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Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon anticipates the transition process will not be completed this year due to the “intricate nature of the transition process,” according to an emailed statement.
A state House subcommittee has rejected a bill for this session that would have given Shelby County residents an opportunity to vote for a sales tax increase to fund a new jail.
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. knows the area has a lot of needs, but he says 201 Poplar is showing its age — and Shelby County should start thinking about a new jail.
The first woman to lead the state’s highest court will oversee negotiations between lawyers for Nicole Freeman and Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr., Chief Jailer Kirk Fields and Shelby County government.
The suit’s amended complaint also alleges that some of the officers allegedly involved and indicted for their role in Freeman’s death are still working there, even as an ongoing criminal case plays out against them.
“Tomorrow will mark the one year anniversary of Gershun Freeman’s death, but tomorrow also will mark new change in the city of Memphis,” said Kareem Ali, an investigator with civil rights attorney Ben Crump’s law firm.
On the same day as an apparent suicide at the Shelby County Jail, the sheriff’s office talked about a program that would use peer-guided healing ciricles within the facility and the need for mental health facilities.
Almost three weeks have gone by since Hudspeth died and his family, along with the public, still lack answers about the circumstances surrounding his death.
Sheriff Floyd Bonner announced the suspensions of Jeremy Watkins and Johntavious Bowers Wednesday, Feb. 15, effective immediately.
New GPS technology can be expensive, but it’s one way police are reducing the need for high-speed chases.
Restrictive police pursuit policies are becoming the norm nationally and in the Memphis area. This means fewer crashes, fewer injuries and deaths. But some criminals know police probably won’t chase, so they get away.
“No pursuit is worth the loss of innocent life,” Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said.
Retired Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe, executive director of the Tennessee Sheriff’s Association, sent a letter to Jonathan Thompson, executive director and CEO of the National Sheriff’s Association, and the letter was obtained by WVTF-TV Channel 5 in Nashville.
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.
Local law enforcement and emergency responders are trying to keep people suffering from mental health crises out of the ER and out of jail.
“In an ideal world, there should not be a Democratic or Republican way to enforce laws, ensure public safety, oversee our jails and juvenile detention facilities and hire capable deputies and support staff.”
Just City and the ACLU gave county officials until the end of December to respond to their letter and until the end of January to hold a “mediated discussion.”
Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH) presents its requests to law enforcement leaders, housing officials, legislators, and school board officials during the group’s fourth annual public meeting Sunday at Memphis Islamic Center in Cordova.
Attorneys for pretrial detainees at the Shelby County Jail claim the county has not satisfied the requirements of a consent decree.
Tennessee’s permitless carry law goes into effect July 1, and local law enforcement and advocates are worried about the impact the new law will have on crime.
If we want to reduce gun violence, psychologist Robert Enright says, then forgiveness therapy, including teaching children from a young age about the “poison” of resentment, should be commonplace here and across the world.
Daily street homicides and highly publicized mass shootings have several things in common, and the easy access of guns is just one of them.
For the first time, a class of 17 Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy recruits and two Collierville police officers, toured the National Civil Rights Museum and wrote essays about the experience before taking their training to the streets.
Delivery and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine is just another step on the long road toward herd immunity. Getting there will require a level of effectiveness apart from the vaccine itself. History will judge leaders’ success as we all pursue a return to the “old” normal.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday, Dec. 23, it has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit alleging failure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the Shelby County Jail.
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