There are 2 article(s) tagged Downtown Safety Plan:

• March 2025

  • Who pays when Memphis police work special events?

    MPD spends more than a million dollars a year on overtime to staff special events. But it’s billing for only 60%, leaving taxpayers on the hook for the other 40%. 

     

    By Samuel Hardiman March 18, 2025

• October 2023

  • New Downtown Memphis Safety Plan has more than 40 suggestions

    Among the plan’s recommendations is creation of a DMC Youth Advisory Council that would “receive feedback on appropriate youth-focused activities for Downtown and youth perceptions of public safety.”

    By Ben Wheeler October 18, 2023