There are 9 article(s) tagged crime lab:

• June 2025

  • With state stretched thin, Memphis area pushes for local crime lab

    Harris also told commissioners June 18 he is open to supporting a property tax increase to fund the lab. 

    By Aarron Fleming June 22, 2025

  • Mayor Harris wants to add crime lab funding to budget

    County commissioners wrestled with budget amendments Wednesday totaling well past the $100 million mark, including the county mayor’s proposal.

    By Bill Dries June 19, 2025

  • TBI crime lab to add two scientists specifically for Memphis cases

    The arrangement between the state and the City of Memphis is separate from an independent crime lab for Shelby County being pursued by Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney General Steve Mulroy.

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2025

  • The plan for a focused crime lab run by Shelby County government

    A new plan for a local crime lab would focus on three specific areas with an estimated annual cost of $5.5 million. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney General Steve Mulroy took the plan to Shelby County Commissioners Wednesday, June 4.

    By Bill Dries June 04, 2025

• December 2024

  • Memphis may sue Hyundai over car thefts

    The lawsuit would claim that “defects in the vehicles” have contributed to a “dramatic increase in car thefts locally” that have cost the city by way of increased law enforcement.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2024

• April 2024

  • County Commission to vote on holding Wanda Halbert to corrective action plan

    While past votes on County Clerk Wanda Halbert’s office and its problems have been unanimous, Monday’s vote may not be. The commission also tries to take a final vote on changes to Shelby County Land Bank after delays.

    By Bill Dries April 21, 2024

• March 2024

  • Mulroy: Memphis needs local crime lab, 24-hour ballistics testing

    “This 24-hour ballistics lab can also provide us with expanded ability to retrieve serial numbers that have been obliterated from guns, which is also something that is important,” Mulroy said.

    By Ben Wheeler March 20, 2024

  • County Commission balks at sending report on bail reforms to state

    The commission first voted against sending the statistics to the state. But then it approved the report after attorneys said it would violate state law not to send it to state officials.

    By Bill Dries March 18, 2024

• November 2022

  • Should Memphis build its own crime lab or rely on TBI?

    As the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seeks millions of dollars to boost pay and fill crime lab staffing shortages, Memphis leaders look for answers in Nashville, Houston and other cities that built their own crime labs.

    Related story:

    A tale of two cities: How Nashville built the crime lab that Memphis couldn’t

    By Marc Perrusquia, Jane Roberts November 28, 2022