Council members make case for exempting city from state residency bill
Memphis City Council member J.B. Smiley Jr., seen here in 2019, wants state Sen. Brian Kelsey to exempt Memphis from his proposal to drop all residency requirements everywhere in the state for police and firefighters. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Council member J.B. Smiley argues that if the city accepts police and fire applications from outside the city, more effort will have to be put into screening candidates.
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