New documents raise doubts about when MPD started traffic-stop ban
“We have to have policies that mirror city ordinance, so we changed the policies anyway,” Interim Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn C.J. Davis said at a Jan. 4 press conference. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Newly obtained records reveal when the controversial traffic ordinance was officially adopted by the Memphis Police Department.
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traffic stops Cerelyn "C.J." Davis Memphis Police DepartmentAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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