‘We need more boots on the ground,’ community safety panel says
Mayor-elect Paul Young speaks during the "Celebrate What's Right: Bridge Over Troubled Water" panel discussion hosted by New Memphis at Memphis Botanic Garden. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The panel hosted by New Memphis and moderated by Mayor-elect Paul Young Tuesday at Memphis Botanic Garden featured five leaders of organizations doing on-the-ground work in Memphis focusing on violence interruption and prevention.
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Ben Wheeler is an investigative reporter and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He previously worked at the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan and Herald-Citizen.
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