AI-powered cameras are monitoring Downtown
Wall-to-wall screens connected to Downtown’s 63 artificial-intelligence-powered traffic cameras monitor activity in the corridor down to the types of vehicles that pass through its streets daily and how fast they are going. The city plans to add about 200 additional cameras to the area in the future. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
A new Memphis Police Department command center Downtown will be a “game changer” for the district, MPD Chief C.J. Davis said during a grand opening Thursday, April 24.
“It’s more than just a building, it’s another tool in our toolkit,” Davis said to members of the public and other local officials gathered for the ceremony.
The new command center, located at 250 Peabody Place, serves as a surveillance site of sorts, specifically for the Downtown area and similar to MPD’s existing Real-Time Crime Center.
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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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