The AM/DM podcast: Riding with a task force warrant team
Supervisory Deputy Karolina Duda gets ready in her vehicle before a mission to apprehend a fugitive with an outstanding warrant in South Memphis Nov. 26, 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
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The Memphis Safe Task Force, the massive federal, state and local law enforcement operation in Memphis, has now been operational for more than two months.
Public safety reporter Aarron Fleming recently got an inside look at the day-to-day operations during a ride-along with Warrant Team Bravo, as they moved to find and arrest a homicide suspect.
Today, Fleming and editorial director Mary Cashiola talk about how he was able to do the ride-along, what he learned from the U.S. Marshal he rode with and what it felt like to be on the ground with the task force.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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