There are 6 article(s) tagged Multi-Agency Gang Unit:

• September 2021

  • TBI investigating what could be second officer-involved shooting in a month

    The Multi-Agency Gang Unit was trying to serve an arrest warrant, issued out of Sumner County, to a home in northeast Memphis. 

    By Yolanda Jones September 17, 2021

• August 2021

  • 40 indicted in North Memphis drug trafficking ring

    Authorities said 40 people have been indicted on drug trafficking charges for distributing drugs from three abandoned houses in a North Memphis neighborhood. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 11, 2021

• December 2020

  • Darren Goods, former gang unit head, moves to state role

    Darren Goods, a veteran Memphis Police officer who was former head of the gang unit, has retired and taken a job with the state Department of Children Services. 

    By Yolanda Jones December 11, 2020

• June 2020

  • Consent decree prevents gang unit from doing its job, head says

    The consent decree hearing in which the city is pushing to update a 42-year-old document continued into its third day Friday with testimony from the head of the Multi-agency Gang Unit. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 20, 2020

• May 2020

  • Court considers whether Memphis police violated social media sanctions

    Undercover officers in the Memphis Police Department’s gang unit have used fake social media accounts to glean information during criminal investigations, a MPD major testified Thursday, May 14, during a hearing on whether the department has violated court-ordered social media sanctions.

    By Yolanda Jones May 14, 2020

• November 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