Update

Davis confirmed as new Memphis Police chief

By  and , Daily Memphian Updated: May 04, 2021 5:29 PM CT | Published: May 04, 2021 2:36 PM CT

Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis became the new leader of the Memphis Police Department Tuesday, May 4, in a council vote that was almost unanimous.

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Cerelyn "C.J." Davis Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland MPD

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Yolanda Jones

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Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.

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