There are 11 article(s) tagged eric kelly:

• December 2023

  • Seven MPD officers decertified by state

    The most recent decertifications came during the December meeting of the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Commission. 

    By Ben Wheeler December 26, 2023

• April 2022

  • Suit seeks records of MPD efforts to correct troubled officers’ behavior

    The lawsuit contends the public has a right to know how police supervisors attempted to intervene with Eric Kelly and others. 

    By Ben Wheeler April 28, 2022

• September 2021

  • Former MPD officer pleads guilty to official misconduct

    The allegation stemmed from a sexual relationship with a defendant.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 24, 2021

• September 2020

  • Former MPD homicide detective indicted for misconduct

    Eric Kelly, a former Memphis Police Department detective who retired after admitting having sexual contact with a murder suspect, has been indicted on three felony counts.

    By Marc Perrusquia September 01, 2020

• June 2020

  • Mayor vows to fight police brutality, but city blocks records

    As Mayor Jim Strickland vows to 'fix' police brutality against African American citizens, his staff puts up roadblocks to accessing records.

    By Marc Perrusquia June 08, 2020

• February 2020

  • City Council approves delayed Civil Service Commission reappointments

    But the council vote on one of the two commissioners was less than unanimous. Council member Worth Morgan questioned whether appeals to the commission of firings and disciplinary actions are creating a culture City Hall should be avoiding. 

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2020

  • City Council returns to topic of MLGW-TVA relationship

    The city council takes another look Tuesday at the relationship between Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division and the Tennessee Valley Authority. And the residency issue for city employees is back as well.

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2020

• January 2020

  • Records illustrate murder suspect’s steamy relationship with retired MPD detective

    "I first met him in the interrogation room when I was arrested for accessory after the fact – first-degree murder,’’ Bridgett Stafford told investigators.

    By Marc Perrusquia January 31, 2020

  • Civil Service Commission decisions in Kelly case being reviewed

    City Council member Worth Morgan and the city administration are reviewing the decisions of the Memphis Civil Service Commission -- specifically, how it made the decision to return retired Memphis Police detective Eric Kelly to work after he was fired three years ago for roughing up a suspect.

    By Bill Dries January 21, 2020

  • Weirich: No charges against MPD Detective Eric Kelly

    Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich says her office has found no violations that would merit charges against Memphis Police Lt. Eric Kelly, but the case has prompted creation of a unit to investigate such cases.

    By Linda A. Moore January 09, 2020

  • Detective at center of sex scandal also a target in 2018 case

    The homicide detective now at the center of a Memphis Police Department sex scandal also made news in 2018 for his role in a contentious murder case that led to reforms in MPD’s interrogation practices.

    By Marc Perrusquia January 09, 2020