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Television news report:: TV News Report - Tragedy in Binghampton, TV Town Hall Meeting

Television news report:: TV "Town Hall Meeting" on Memphis Crime

Television news report:: Day and Time Hotspots for Crime

MSCC Study: Effectiveness of a Proposed Daytime Juvenile
Curfew for the City of Memphis

Television news report:: Consolidation Task Force

Television news report:: Crime on College Campuses

Television news report: FBI Ranks Memphis #1 for Violent Crime

Television news report: Mayoral Campaign - Crime issue

Television news report: Checklist for Gang Affiliation

Statistics: Days and Times Violent Crime Occurs Most Often

Newspaper article: Dropped requisite stirs up debate, Memphis Police axe college requirement

Television news report: Operation Safe Community at 1 year

MSCC Witepaper: Immigration in Shelby County and Its Impact on Crime

Newspaper article: Ruling may release criminals early

Study: School District Police Departments

Newspaper article: Memphis leads U.S. in violent crime

The public speaking schedule of the President & CEO of the Crime Commission has been added to the home page

Statistics: Shelby County Law Enforcement Jurisdictions Reported Crime
Comparing January through May 2006 & 2007

 

 

 

  
Dropped requisite stirs up debate
Memphis Police axe college requirement
Ruling may release criminals early
Memphis leads U.S. in violent crime
Bottoming Out
Heeding a second 'call to service'
Heidingsfield heads back to Iraq to assess security
Talks begin on unified police
Cops 'n' neighbors...
 examining the crime-fighting initiatives discussed at the Operation Safe Community summit in 2006
Experts take shots at deadly force bills — click to see article
Emergency crews face tech hurdle — click to see article
'Crossfire' should not be among area's five 'Cs' — click to see article
City, county breakup may hurt policing — click to see article
How does a community fight a spike in crime
Raising our sights — click to see article
Getting about the business of fighting crime — click to see article
Community can give leverage to fight crime — click to see article
Editorial:  Time to fight back on crime — click to see article
City needs a gut check on crime - click to see article
Safe Community, that's the goal - click to see article
Contractor Casualties are hidden victims in Iraq war. - click to see article
To Hell and Back Home - Michael Heidingsfield returns from Iraq - click to see article
2005-2006 Memphis City Guide 2005-2006 Memphis City Guide — click to see article
Iraqi blast hits Memphian's hotel — click to see article
In the roulette of Iraq, top civilian officer from Memphis focuses on the day-to-day DODGING DEATH — click to see article
Risk is everywhere
But so is Heidingsfield, all over treacherous Iraq... — click to see article
Top cop witnesses hope and honor in IRAQ — Click to see article
Memphian in charge of vital job in Iraq — Click to see article
Headed to Baghdad — Click to see article
Perceptions vs. realities — Click to see article
The changing gangster fact: He's younger — Click to see article
Expiration of ban on assault weapons worries officials — Click to see article
Too few to do job, sheriff's study says — Click to see article
Letter to the Editor: Herenton must keep focus on police work — Click to see article
Downtowners want brakes on cruising — Click to see article
Domestic violence is a crime — Click to see article

CCC to fill public safety post as liaison for business, police — Click to see article

Editorial - When a police chase puts citizens at risk — Click to see article

2 dead, police probe asks why — Click to see article
Med center biosecurity plans unfold — Click to see article
Evidence theft near $3 million — Click to see article
Statistics prove downtown low in crime — Click to see article
Intersection camera concept has appeal — Click to see article
Photo traffic enforcement will save lives — Click to see article
Memphis Tomorrow
CEOs flex passions to lift community — Click to see article
Police must adapt as crime gets meaner — Click to see article
Rapper jailed in shooting — Click to see article
Security warnings unheeded — Click to see article
New ads warn against crime, gang activity — Click to see article
Maxine, the Movement
Rights award winner personified struggle, vision
— Click to see article
Moving Children from the crossfire is a task for all of us — Click to see article
Herenton, crime panel help city reach 'critical mass' on police force — Click to see article
Police plan to become more visible downtown — click to see article
Police director wants officers more in touch with the people — click to see article
'Done With Guns' is among April 5 themes — click to see article
Peabody Place officials insist it's safe — click to see article
Ministry helps prostitutes turn lives around — click to see article
Smile for surveillance video — click to see article
Note to parents: Truancy bad for you, kid — click to see article
Seeking freebie cost trainee his lunch, ride — click to see article
Dude! Police may join Beale-icious fun scene — click to see article
Police gratuities no big deal, but... — click to see editorial
Spin on crime
has real consequences —
click to see article
Top local cops don't see freebies as problem — click to see article
Later school starts get mixed
reviews — click to see article
Gibbons targets 'juvenile crime time,' wants later school hours — click to see article
City's police force seeks national accreditation — click to see article
Newspaper article: The Commercial Appeal, June 28, 2002 Online map pinpoints crimes by location — click to see article
Click to see article Child deaths add urgency to crime war — click to read
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Kids killed in gun violence a  'tragedy without proportions' — click to read
Click to read - For area, the main event is money For area, the main event is money — click to read
Click to read article - Crime Commisson Helps Frayser Crime Commission Helps Frayser — Click to read
Newspaper Article: Guest Columnist Standards, openness create effective policing — click to read
Crime spikes northward in
Southern cities
  
Southerners Question Crime Rankings
  
6-17art5.jpg (11080 bytes) Businesses team with police to fight crime — click to read

Newspaper article: June 10, 2001

 Violent crimes tackled on many fronts — click to read
Editorial: June 1, 2001 Editorial: Closing down the crime dens — click to read
Newspaper Artcile: May 29, 2001 Study says code enforcement hits criminals where they live — click to read article
Article from The Commercial Appeal, April 22, 2001 Panel getting out front of crime trends — click to read article
Article from The Commercial Appeal, March 1, 2001 Crime Commission taking next step in war to end sexual assaults — click to read article
Article from The Commercial Appeal, February 8, 2001 Crime commissioner to talk shop with police in tense, violent Israel — click to read article
Article from The Daily News, Feb. 12, 2001 County crime chief shares strategies in Middle East  — click to read article
The Commercial Appeal article, Feb.25, 2001 Crime commissioner's Israel
trip spotlights police balancing act — click to read article
Beyond King's dream,
try bold steps, group urges

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