • C.J. Davis to remain Memphis’ top cop amid National Guard deployment

    Chief C.J. Davis will remain the city’s top law enforcement officer when the National Guard arrives, Davis and Memphis Mayor Paul Young said Friday.

    By Samuel Hardiman September 12, 2025

• August 2025

  • New police precinct symbolizes efforts to grow police, drop crime

    As the perception of crime and safety in the city remains a challenge, Memphis Mayor Paul Young called the new precinct “an investment in safety, service and trust in our community.” 

    By Bill Dries August 21, 2025

• June 2025

  • A push for license plate readers could bring back car inspections

    It’s been 12 years since the City of Memphis ended mandatory annual auto inspections, but an effort to weed out counterfeit temporary tags could reverse that decision.

    By Bill Dries June 25, 2025

• April 2025

  • City Council Scorecard: Tabling Chickasaw Gardens, the Musk divide

    The Memphis City Council delayed indefinitely any decision on the proposed closings of two streets in Chickasaw Gardens, and environmental impacts of an xAI plant caused a riff in the body. 

    By Bill Dries April 06, 2025

• March 2025

  • Memphis’ group violence-intervention program still work in progress

    Memphis Police Department Chief C.J. Davis talks on “Behind The Headlines” about getting group violence-intervention right by looking at Detroit’s approach, the pressure that comes with last year’s drop in crime and more.

    By Bill Dries March 14, 2025

• January 2025

  • City Council reappoints C.J. Davis

    The Memphis City Council took up the reappointment of C.J. Davis, which had been on hold for a year.

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    By Bill Dries January 21, 2025

• November 2024

  • Memphis Police Department to launch TV show on ABC24

    The Memphis Police Department is hosting a new local TV show to showcase its efforts in curbing crime in the city.

    By Aarron Fleming November 18, 2024

• October 2024

  • Mayor says ‘on-demand’ ride services could make up for fewer bus routes

    Memphis Mayor Paul Young talked about the overhaul of the Memphis Area Transit Authority during a Thursday, Oct. 31, “One Memphis” forum at LeMoyne-Owen College.

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2024

• August 2024

  • Mayor Young, MPD’s Davis tout initiative to help businesses hurt by crime

    A new initiative from the city’s Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE) offers money to local businesses to help them pay for adequate lighting or landscaping, both of which can deter crime.

    By Aarron Fleming August 29, 2024

• July 2024

  • MPD veteran takes on interim assistant chief role

    The Memphis Police Department has a new No. 2 following the departure of its assistant chief last week who was living in Georgia.

    By Julia Baker July 19, 2024

• June 2024

  • City budget comes with pay cut for interim police chief C.J. Davis

    The city’s newly passed $858 million budget cut Memphis Police Department Interim Chief C.J. Davis’ pay by about $35,000. 

    By Samuel Hardiman June 26, 2024

• May 2024

  • Bailey: The people in charge sure think armed teachers is a bad idea

    Despite legislation opening the door for teachers to carry guns, the idea rightfully is receiving no support from local law enforcement and educational leaders.

    By Clay Bailey May 24, 2024

  • Young said Davis’ reappointment to MPD chief could come after budget

    Memphis Mayor Paul Young said Wednesday, May 22, he plans to seek permanent status for Interim Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis and two other key executives after budget season. 

    By Samuel Hardiman May 23, 2024

  • MPD’s Davis updates council on Orange Mound shooting

    Interim Chief C.J. Davis told the Memphis City Council public-safety committee that the department has arrested an undisclosed number of people who attended the block party.

    By Julia Baker May 07, 2024

• April 2024

  • Two dead after Orange Mound block party shooting

    “This morning, we are one community united by grief. We are all Orange Mound this morning,” Memphis Mayor Paul Young said Sunday morning.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 21, 2024

  • Calkins: In Munford, they gathered to celebrate ‘Rusty’ McKinney in the only way they could

    In Munford, they knew Joseph “Rusty” McKinney as an Eagle Scout and a band kid. Saturday, the town honored him by assembling at the football stadium to form a giant, solemn M.

    By Geoff Calkins April 21, 2024

  • MPD officer, suspect killed early Friday morning

    A Memphis Police officer died Friday after being shot earlier that morning, MPD Interim Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said. An 18-year-old suspect, who had been recently arrested and released without bond, also died, Davis said. 

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    Stronger, swifter sentences crucial, Mayor Young says

    By Aarron Fleming, Samuel Hardiman April 12, 2024

• August 2023

  • City: Nichols family hasn’t shown SCORPION was ‘unconstitutional’

    Memphis has filed a motion to dismiss the $550 million lawsuit against the city and to strike allegations against Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis. 

    By Samuel Hardiman August 28, 2023

  • How much of Tyre Nichols’ death is on C.J. Davis? A federal judge will decide.

    The city and Nichols’ family have different viewpoints about the extent to which Memphis Police Department Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis is responsible.

    By Samuel Hardiman August 21, 2023