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Starting in June 2020, The Institute for Public Service Reporting began reporting a series of articles in response to the city of Memphis' delay in fulfilling public record requests for excessive-force complaints filed against Memphis Police Department officers over the last five years, which would have cost $6,000 in fees. [10] [11]
The Memphis Police Department was founded in 1827. [6] In 1878, the 55-man police department was devastated by the yellow fever epidemic with all 55 officers stricken, and 10 officers dying. [6] By 1927, the city's murder rate was 69.3 per 100,000 population, the highest in the country.
Criminal Reduction Utilising Statistical History is an IBM predictive analytics system that attempts to predict the location of future crimes. [1] It was developed as part of the Blue CRUSH program in conjunction with Memphis Police Department and the University of Memphis Criminology and Research department. [2]
The report includes preliminary data from 69 different U.S. cities compiled from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System and showed major violent crime in those cities had dropped just ...
In July 2023, the Justice Department announced an investigation into the Memphis Police Department, looking at the department’s “pattern or practice” of how it uses force and conducts stops ...
Memphis Police Department real time crime center staff work on computers as live camera feeds from around the city are seen on a wall of screens in front of them on Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
In 2014, the city of Memphis ranked eleventh in violent crimes for major cities around the U.S. In 2006, Memphis led the nation in number of violent crimes. In 2001, 2005, and 2007, Memphis ranked second most dangerous in the nation among cities with a population over 500,000. It also ranked as most dangerous in 2002. There are approximately 182 gangs in Memphis, Tennessee with 8,400 gang ...
The Memphis Police Department was found to be in violation of the U.S. Constitution due to a pattern of misconduct involving discrimination and excessive force, according to an investigation by ...