MPD interim chief touts homicide solve rates
Memphis Police Department Interim Chief CJ Davis told Memphis City Council MPD has a current homicide solve rate of 54%. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
With additional investigators and fewer murders this year compared to last, MPD’s CJ Davis says the department is seeing improvements.
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MPD crime rate homicide ratesAarron 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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