Data shows number of traffic-related arrests increased in 2022
Muscle cars pass by the lights on Beale Street while cruising B.B. King Boulevard in Downtown Memphis on May 9, 2020. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
“For the first six months of the year, the Memphis Police Department has made more drag racing arrests than they made in 2019 and 2020,” MPD Deputy Chief Paul Wright said.
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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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