Former MPD director: Police issues a matter of ‘discipline and control’
Buddy Chapman
E. Winslow “Buddy” Chapman is executive director of CrimeStoppers and served formerly as director of the Memphis Police Department.
“Unquestionably, the level of crime in Memphis is unacceptable. But we will never be able to bring it under control by having police be meaner than the criminals.”
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