Crime rates continue to climb across Memphis
Memphis Police officers extend the crime scene tape around the perimeter of an active shooter situation near the University of Memphis May 2, 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
Bill Gibbons, president of the crime commission, said Memphis is not the only city seeing its crime rate rise, especially in the car theft category, “but that is little comfort.”
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Julia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker 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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