Law banning drivers’ cell phones cruising toward Memphis
School Crossing Guard Maggie Jackson (middle) directs traffic for Snowden School parents and students crossing North Parkway on March. 4, 2020. The City Council approved the first of three readings of an ordinance that would bring speed enforcement cameras to school zones.. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
The two city measures reflect larger debates about criminal justice reform and the increasing use of cameras in public settings.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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