Searching for funding, MPD still not recording interrogations of murder suspects
As the Memphis Police Department struggles to catch up with a nationwide movement to reform interrogations, its failure to record lets an accused murderer go free.
Topic: Memphis Police Department
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December 2018
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City’s statement on MPD’s plan to record interrogations
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Wilbourn gets 38 years added to life sentence in police killing
Tremaine Wilbourn, convicted last month of killing Memphis police officer Sean Bolton in 2015 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, had 38 years added to his sentence Monday, Dec. 17, for other charges in the case. -
TBI: Man’s gun in fatal officer-involved shooting was BB gun
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has determined the gun a man allegedly brandished before a Memphis police officer shot and killed him Thursday, Dec. 13, was a BB gun. -
Memphis police respond to bomb threat email hoax
Memphis police investigated at least four bomb threats Thursday amid a wave of hoax bomb threat emails sent to businesses, government offices and organizations nationwide.
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November 2018
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New Office of Preparedness director continues to make history
Whitehaven resident Brenda Jones is no stranger to making history. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
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October 2018
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
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