Three county police reform ordinances get rough reception at County Commission
Memphis Police Deputy Chief Micheal Hardy (middle) talks to a protester outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
The trio of ordinances affecting the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and corrections officers advanced automatically in Monday’s first of three votes on the measures. A second reading will be held in two weeks and a third is tentatively set in October.
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