There are 3 article(s) tagged Public Safety:

• September 2019

  • Public Safety Partnership works to reduce violent crime

    Getting out of our respective silos, laying aside our egos, and working together with urgency, our PSP Memphis Team has built up our own capacity to fight crime by using Department of Justice expertise and resources.

    By D. Michael Dunavant September 08, 2019

• May 2019

  • Council sides with police and fire unions in pay raise impasses

    The Memphis City Council has tentatively approved a bigger raise for police and firefighters than the 3 percent Mayor Jim Strickland proposed for public safety employees.

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2019

• March 2019

  • Strickland proposes 3 percent police and fire pay raises

    Mayor Jim Strickland will propose 3 percent raises for commissioned Memphis firefighters and police officers in the budget proposal he takes to the City Council next month.

    By Bill Dries, Yolanda Jones March 20, 2019