There are 779 article(s) tagged Memphis Police Department:

• November 2018

  • 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

  • Two suspects in Trenary homicide waive right to preliminary hearing

    Two of the three suspects accused in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary waived their rights to a preliminary hearing Tuesday and now their case will be sent to the grand jury for possible indictment on the murder charges.

    By Yolanda Jones November 20, 2018

  • Wilbourn sentenced to life without parole for murder of MPD officer Sean Bolton

    Memphis police officer Sean Bolton’s killer, Tremaine Wilbourn, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.

    By Yolanda Jones November 06, 2018

  • Tremaine Wilbourn’s life story revealed in sentencing hearing

    Tremaine Wilbourn was born to a teen mother who, by the time he was a toddler, was on drugs and allegedly a prostitute.

    By Yolanda Jones November 05, 2018

  • Jury finds Tremaine Wilbourn guilty in death of MPD officer Sean Bolton

    Memphis Police officer Sean Bolton’s killer was headed to life in prison without the possibility of parole, until the officer’s family told prosecutors to reject this offer.

    By Yolanda Jones November 04, 2018

  • Shelby County Medical Examiner testifies at death penalty trial

    Memphis police officer Sean Bolton was shot eight times last year on a Parkway Village street, and one of the bullets to his thigh pierced an artery killing him, according to Shelby County Medical Examiner Dr. Marco Ross.

    By Yolanda Jones November 02, 2018

  • Jury hears account of police officer’s death in Wilbourn trial

    Marquis Wright was smoking a cigarette in the driveway of his uncle’s home when he saw Memphis police officer Sean Bolton struggling with a suspect and then saw that man shoot the officer.

    By Yolanda Jones November 01, 2018

• October 2018

  • MPD releases names of 51 officers violating body camera policy, withholds details

    The Memphis Police Department has released the names of 51 officers accused of violating the department’s body camera policy but is withholding specific details about the infractions.

    By Marc Perrusquia October 25, 2018

  • Playback Memphis troupe helps bridge gap between police and ex-felons

    Gabrielle Cole served 21 months in jail. When she got out, her anger and frustration consumed her.

    By Yolanda Jones October 21, 2018

  • Shelby County DA’s office won’t prosecute many revoked driver’s license cases

    For the last seven weeks, the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office has quietly dismissed more than 3,000 cases where people were charged with driving on suspended, revoked or canceled driver’s licenses.

    By Yolanda Jones October 20, 2018

  • Telling police officers to keep silent undermines investigations and cripples justice

    Picture this scenario: A man with a gun is chasing on foot another man, who may or may not be armed.

    By Otis Sanford October 18, 2018

  • Memphis police beef up patrols after three interstate shootings

    As Memphis police call for extra patrols after three recent interstate shootings, there have been at least six other roadway shootings this year. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 12, 2018

  • Man shot by Memphis police officer awake and talking, his attorney says

    Martavious Banks, the man shot Sept. 17 by a Memphis police officer, is awake and talking about the night he was critically wounded, an attorney representing him said during a press conference Thursday.

    By Yolanda Jones October 11, 2018

  • Lawsuit filed against city, police after man’s body was left in van for 49 days

    Attorneys representing the family of the man whose body was left in a van for seven weeks at the Memphis Police Department impound lot have filed a wrongful-death and negligence lawsuit against the city of Memphis and police director Michael Rallings.

    By Yolanda Jones October 11, 2018

  • City Council approves New Bellevue development by Hein Park

    Memphis City Council members approved a New Bellevue Baptist Church sanctuary and set of 17 single-family homes Tuesday, Oct. 9, on 4.6 acres of land on the border of the Hein Park subdivision.

    By Bill Dries October 10, 2018

  • FBI: Memphis ranks as 3rd most violent big city in US

    Memphis’ homicide rate was the third highest among the country’s 50 largest cities last year, according to the FBI’s latest data. In 2017, there were 181 homicides in Memphis, 28 deaths per 100,000 people in the city, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting statistics released last month.

    By Yolanda Jones October 09, 2018

  • Banks shooting pulls MPD into national fray over reliability, proper use of bodycams

    One by one, police dashboard cameras malfunctioned that chilly night in Chicago.

    By Marc Perrusquia October 08, 2018

  • Attorneys appointed for suspects in Trenary homicide

    Two suspects accused in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber leader Phil Trenary appeared in court for a second day where both were appointed attorneys and will return to court next week.

    By Yolanda Jones October 02, 2018

  • Suspects in Trenary homicide in court

    The family of one of the three suspects charged in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber leader Phil Trenary said Monday that they were in "disbelief" when they learned he was arrested in connection with the homicide.

    By Yolanda Jones October 01, 2018

• September 2018

  • Two teens in stolen truck crash charged, connection to Trenary slaying still unclear

    Memphis police have charged two teenagers who were found in a stolen pickup truck matching the description of the one seen fleeing the scene where Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was shot and killed Thursday night.

    By Yolanda Jones September 29, 2018

  • Officers’ personnel records released in Banks shooting

    Personnel records of the three Memphis police officers involved in the shooting that critically wounded Martavious Banks earlier this month shed some light on their work history, including the fact this is the second time one of the officers has turned off his body camera during an incident.

    By Yolanda Jones September 27, 2018

  • Activists continue to demand answers in wake of Memphis officer-involved shooting

    As Martavious Banks remains on life support after being shot by a Memphis police officer Sept. 17, his family and activists marched to the Memphis Police Association office Wednesday afternoon after it was revealed that one of the officers involved in the shooting is the son of the head of the police union.

    By Yolanda Jones September 27, 2018

  • Police name 3 officers in Banks shooting

    Memphis police released the names Wednesday, Sept. 26, of the three officers involved in the Sept. 17 South Memphis traffic stop and shooting of Martavious Banks.

    By Yolanda Jones September 26, 2018

  • Strickland pledges to get to bottom of officer-involved shooting

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland addressed the city Friday morning, saying there have been 40 incidents in which the Memphis Police Department investigated and disciplined officers for violating policies surrounding the use of body and vehicle cameras, vowing to get “to the bottom of this” shooting of 25-year-old Martavious Banks.

    By Bill Dries September 21, 2018

  • Mother of shooting victim calls for federal investigation, arrest of officers

    The mother of Martavious Banks, the man shot by Memphis police on Monday evening, stood on the street where he was shot earlier this week and demanded the names of the officers who critically wounded her son and that they be arrested.

    By Yolanda Jones September 20, 2018