Task Force’s 1-year mark comes with questions
Members of the Memphis Safe Task Force, led by U.S. marshals, debrief before a mission to apprehend a fugitive with an outstanding warrant in South Memphis on Nov. 26, 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
A year since the presidential executive order that created the Memphis Safe Task Force was announced in the Oval Office, its impact and future are still being debated, touted and condemned.
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