Efforts to bolster police force face tall obstacles
Memphis police recruits (in a file photo) work through physical training at the John Holt Police Training Academy. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
The MPD has gone from 2,449 officers a decade ago to slightly more than 1,900 today. The problem is national but also unique to Memphis in some ways.
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Memphis Police Department police recruitment Cerelyn "C.J." Davis Memphis City Council Jim Strickland Matt DolanBill Dries on demand
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