There are 62 article(s) tagged Memphis Police:

• March 2019

  • Eight MPD officers disciplined, impound lot employee fired following investigation of body found in van

    A City of Memphis impound lot employee has been fired and eight Memphis police officers suspended or demoted following an internal investigation into why a man’s body was not found in the back of a van for 49 days. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 25, 2019

  • Off-duty Memphis police officer killed in car crash

    An off-duty Memphis police officer was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Raleigh early Thursday morning. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 21, 2019

  • Shooting death results in murder charge against 11-year-old

    An 11-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy and critically injuring the teen’s father.

    By Yolanda Jones March 17, 2019

• January 2019

  • Perrusquia: In an age of angst over police overreach, the recently filed surveillance lawsuit has broad implications

    Ernest Withers aimed his camera through a bramble of twisting oak limbs, sharpening his focus on a home atop a small hill.

    By Marc Perrusquia January 15, 2019

  • Memphis homicides up 5 percent in 2018

    Memphis reported 184 homicides in 2018, eight more than in 2017. The 5 percent increase is less than the record number of homicides in 2016, but authorities said one homicide is too many. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 07, 2019

• November 2018

  • City of Memphis seeks to modify 40-year-old consent decree, hearing set for July

    A federal judge already has ruled the city of Memphis violated a consent decree when police officers conducted surveillance on protesters in recent years. This summer, another non-jury trial will be held after the city asked the court to modify the 40-year-old consent agreement.

    By Yolanda Jones November 25, 2018

  • Jury hears opening statements in death penalty trial of Tremaine Wilbourn

    The jury in the death penalty trial of Tremaine Wilbourn, the man charged with fatally shooting Memphis police Officer Sean Bolton, was selected Tuesdy night. Attorneys will present opening arguments Wednesday when the trial begins at 9 a.m.. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 02, 2018

  • Tremaine Wilbourn trial: Prosecutors call officers, neighbors on Day 4

    The night Memphis police officer Sean Bolton was shot and killed on a street in Parkway Village, Jacoba Boyd was one of the first officers to make the scene and used his paramedic training to try to save his friend’s life.

    By Yolanda Jones November 01, 2018

• October 2018

  • Memphis police force increases for first time since 2011

    Over the last five years, the Memphis Police Department has seen officers leaving every year, but grant funding from private donors has allowed the department to recruit and retain more officers, and for the first time the police force has seen something it has not experienced since 2011 — growth.

    By Yolanda Jones October 26, 2018

  • New initiative reduces court dates for misdemeanor citations

    Thousands of people issued misdemeanor citations each year in Memphis and Shelby County will now have to make one trip instead of two to 201 Poplar to be processed for their initial court date.

    By Yolanda Jones October 16, 2018

• September 2018

  • Facebook finds, removes more fake Memphis Police Department accounts

    Facebook has deactivated six fake accounts connected to the Memphis Police Department, according to the nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation, and sent a letter to police brass last week warning them that the fake accounts violate Facebook's terms of service.

    By Bill Dries September 24, 2018

  • State suspends liquor license of Purple Haze nightclub

    Purple Haze, a Downtown Memphis nightclub that announced last week it was closing indefinitely after four people were shot there, has now had its liquor license suspended by the state.

    By Yolanda Jones September 17, 2018