A Saturday night patrol with a Memphis police officer
“(As an officer,) you have to decide what’s your legal procedure and what’s the best outcome for everyone involved,” Officer Amber Campos said. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis Police Department Officer Amber Campos’ Saturday night, Oct. 26, shift was nearly over when the call for a woman named Erin came through.
It was the second time Campos had responded to the Breedlove Apartments in North Memphis for Erin.
The first call came a few hours earlier after Erin’s sister called police about concern she was trying to harm herself by taking pills. After talking with Erin and her sister outside in the parking lot, Campos took a report and left the apartment complex.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on Desoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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