MPD will continue to operate Greenlaw as community center
Greenlaw Community Center on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. MPD plans to transport youth breaking curfew in Downtown Memphis to the center and hold them there. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
MPD brass told the Memphis City Council the department plans to take youth breaking curfew Downtown to the Greenlaw Community Center, which the city’s parks department is relinquishing to police.
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MPD juvenile crime Memphis curfewJulia Baker
Julia Baker covers Memphis and Shelby County’s law enforcement agencies and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. A lifelong Memphian, Julia graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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