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Public Safety
As Memphis police call for extra patrols after three recent interstate shootings, there have been at least six other roadway shootings this year. -
Public Safety
Man shot by Memphis police officer awake and talking, his attorney says
Martavious Banks, the man shot Sept. 17 by a Memphis police officer, is awake and talking about the night he was critically wounded, an attorney representing him said during a press conference Thursday. -
Public Safety
Lawsuit filed against city, police after man’s body was left in van for 49 days
Attorneys representing the family of the man whose body was left in a van for seven weeks at the Memphis Police Department impound lot have filed a wrongful-death and negligence lawsuit against the city of Memphis and police director Michael Rallings. -
Public Safety
Memphis attorney Art Horne gets 30 days, probation on assault charge
Memphis attorney Arthur “Art” Horne, acquitted of aggravated rape, aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping, was given a sentence Thursday of 11 months, 29 days’ probation and 30 days in jail on the misdemeanor assault charge he was convicted of during his August trial. -
Public Safety
18 undocumented immigrants charged in ICE sweep in Memphis and Shelby County
More than a dozen undocumented immigrants have been indicted, including some with previous arrests and convictions, during a recent sweep by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. -
Public Safety
FBI: Memphis ranks as 3rd most violent big city in US
Memphis’ homicide rate was the third highest among the country’s 50 largest cities last year, according to the FBI’s latest data. In 2017, there were 181 homicides in Memphis, 28 deaths per 100,000 people in the city, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting statistics released last month. -
Public Safety
Banks shooting pulls MPD into national fray over reliability, proper use of bodycams
One by one, police dashboard cameras malfunctioned that chilly night in Chicago. -
Public Safety
DNA technology helps MPD solve 1997 rape case
In 1997, a 14-year-old Memphis girl was raped inside her home after a man broke in and armed with a gun, held her and four women captive. -
Public Safety
Sherra Wright deemed mentally fit to stand trial in death of Lorenzen Wright
Sherra Wright is mentally fit to stand trial in the 2010 fatal shooting of her ex-husband, NBA player Lorenzen Wright, Judge Lee Coffee said at her report hearing Friday. -
Public Safety
Suspects in Trenary homicide in court
The family of one of the three suspects charged in the fatal shooting of Greater Memphis Chamber leader Phil Trenary said Monday that they were in "disbelief" when they learned he was arrested in connection with the homicide. -
Public Safety
Police charge three with murder in Trenary’s death
Three people have been charged in the fatal shooting of Phil Trenary, the president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce, who police said was gunned down during an attempted robbery Thursday night in Downtown Memphis. -
Public Safety
Two teens in stolen truck crash charged, connection to Trenary slaying still unclear
Memphis police have charged two teenagers who were found in a stolen pickup truck matching the description of the one seen fleeing the scene where Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was shot and killed Thursday night. -
Public Safety
Suspects in custody; unclear if connected to Trenary’s slaying
Memphis Police Department officers chased a vehicle matching the description of the truck fleeing the scene of Phil Trenary’s slaying and took two men into custody on Friday, Sept. 28. -
Public Safety
Officers’ personnel records released in Banks shooting
Personnel records of the three Memphis police officers involved in the shooting that critically wounded Martavious Banks earlier this month shed some light on their work history, including the fact this is the second time one of the officers has turned off his body camera during an incident. -
City of Memphis
Police shooting reaction goes beyond call for TBI investigations
Memphis police brass were about four minutes into Power Point slides at a Tuesday, Sept. 25, City Council committee session before council members shut down the presentation that tallied the hours of police camera recordings and number of cameras in patrol cars. -
Public Safety
Activists continue to demand answers in wake of Memphis officer-involved shooting
As Martavious Banks remains on life support after being shot by a Memphis police officer Sept. 17, his family and activists marched to the Memphis Police Association office Wednesday afternoon after it was revealed that one of the officers involved in the shooting is the son of the head of the police union. -
Public Safety
Police name 3 officers in Banks shooting
Memphis police released the names Wednesday, Sept. 26, of the three officers involved in the Sept. 17 South Memphis traffic stop and shooting of Martavious Banks. -
Public Safety
Strickland pledges to get to bottom of officer-involved shooting
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland addressed the city Friday morning, saying there have been 40 incidents in which the Memphis Police Department investigated and disciplined officers for violating policies surrounding the use of body and vehicle cameras, vowing to get “to the bottom of this” shooting of 25-year-old Martavious Banks. -
Public Safety
Memphis Police: 3 officers did not turn on body cameras during police shooting
The Memphis Police Department said an officer who critically wounded a 25-year-old man in a shooting in South Memphis Monday night did not record the encounter because he and two other officers failed to turn on their body and in-car cameras during the incident. -
Bartlett
Rikard retiring from Bartlett police chief post
Bartlett Police Chief Gary Rikard, leader of the suburban department for 11 years, will retire Dec. 31. -
Shelby County
‘Every Day in School’ program works with schools, parents to reduce truancy
Siblings were truant at a Shelby County school last year because they had to share a uniform.
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