Council discusses violent crime task force, change in MPD leadership
Memphis Police Department director Michael Rallings, seen here in June, is retiring in April, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The task force is among the recommendations in a violent crime blueprint touted by council member Jeff Warren for the past year. Meanwhile, the city should have a new police director by the spring and the head of the MPD is a key player in such a task force.
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