Mayor says MPD’s new lieutenant position is necessary
“Another layer of supervision is a part of the process to prevent us from being under a consent decree,” Memphis Mayor Paul Young said in a recording of a January meeting about the second lieutenant position within the Memphis Police Department. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
MPD and its police union disagree over the recent creation of a frontline supervisor role, but Memphis Mayor Paul Young says the second lieutenant rank is needed to avoid another U.S. Department of Justice consent decree.
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Ben Wheeler
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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