It’s been a year on the ground for the Task Force. In that time, crime has dropped, but concerns have risen. Here’s a look back at the major moments that have shaped the Task Force.
Sept. 29 marks the one-year anniversary of the Task Force in action.
“In the early days after my daughter died of a drug overdose in 2014, it was one of the details with which I became obsessed – that over time, I might forget what she sounded like.”
DeSoto County’s Lindsey Whiteside saga is almost officially over.
A Hickory Hill nightclub that was recently the scene of a Memphis Safe Task Force raid has been forced to shutter.
A federal judge heard arguments about whether to temporarily block the Task Force from enforcing a Tennessee buffer law and retaliating against citizens who film police operations.
A federal judge will not temporarily restrict how the Tennessee Highway Patrol works with federal immigration authorities, ruling the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition had not shown enough evidence to justify immediate court intervention.
The teenager was apprehended by Memphis Safe Task Force agents who were eating lunch nearby.
A federal court heard arguments in a lawsuit that seeks to block Tennessee Highway Patrol collaboration with ICE for immigration enforcement.
Hernandez Govan, who was acquitted of the Young Dolph murder in June, pleaded guilty last week to a separate federal charge stemming from a domestic incident.
Attorneys seek a preliminary injunction to stop Task Force members from retaliating against residents who film their operations.
Despite recent progress, the latest FBI Uniform Crime Report indicates Memphis remains the No. 1 major city in America for its violent crime rate, town hall attendees learn.
A year since the presidential executive order that created the Memphis Safe Task Force was announced in the Oval Office, its impact and future are still being debated, touted and condemned.
The state is pouring $9 million this year into a TBI task force given wide-reaching authority across the state, including working with the Memphis Safe Task Force.
Beverly Turnage, a 43-year-old woman, was transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in critical condition.
Three former daycare workers pleaded not guilty to involvement in the death of 6-year-old Winter Jones.
Seven human trafficking victims were rescued during a recent operation in Southaven, the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office announced Monday, Sept. 14.
The appointments follow legislative action adding violent‑crime divisions after the county lost two judicial seats in 2024.
The lawsuit paints a picture of a facility in perpetual crisis, from a major air conditioning failure this summer as well as raw sewage backups, mold issues and pest infestations.
According to the Memphis Police Department, reported crime has fallen by around 10,000 incidents so far this year.
Shelby County Sheriff Anthony Buckner discussed getting ahead on jail maintenance, a new “step-down” unit for prisoners with medical conditions and a return to using a former federal prison in Millington on “Behind the Headlines.”
Winter Jones was left on the bus for as many as six hours on a day when temperatures reached 99 degrees.
A trial date has been set in a federal lawsuit over the fatal 2024 shooting of Jamarcus Brown by the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office.
The U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and the assistant U.S. attorney general dive into the ongoing efforts by the Justice Department to end street gangs with racketeering cases.
After the FBI closed its Memphis field office in 2024, it consolidated the command structure, a move that has been instrumental in the FBI’s involvement with the Memphis Safe Task Force.
Flock cameras have come under criticism for misuse of the technology and questions about privacy, but a law enforcement official said they have benefited Lakeland.
Court filings show the club that was raided had been targeted.
An autopsy shows the cause of death for Jonah Neal on May 20 in Raleigh was a bullet fired by an agent with the Memphis Safe Task Force.
A group of around 20 protesters gathered outside the West Tennessee Detention Facility to protest what they called “deplorable conditions” inside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement center.