At least 48 gangs active in Memphis, interim police chief says
Memphis Police Department Interim Chief C.J. Davis asks Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee a question while in Memphis on Sept. 19. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis Police Department’s new fugitive task force has made around 614 arrests in the two months it has been operating, Col. Frank Winston told Memphis City Council members Tuesday, Nov. 26.
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Memphis Police Department Memphis City Council public safetyAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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