Young hires former NYPD official as public safety consultant
Then Consulting Chief of Operations for the New Orleans Police Department Fausto Pichardo, center, speaks during a press conference at New Orleans City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Hoping to beef up a dwindling police force amid a rise in violent crime, New Orleans officials announced a three-year $80 million plan that day, offering raises for all officers, free health care and $30,000 in incentive payments for new hires.(Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
After Memphis Mayor Young won the election last year, he pledged a pandemic-like response to crime and that his administration would tame the chaos in the streets.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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