10,000 cameras: MPD grows video surveillance network
Deputy chief of information technology Joe Oakley works in the MPD Real-Time Crime Center Dec. 13. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
“This is 21st-century policing at its finest,” said MPD’s deputy chief of information technology. “We may not have an officer on every street corner in the city, but we can have a camera.”
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Julia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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