Last of county police reform measures delayed again
“I think that we are clear that it’s time for a reckoning in our country and in Shelby County for a different type of relationship between our citizens and between the powers that be,” said Commissioner Tami Sawyer, seen here in 2019. (Daily Memphian file)
A proposal by Commissioner Tami Sawyer to require County Commission approval for any sheriff to acquire surplus federal military equipment was postponed.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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