Memphis looks to add more officers, new police branch Downtown
The City of Memphis could soon invest in a new plan to improve public safety Downtown. Clockwise, from top left: The crowd cheers at a Memphis Grizzlies open practice at FedExForum; A SkyCop unit sits on a lamppost outside of Wet Willie’s on Beale Street; People walk Beale Street on 901 Day; Memphis Police pass by the lights on Beale Street on May 9, 2020. (The Daily Memphian file)
The City of Memphis plans to invest additional resources Downtown — including almost 200 more cameras — to make the area safer.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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