County Commission returns to police reform ordinances for Sheriff’s office
Shelby County Commissioner Britney Thornton (right) listens to fellow commissioner Edmund Ford, Jr. (left) during a meeting. Thornton, along with other comissioners, proposed police reform ordinances for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The set of three ordinances were delayed on first reading votes two weeks ago. Meanwhile, Monday’s meeting is the last for Mickell Lowery as chairman of a body that is still working its way through a rift among the nine Democratic members.
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