There are 24 article(s) tagged Shelby County Sheriff’S Office:

• January 2020

  • Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner discusses department at Memphis Rotary

    Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner highlights successes, issues faced since taking office. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 26, 2020

• August 2019

  • Sheriff’s deputy stabbed, suspect shot and killed in Downtown Memphis

    A Shelby County Sheriff's deputy was stabbed and a man identified as James Lee Kirkwood was killed by the officer during an officer-involved shooting incident Downtown Monday morning.

    By Yolanda Jones, Bill Dries August 06, 2019

• June 2019

  • Shelby County Sheriff’s Office hires ‘expeditor’ to help curb the jail population

    The Shelby County Sheriff's Office has hired an "expeditor" to help reduce jail population.

    By Yolanda Jones June 26, 2019

  • Video visitations to resume Saturday at Shelby County jail

    Video visitations will resume Saturday at the Shelby County Jail at 201 Poplar. Issues with the system have been repaired after a week of the service being down. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 14, 2019

  • Family, friends upset by issues with visitation at 201 Poplar

    Technical difficulties with the video visitation system at 201 Poplar are preventing inmates from receiving visitors. Officials hope the problem is fixed by the end of the week.

    By Yolanda Jones June 11, 2019

  • Roy Nixon, Shelby County’s first mayor, laid to rest

    Local politicians, friends and family gathered Saturday at St. Patrick Presbyterian Church in Collierville to say goodbye to Roy C. Nixon, the lawman and civic leader who served as Shelby County's first mayor.

    By Jared Boyd June 10, 2019

  • Computer issues stop jail visitations at 201 Poplar for next week

    Technical difficulties with visitation system at 201 Poplar causes the Shelby County Sheriff's Office to stop all jail visits for at least a week until the issue is resolved. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 07, 2019

  • Roy Nixon, Shelby County’s first mayor, remembered as lawman, civic leader

    Roy Nixon began his career as a lawman with Memphis police and later went into politics becoming Shelby County first mayor under a new form of government where he built relationships with other city leaders. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 07, 2019

  • Shelby County Sheriff’s Office launches app

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office wants to keep the public informed about any news and now has a new smartphone app to do it.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 04, 2019

• May 2019

  • Rapper BlocBoy JB appears in court, case reset for May 20

    BlocBoy JB appeared in court Monday on marijuana and gun charges after his arrest Friday. He will be back in court May 20. 

    By Yolanda Jones May 06, 2019

  • Rapper BlocBoy JB posts bail following arrest, to appear at Music Fest

    Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB  was charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun and possession of marijuana Friday, the day he is set to perform at Beale Street Music Festival.

    By Yolanda Jones, Jared Boyd May 03, 2019

• April 2019

  • Kids follow their ears at Easter egg hunt for blind, visually impaired

    The Shelby County Sheriff's Office and Clovernook Center hosted a "beeping" Easter egg hunt on Good Friday for the blind and visually impaired. 

    By Yolanda Jones April 20, 2019

  • More than 200 Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies pass psychological testing

    More than 200 Shelby County Sheriff's deputies who had to retake psychological testing have all passed. Now, 188 corrections officers are retaking the test in the coming weeks, officials said. 

    By Yolanda Jones April 20, 2019

• March 2019

  • Former Tiger Andre Allen arrested again on pot, gun charges

    Former University of Memphis basketball player Andre Allen was arrested again on pot and gun charges. He will be in court April 1 on the charges. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 29, 2019

  • Pandora Duckett disappearance spotlights dementia safety issue

    Pandora Duckett, an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer's wandered away from her home 55 days ago. Her family is offering a $10,000 reward for her safe return home. As the population ages, families are turning to tracking devices and ID bracelets to help find their family members if they wander from home. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 24, 2019

  • Jail program teaches prisoners about entrepreneurship

    A "Business Bonanza" at 201 Poplar Thursday gave youth offenders, ages 18-25, a chance to show off their entrepreneurial spirit as they plan for life beyond jail.

    By Yolanda Jones March 15, 2019

• February 2019

  • Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB turns himself on drug, gun charges

    Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB surrenders to Shelby County Sheriff's Office after it issued a warrant for his arrest on drug, gun charges. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 28, 2019

  • TBI releases name of man killed in officer-involved shooting involving Shelby County Sheriff Office

    TBI release name of man fatally shot by Sheriff's deputies outside a Shelby County hotel.

    By Yolanda Jones February 08, 2019

• January 2019

  • Activists outraged after man in paper jumpsuit released into frigid temperatures

    A man in a paper jumpsuit outside 201 Poplar is raising questions in the minds of social justice advocates.

    By Yolanda Jones January 31, 2019

  • More than 400 Shelby County deputies, jailers will have to retake psychological tests

    More than 400 Shelby County deputies and jailers will have to retake psychological testing after officials learned the psychologist who did earlier testing had not been licensed by the state for 18 years.

    By Yolanda Jones January 24, 2019

  • Shelby County will not enforce new immigration law

    A new Tennessee immigration law on the books for two days is already facing a challenge from Shelby County officials, who say the new measure is “unenforceable and unconstitutional” because of its “vagueness” and would not be applied locally.

    By Yolanda Jones and Omer Yusuf January 04, 2019

• December 2018

  • Shelby County Sheriff’s Office rolling out body cameras, dashcams

    In January, deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office are slated to be equipped with 300 body cameras the department purchased earlier this year. 

    By Yolanda Jones December 10, 2018

• November 2018

  • Commission committee debates food services contract for Sheriff’s Office

    A dispute between two potential vendors for a food management services contract from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office for its three correctional facilities was reignited at the Shelby County Commission’s committee meeting Wednesday afternoon.

    By Omer Yusuf November 19, 2018

  • Sheriff’s office promotes first African-American woman to chief inspector

    Rosalind Harrison has made history twice in the last year with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

    By Yolanda Jones November 11, 2018