Mayor outlines new public safety director’s job, still backs Chief Davis
Paul Young anticipates the Memphis City Council may call a vote on C.J. Davis’ appointment when the city’s budget season ends in late June. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis Mayor Paul Young says the city’s new public safety director is a position that will consolidate the city’s response to violent crime. Young talked about that and other crime issues on WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines.”
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