Guest column: We need a sense of urgency to curb gun violence
“There is no one easy, quick answer to the challenge of gun violence, but there are some common sense steps that could make a significant dent.”
Bill Gibbons
There are 6 articles by Bill Gibbons :
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June 2022
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Guest Columnists
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February 2022
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Opinion Guest Column: Police residency issue is the key to recruitment, retention
Opinion: Loosening the residency requirement for both the Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is not the sole answer to the law enforcement shortage, but it is a needed and effective tool in recruitment and retention efforts.
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August 2020
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Opinion How many more MPD officers do we need, and how do we get them?
Loosening the residency requirement would make it easier for Memphis to create racial diversity in the ranks of MPD with smart, targeted recruiting. But in a perplexing vote, the Memphis City Council decided to remove the residency referendum from the Nov. 3 ballot.
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July 2020
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Opinion Opinion: How to make Memphis safer from gun violence
In “Bleeding Out,” a senior research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, writes that "nothing works as well to reduce urban violence as focused deterrence.”
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November 2019
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Guest Columnists Curbing the gang violence ‘epidemic’ is Memphis’ priority
The Kelly Report submitted to the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission recommends expanding the Multi-Agency Gang Unit and ramping up data-driven policing to address gang violence.
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November 2018
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Guest Columnists Why do we need to reduce crime and how do we do it?
Downtown development is booming, with new announcements occurring, it seems, almost daily.
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