There are 11 article(s) tagged Memphis Police Association:

• May 2022

  • Crime Crisis: MPD brass wants more officers. Here’s how it’s deploying who it has

    Of the city’s roughly 1,900 commissioned officers, about 61% are on patrol. 

    By Julia Baker May 23, 2022

• January 2022

  • Paying The Police: Comparing area officers’ salaries

    The Daily Memphian compares top pay and pay ranges for the county’s six law enforcement agencies and finds that the area’s smaller police departments pay more. 

    By Bill Dries January 09, 2022

• September 2020

  • MPA’s first woman president talks about making history, police reform

    Sgt. Essica Cage, the new leader of the nearly 2,000-member police union, discusses the city's residency requirement for first responders and her opinion about defunding the police. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 11, 2020

• August 2020

  • MPD fixing troubles in Sex Crimes Bureau – but not the ‘bid system’

    This week, the Institute for Public Service Reporting at The University of Memphis, in partnership with The Daily Memphian, reveals the results of its exclusive investigation into how more than 12,000 rape kits went untested and the impact that backlog has had on victims. 

    When the Memphis Police Department confirmed in 2013 the discovery of an estimated 12,000 older rape kits, many never tested for DNA, Susanna Parkinson refused to refer to the long-ignored evidence as a “backlog.” Instead, Parkinson, who worked closely with MPD as a longtime sexual assault intervention specialist and victim advocate at the Rape Crisis Center, called it “The Mess” — a collection of haphazardly stored and discarded evidence, poor decisions, missed chances and even wanton indifference to sexual assault. 

    By Marc Perrusquia August 04, 2020

• June 2020

  • It’s time for a radical rethinking of police structure

    We offer three suggestions for concrete steps to reduce the disconnect between our police and our community.

    By Bryce W. Ashby, Steve Mulroy June 07, 2020

• April 2020

  • Memphis police union president shares story after testing for COVID-19

    Mike Williams, president of the Memphis police union, posted a video on Facebook confirming he tested positive for COVID-19.

    By Yolanda Jones April 27, 2020

• October 2019

  • Fire, police union leaders plan for next steps in wake of sales tax increase approval

    Fire and police union leaders are preparing to meet to work out details of implementing the half-cent sales tax increase approved by voters Thursday to restore health and pension benefits. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 07, 2019

  • Voters approve half-cent sales tax increase

    Memphis voters approved raising the sales tax rate to restore health care benefits and pensions for first responders. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 03, 2019

• April 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

• October 2018

  • Memphis police force increases for first time since 2011

    Over the last five years, the Memphis Police Department has seen officers leaving every year, but grant funding from private donors has allowed the department to recruit and retain more officers, and for the first time the police force has seen something it has not experienced since 2011 — growth.

    By Yolanda Jones October 26, 2018

  • 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.

    By Otis Sanford October 18, 2018