There are 8 article(s) tagged police:

• August 2023

  • City of Memphis’ VIP program aims to reduce gun violence

    The program, which started in 2022, partners with several local charter schools and hospitals to steer at-risk individuals away from engaging in gun violence.

    By Aarron Fleming August 30, 2023

• July 2023

  • Shelby County DA Mulroy fires back at Mayor Strickland’s criticism

    Strickland used his weekly email newsletter on Friday, July 21, to call out Mulroy’s office for dropping charges against a woman accused of firing a gun from a moving car in November 2022.

    By Julia Baker July 25, 2023

• July 2022

  • Crime Crisis: How MPD is deploying its newest recruits

    The department’s No. 1 goal, according to its assistant chief of police services, is to expedite the 911 response time.

    By Julia Baker July 26, 2022

• February 2021

  • Community outreach still the goal at MPD’s new North Memphis station

    Austin Peay Station is part of the new $45 million Raleigh Springs Civic Center development at the former Raleigh Springs Mall site on Austin Peay Highway. The station serves as both a traffic and police precinct.

    By Omer Yusuf February 25, 2021

• September 2020

  • It’s a hard time to be a cop

    Cops are confronting COVID-19 in an era of national "anti-police" sentiment. Local police acknowledge some reform is required, noting the emphasis on "duty to intervene." But they also say the current environment is chipping away at officer morale and may keep some young people from choosing law enforcement as a career. 

    By Don Wade September 15, 2020

• May 2019

  • Germantown reviews effects of apartments in community

    Germantown reviews apartment moratorium study results with aldermen in a work session Thursday evening. The study was a part of the suburb's 18-month moratorium, which expires in July.

    By Abigail Warren May 17, 2019

• January 2019

  • Psychologist who gave sheriff’s deputies exam is unlicensed in Tennessee

    About 200 Shelby County sheriff's deputies are having to retake their psych exams because the Memphis psychologist who tested them in 2013 and 2014 has not been licensed in the state since 2001. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 22, 2019

• October 2018

  • Death penalty trial begins in 2015 killing of Memphis police officer Sean Bolton

    Jury selection began Monday, Oct. 29, in the death penalty murder trial of Tremaine Wilbourn, the man charged in the 2015 killing of Memphis Police Department officer Sean Bolton. He is at least the fourth defendant since 2011 to face a capital-murder trial in Shelby County Criminal Court.

    By Yolanda Jones October 30, 2018