There are 4 articles by Bill Gibbons :

• November 2018

  • 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. 

    By Bill Gibbons November 21, 2018

• November 2019

  • 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.

    By Amy Weirich, Bill Gibbons November 05, 2019

• July 2020

  • 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.”

    By Bill Gibbons July 08, 2020

• August 2020

  • 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.

    By Bill Gibbons August 13, 2020