MPD: Crime down 18% through first half of 2024
Officials credited Operation Code Zero, a bi-weekly enforcement that rotates through the city’s precincts, as one of many tactics that has contributed toward the city’s crime decrease. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
“I’m glad to see the numbers going down,” Council member Jerri Green said. “I do want to keep it in context. We’re comparing the numbers to the worst year on record for Memphis.”
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Memphis Police Department Memphis Shelby Crime CommissionJulia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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