City responds to state legislator’s questions about MPD policies
State Rep. John Gillespie, R-Memphis (left), and state Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Eads, attend a Memphis Shelby Crime Commission event May 23. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
John Gillespie questioned MPD’s policies in a Thursday news release. He and Brent Taylor sponsored the law that bans police departments from not pulling someone over when they have reasonable suspicion the person violated the law.
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