Everybody Speeds: ‘You never know what you’re going to encounter’
“A lot of it is intuition,” said Cleve Stewart, who has been a Memphis police officer for 34 years. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
During his 34 years with the Memphis Police Department, much of which was spent on a motorcycle or in a squad car watching for speeders, Cleve Stewart never once had to pull his weapon during a traffic stop.
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Jody Callahan
Jody Callahan graduated with degrees in journalism and economics from what is now known as the University of Memphis. He has covered news in Memphis for more than 25 years.
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