There are 34 article(s) tagged Memphis Police:

• November 2019

  • Man injured in 38th interstate shooting

    A man was hit in the stomach Sunday in the 38th interstate shooting of the year in Memphis. This was one of five shootings throughout the city Sunday, in which 11 people were shot and two were killed. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 11, 2019

• October 2019

  • Police recruitment, retention challenges Memphis and other cities

    Memphis and other cities across the country say declining interest in police work has made it harder to recruit officers, but they're stepping up recruitment efforts in response.

    By Yolanda Jones October 28, 2019

  • Memphis police investigate 37th interstate shooting

    Memphis police are investigating the 37th interstate shooting, which was Oct. 23 on Interstate 240 and Poplar. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 24, 2019

  • Cleanup and repairs continue days after storms

    Power restoration and other cleanup and repair efforts continued Wednesday, two days after an EF-1 tornado touched down in Southeast Memphis as part of a Monday morning storm system.

    By Abigail Warren October 23, 2019

  • Judge to consider unsealing closed-door session records in police surveillance case

    Judge to consider unsealing records from closed-door session on Memphis police surveillance case. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 04, 2019

  • Public asked to submit comments on Memphis Police Department accreditation

    The public and police department employees are asked to submit comments to an accreditation group as the Memphis Police Department seeks re-accreditation. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 04, 2019

• September 2019

  • Restoring ranks of Memphis Police Department is part of election campaigning

    Hiring more officers for the Memphis Police Department has been part of campaigns, including Mayor Jim Strickland's re-election bid.  

    By Yolanda Jones September 30, 2019

  • MPD promotes Neighborhood Watch in Old Allen Precinct

    MPD launched the Thankful Thursday initiative earlier this month as it seeks to create more neighborhood watch groups in Raleigh and Frayser.  

    By Omer Yusuf September 29, 2019

  • Edmund Ford Jr. says county should prepare to get ‘fair share’ of proposed sales tax increase

    Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. says if a sales tax increase referendum passes in Memphis, the County Commission should go after the county's “fair share” of the funds.

    By Linda A. Moore September 25, 2019

  • Legal questions cloud enforcement of state ban on cell phone driving

    The state law that outlaws holding or touching a cell phone while driving in Tennessee is probably enforceable by Memphis Police right now, according to the City Council’s attorney.

    By Bill Dries September 17, 2019

  • Memphis police, fire associations seek 'For' vote on sales-tax referendum

    'Until we get serious about rebuilding our police and fire departments and fixing our retention problem, we will never be able to proactively attack the issue of crime.'

    By John Covington, Matthew Tomek September 17, 2019

  • Symposium for reduction in violent crime draws law enforcement from around the country

    Memphis was chosen to take part in a federal program in which local and federal law enforcement work together to fight violent crime. This week, law enforcement officials are in town for a summit on violent crime. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 10, 2019

  • Volunteer Memphis to host day of service in remembrance of 9/11 victims

    Volunteer Memphis is honoring the lives of those affected by 9/11 with a slate of service activities aimed at giving back to local first responders. The day's events include the dedication of plaques, free meals and military park cleanup projects.

    By Jared Boyd September 10, 2019

• August 2019

  • Martavious Banks, man shot by police, pleads guilty to evading arrest

    Martavious Banks, shot by a Memphis police officer in 2018, pleaded guilty to evading officers and possession of a gun. He was placed on probation for two years. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 29, 2019

  • Monitoring team meets with court over progress of MPD sanctions

    Court gets update from monitoring team tasked with making sure Memphis Police Department complies with 40-year-old consent decree. Activists say city, police still have work to do. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 28, 2019

  • County Commission committee discusses SkyCops countywide

    The Shelby County Commission approved $1.6 million for SkyCops cameras to help with crime prevention in all 13 commission districts, but the details will take time to work out.

    By Linda A. Moore August 08, 2019

  • Rallings says review of Frayser disorder continues but police responded with restraint

    On "Behind The Headlines," Memphis Police Chief Michael Rallings said a federal court consent decree forbidding police surveillance has put the police department in a "very difficult situation" but that he will abide by court's ruling. He also said MPD is still reviewing how it handled the Brandon Webber situation six weeks ago.

    By Bill Dries August 02, 2019

• June 2019

  • Vigil seeks change and healing in aftermath of Webber shooting

    A vigil held Sunday in the wake of Brandon Webber's death remembered the father, son and friend. The event also called for healing and mending a broken relationship with Memphis Police.

    By Abigail Warren June 18, 2019

• May 2019

  • City Council budget committee begins operating budget review with police spending

    Memphis City Council members begin scrutinizing the budget proposal for the coming fiscal year. 

    By Bill Dries May 06, 2019

• April 2019

  • Grieving families find solace at annual homicide victim memorial service

    Families and friends attended the 14th annual Garden of Lights Celebration at the Memphis Botanic Garden to honor loved ones they lost to homicide.

    By Yolanda Jones April 24, 2019

  • On police pay, Atlanta offers Memphis a convenient truth

    Unlike Atlanta, we live in a city with a mayor who offered police a 3% raise, and when we told him that wasn’t enough, he said that was all he had to give.

    By Faith Marshall April 17, 2019

  • An officer and an ex-offender face past trauma in Playback

    In police and prison culture, vulnerability has a bad rap. Not only are you not allowed to express your feelings (except anger), you are not allowed to even have feelings. But isn’t the capacity for tenderness what makes us human? 

    By Virginia Murphy April 16, 2019

• 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