There are 24 article(s) tagged Memphis Shelby Crime Commission:

• July 2024

  • MPD: Crime down 18% through first half of 2024

    “I’m glad to see the numbers going down,” Council member Jerri Green said. “I do want to keep it in context. We’re comparing the numbers to the worst year on record for Memphis.”

    By Julia Baker July 23, 2024

• June 2024

  • Guest Column: What is the Walk Against Gun Violence?

    “We must send a message that gun violence is unacceptable behavior! Most residents of our community are fed up with the unacceptable level of gun violence. As a community, we must take a public stand.”

    By Bill Gibbons June 08, 2024

• April 2024

  • Overall crime rate down in Memphis for first quarter

    Crime in Memphis trended down across key categories during the first quarter of this year, according to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation data the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission shared Tuesday, April 16.

    By Julia Baker April 17, 2024

• November 2023

  • Crime rates continue to climb across Memphis

    Bill Gibbons, president of the crime commission, said Memphis is not the only city seeing its crime rate rise, especially in the car theft category, “but that is little comfort.”

    By Julia Baker November 05, 2023

• July 2023

  • New stats show violent and property crime rates up in first half of 2023

    Preliminary data, which the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission obtained from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, shows major violent crimes and major property crimes are up so far in 2023.

    By Julia Baker July 20, 2023

  • ‘This is a public health issue:’ Community, leaders demand gun reform bills

    As residents assembled outside the Westwood community center, local and state leaders called for government action against gun violence. “Our state legislature needs a sense of urgency to address this problem through appropriate legislation.”

    By Alicia Davidson July 15, 2023

  • Opinion: The General Assembly needs a sense of urgency to address gun violence

    In advance of the legislature’s special session, the former Shelby County District Attorney and head of Tennessee’s Department of Safety and Homeland Security argues for a series of changes to the state’s gun laws.

    By Bill Gibbons July 10, 2023

• March 2023

  • Data shows juvenile charges climbed 30% in 2022 from year before

    The number of delinquent charges against juveniles in Memphis and Shelby County increased 30.3% in 2022 from the year before, according to data from the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission. 

    By Julia Baker March 10, 2023

• February 2023

  • Forum attendees agree: more action needed on juvenile crime

    After Memphis Shelby Crime Commission’s juvenile crime forum, 250 attendees showed strong support for more community investment in programs for youths, more intensive supervision for certain offenders and salary increases for detention center employees, according to a survey.

    By Julia Baker February 09, 2023

• November 2022

  • 42% more juveniles facing criminal charges than last year

    And, of all juvenile criminal cases, 40% involved juveniles who are considered repeat offenders. 

    By Julia Baker November 18, 2022

  • Crime Commission reports major violent crime is down, major property crime is up

    The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission reported the major violent crime rate in Memphis declined 6.1% during the first three quarters of this year. However, major property crime was up 21.6% in the same period.

    By Julia Baker November 03, 2022

• September 2022

  • ‘We are in a war': Government, community leaders discuss rising crime

    Speakers during the panel discussion represented each of the steps against gun violence outlined in the Safe Community Action Plan: focused deterrence approach, violence intervention, federal prosecution of gun crime, communications campaign, reduction in theft of guns from vehicles and Memphis Police Department Gun Crime Unit.

    By Julia Baker September 29, 2022

  • Two weeks of violent crime trauma sees uneasy mix of calls for change

    The chairman of the local crime commission and a Memphis City Council member talk on “Behind The Headlines” about the reaction to weeks of violence. 

    By Bill Dries September 17, 2022

• August 2022

  • Shelby County juvenile charges spike in first half of 2022

    From January to June this year, there were 483 charges against violent juvenile offenders, compared to 298 in the first half last year. 

    By Julia Baker August 05, 2022

• June 2022

  • Crime rates increase in Memphis, Shelby County despite some decreases in violent crime

    Violent crime is down from the first quarter last year, but property crimes are up. 

    By Julia Baker June 02, 2022

• 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

• October 2021

  • Pandemic, gun violence top concerns in Crime Commission poll

    This is the second year the poll has been conducted. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 28, 2021

• August 2021

  • How crime changed one victim’s life, views about Memphis

    Violent crime is both a national problem and a Memphis problem. But when criminals point guns your way, as 26-year-old engineer Manuel Rodriguez discovered, it forever becomes part of your personal history. So much so, that you consider leaving the city you have always called home. 

    By Don Wade August 15, 2021

• July 2020

  • Opinion: How to make Memphis safer from gun violence

    In “Bleeding Out,” a senior research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, writes that "nothing works as well to reduce urban violence as focused deterrence.”

    By Bill Gibbons July 08, 2020

• February 2020

  • Journalists get what they want from Crime Commission lawsuit

    Memphis Shelby Crime Commission settles lawsuit with journalists and agrees to release public records including donors and grant funding. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 11, 2020

• November 2019

  • Sanford: A lot of people are angry; too many of them have guns

    Rage and guns are a bad combination. In Memphis last weekend, eight people were shot, one of them killed, in altercations at a strip club, a convenience store and outside a Beale Street honky-tonk. On Monday, one discount store customer shot another four times. 

    By Otis Sanford November 14, 2019

  • Curbing the gang violence ‘epidemic’ is Memphis’ priority

    The Kelly Report submitted to the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission recommends expanding the Multi-Agency Gang Unit and ramping up data-driven policing to address gang violence.

    By Amy Weirich, Bill Gibbons November 05, 2019

• July 2019

  • Adams returns to practice, focuses on Memphis after 21 years as Baker Donelson CEO

    After 21 years leading one of the 60 largest law firms in the country, Baker Donelson chairman and CEO Ben C. Adams is taking more time to focus on his practice and serve his hometown. 

    By Michelle Corbet July 11, 2019

• November 2018

  • Why do we need to reduce crime and how do we do it?

    Downtown development is booming, with new announcements occurring, it seems, almost daily. 

    By Bill Gibbons November 21, 2018