There are 853 article(s) tagged Memphis Police Department:

• September 2018

  • Memphis Police: 3 officers did not turn on body cameras during police shooting

    The Memphis Police Department said an officer who critically wounded a 25-year-old man in a shooting in South Memphis Monday night did not record the encounter because he and two other officers failed to turn on their body and in-car cameras during the incident.

    By Yolanda Jones September 19, 2018

  • Memphis Police Department’s response on interrogations

    In response to weeks of questioning by Marc Perrusquia, director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting, about the Memphis Police Department’s long reluctance to record custodial interrogations, MPD spokeswoman Karen Rudolph released the following statements via email. The final statement repeated the Institute’s questions and provided answers.

    By Marc Perrusquia September 16, 2018

  • Defense attorney questions memory, notes vs. recorded interrogation

    During the murder trial last year of defendant Brandon Taylor, defense attorney Gregory Carman and Memphis Police Department homicide detective Fausto Frias engaged in a testy exchange.

    By Marc Perrusquia September 16, 2018