There are 43 article(s) tagged Bill Gibbons:

• January 2022

  • Crime Crisis: 2021 statistics point to violent trend

    Violent crime was up 2% in Memphis last year as homicides hit a record 346, an increase of 14 over the 2020, which had also set a record for slayings.

    By Yolanda Jones January 29, 2022

• November 2021

  • More community forums on crime set for coming week

    Two more community forums aimed at gaining public input about violent crime are planned this week.

    By Yolanda Jones November 15, 2021

  • Law enforcement leaders discuss ways to curb crime at forum

    Memphis criminal justice leaders discuss violent crime at crime forum. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 10, 2021

• October 2021

  • Pandemic, gun violence top concerns in Crime Commission poll

    This is the second year the poll has been conducted. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 28, 2021

• July 2021

  • Homicides up 14.6% over year ago

    The city is on track to exceed last year’s record 332 homicides. Violent deaths are up 14.6% in 2021 compared to the same time period last year.

    By Yolanda Jones July 29, 2021

• June 2021

  • Fourth Unity Walk Against Gun Violence a reminder ‘this is unacceptable behavior’

    The Fourth Unity Walk comes after a year of unprecedented violence that saw 2020 become the deadliest year on record for Memphis, with 332 homicides. And 2021 is on path to continue that trend.

    By Rob Moore June 12, 2021

• April 2021

  • Community still dealing with unprecedented spike in homicides

    Last year’s record 332 homicides in Memphis have taken a toll on those involved, from community activists to grieving parents to experts who struggle to come up with solutions to stem the violence.

    By Yolanda Jones April 12, 2021

• July 2020

  • 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

• June 2020

  • Gibbons says violent protests shouldn’t distract pursuit of police misconduct

    Memphis-Shelby Crime Commission president also talked about calls to defund police departments, the difficulty in prosecuting police officers and the new requirement for police to intervene when another officer is abusing his or her power.

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2020

• May 2020

  • House Judiciary Committee passes constitutional carry bill

    Despite the protests of Memphis officials and lawmakers, the House Judiciary Committee has passed a constitutional carry bill that enables “law-abiding” people to pack handguns without a state permit.

    By Sam Stockard May 27, 2020

• March 2020

  • Sanford: No more Mr. Nice Guy

    Gov. Bill Lee sticks to his guns, unmoved by pleas from law enforcement officials, mayors, gun merchants and firearms trainers. 

    By Otis Sanford March 12, 2020

• February 2020

  • Journalists get what they want from Crime Commission lawsuit

    Memphis Shelby Crime Commission settles lawsuit with journalists and agrees to release public records including donors and grant funding. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 11, 2020

• December 2019

  • Governor’s task force backs comprehensive criminal justice reform plan

    Tennessee could see sweeping changes through recommendations from the governor’s Criminal Justice Investment Task Force to deal with a billion-dollar budget and increased incarcerations.

    By Sam Stockard December 25, 2019

• November 2019

  • Sanford: A lot of people are angry; too many of them have guns

    Rage and guns are a bad combination. In Memphis last weekend, eight people were shot, one of them killed, in altercations at a strip club, a convenience store and outside a Beale Street honky-tonk. On Monday, one discount store customer shot another four times. 

    By Otis Sanford November 14, 2019

  • 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

• October 2019

  • Coley honored as Lawmaker of the Year by advocacy group

    The slaying of his Bolton High School teaching colleague in 2006 spurred state Rep. Jim Coley to focus much of his legislative career on toughening laws for domestic violence and then human trafficking.

    By Sam Stockard October 05, 2019

• February 2019

  • Journalists sue Memphis Shelby Crime Commission over public records access

    Marshall Project and MLK50 journalists file lawsuit against the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission after they were denied access to records they say should be open to the public. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 08, 2019

• January 2019

  • Violent crimes down in Memphis, Shelby County

    Violent crimes – murders, rapes, aggravated assaults and robberies – dropped in Memphis and Shelby County in 2018, according to data released by the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission Friday. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 28, 2019