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. 

The second Unity Walk Against Gun Violence is set for Feb. 27 in Whitehaven. 

Joy Touliatos, GVIP czar, is ready to get the program underway with partners involved in the plan. 

Novel therapy program is among new offender-focused interventions that seek to reduce domestic violence.

The top federal prosecutor for the Western District of Tennessee, which includes Memphis, was appointed in 2017 by then-President Donald Trump.

Collierville Police Department has added tools in recent months, including a drone bought with CARES Act funds, motorcycles and two mobile command centers inherited from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

Shelby County prosecutors have seen more violence in domestic violence cases during the pandemic and they worry about the number of post-pandemic disclosures of child abuse. 
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Even under so-called normal conditions, the criminal justice system encounters delays and backlogs. The COVID-19 pandemic takes it to a whole new level. 

Pharmacy student alleges her First Amendment rights were violated by the school.

April Alley seeks DNA testing to exonerate her father, Sedley Alley, who was executed in 2006 after being convicted of the 1985 murder of Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins in Millington. Sedley Alley confessed to the crime, but later said the confession was coerced.

Patric Ferguson, a former MPD officer accused of kidnapping and fatally shooting a man last month, has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Ferguson remains in jail with no bond. 

The family of Pandora Duckett, a Shelby County woman missing since 2019, has raised $20,000 for information about her whereabouts. 

The Public Safety Institute and the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission report released crime stats for 2020 confirming what was reported throughout last year -- violent crime was front and center in Memphis with a record number of homicides and aggravated assaults.