They are accused of protesting outside Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich’s East Memphis home. About 40 demonstrators gathered July 4 and called for Weirich to be fired and for the release of jail detainees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Memphis Police Department say interstate shootings are increasing and road rage is at the center of many of the incidents. And a permitless carry law could make the situation worse, officials fear.
“I am just very alarmed that our state legislature is poised to pass permitless carry,” Rallings said.
Memphis police made more than 300 arrests and seized guns and drugs ranging from marijuana to cocaine during Operation Winter Freeze 2, MPD Director Michael Rallings announced Tuesday, March 23.
The retired University of Memphis criminologist helped guide and develop the data-driven crime-fighting model.
Panelists made up of community leaders, law enforcement and city leaders spent Thursday interviewing seven finalists for the police director’s job.
Some council members questioned why they, along with the public, will not get a chance to question the seven police candidates before Mayor Jim Strickland nominates one of them for the top police job.
The seven finalists to be the next police director for the City of Memphis include two who were fired from previous jobs and one who quit by text.
Matthew Bledsoe, who was charged with taking part in the U.S Capitol insurrection Jan. 6, has been indicted along with three other Tennessee men.
MPD begins sending confirmed excessive force cases to prosecutors for criminal review following Daily Memphian investigation.
Three MPD deputy chiefs and four police professionals outside the MPD are among the candidates being considered to succeed retiring Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland will make the decision and take it to Memphis City Council for confirmation.
Memphis Police Department launches new dashboard with use-of-force data to promote police transparency and accountability.
Outgoing Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings discussed his retirement, violent crime and the future of MPD Tuesday, March 9, as he prepares to retire next month.
Speed and distraction factored into a record increase of pedestrian deaths in Memphis during 2020.
More than 200 inmates at two Shelby County corrections facilities were offered COVID-19 vaccines that were about to expire.
M.A. “Mo” Myers, former head of the Memphis FBI field office, has been promoted to oversee the agency’s intelligence branch.
Gov. Bill Lee said he plans to reintroduce a constitutional carry bill. It’s a move local law enforcement leaders say they will once again oppose.
Saturday’s event – one that featured many elected officials and community organizations – was the second unity walk in a three-month span.
Outgoing U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant reflects on his four years on the job as chief federal prosecutor in the Western District of Tennessee.
A man was arrested at an East Memphis area home and charged in a suspected cockfighting operation. Police and animal services seized more than 200 roosters and hens.
Lawsuit claims city “improperly denied” reporter access to decisive bodycam recordings
Austin Peay Station is part of the new $45 million Raleigh Springs Civic Center development at the former Raleigh Springs Mall site on Austin Peay Highway. The station serves as both a traffic and police precinct.
The Collierville Police Department is phasing in body cameras. The tools are part of the department’s ongoing efforts to “leverage technology.”
One day at a sports bar more than 20 years ago ended with one man losing his life and another, Jerald Trotter, spending almost 13 years in prison.
James C. Beasley Jr, a former Shelby County Criminal Court judge, died Sunday, Feb. 21. He was remembered as fair and a well-respected judge by his friends and colleagues.