There are 80 article(s) tagged Memphis Police:
CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County is seeking public assistance in identifying those who damaged property and injured officers in Frayser the night of June 12, when Brandon Webber was shot and killed.
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.
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.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol will send 30 troopers to Memphis to help local law enforcement deal with interstate and road rage shootings in the city. To date, there have been 32 shootings and one man was killed.
Memphis police are investigating 32 interstate shootings since January. One person was killed.
The academy will work with the nonprofit GROW, which aims to help teen girls work through issues like bullying, drug use, alcohol and peer pressure to make good decisions for themselves.
Monitoring team in MPD surveillance court case announces community forum, launches website where public can get updates on police reform efforts.
Homicides in Memphis are up this year over the same time last year. Police are asking the public for help in solving the slayings, which total 86, with six being ruled justifiable.
The Memphis Police Department has returned to normal alert status following last week’s protest unrest in Frayser.
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.
CrimeStoppers and Memphis police urged the public to come forward with information in the fatal shooting of financial executive Glenn Cofield. A reward from various private donors and CrimeStoppers has reached $26,000.
Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich said her office will not file charges against a Memphis police officer in the 2018 officer-involved fatal shooting of a man on Summer Avenue.
Memphis police arrest more than 300, seize 77 guns and drugs during two sting operations.
James E. Ivy, the first African-American to lead the Memphis Police Department, died May 31 at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett after a long illness.
Memphis police and other authorities reached out to the community Friday with information about available resources after a dozen suspected opioid-related overdoses in a 24-hour period.
An investigation by the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis reveals MPD is a prominent outlier in a national movement among police departments to fully record the questioning of suspects during homicide investigations, making its detectives frequent targets for allegations of impropriety.
Old homicide records stored at the Main Library offer a glimpse into century-old crimes and the reasons behind them.
Memphis City Council members begin scrutinizing the budget proposal for the coming fiscal year.
The mother of a man shot and killed by Memphis police in April 2018 has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the police department, saying the officers who killed her son used excessive force and violated his civil and constitutional rights.
Families and friends attended the 14th annual Garden of Lights Celebration at the Memphis Botanic Garden to honor loved ones they lost to homicide.
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.
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?
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.
An off-duty Memphis police officer was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Raleigh early Thursday morning.
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.
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