About 1,500 feds working in Memphis, US Marshals director says
Director of U.S. Federal Marshals Service Gadyaces Serralta listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Sept. 15. (Alex Brandon/AP)
There are more than 1,500 federal personnel in Memphis as part of President Donald Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force, the head of the U.S. Marshals Service told several reporters Tuesday, Oct. 14.
Gadyaces Serralta, director of USMS, stated the number fluctuates daily, but there are approximately 1,500 federal personnel in the city as part of the task force. The Memphis Police Department, for comparison, currently has about 1,900 officers.
Serralta did not provide a breakdown of the number of people each federal agency had provided. He said the larger agencies had provided the most, and the smaller agencies had provided fewer.
“They give us what they can give us. We’re very satisfied with the cooperation of every agency,” he said. “They come here to do the right thing for Memphis.”
Serralta and U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee Tyreece Miller spoke to the Memphis print media for 15 minutes after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s news conference Tuesday morning.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise reporter who focuses on government and politics. He began his career at the Tulsa World where he covered business and 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 Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on the intersection of government, public policy, influence and how public dollars are spent.
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