Opinion: Fighting back against a ‘crime-induced public health crisis’
“During the first three months of 2023, Memphians have experienced 5,500 vehicles stolen, 81 murders and reports of rape up 41%,” writes Carlisle Corporation CEO Chance Carlisle. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Chance Carlisle
Chance Carlisle is CEO of Carlisle Corporation. He is co-founder of the Greater 901 Initiative.
“Voter sentiment about our city’s crippling crime epidemic transcends socioeconomic, gender, racial and ethnic backgrounds. Actual voters want violent, repeat offenders off the streets, legally. They want the bail ‘loopholes’ closed for these offenders who should be held in jail and timely prosecuted.”
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