K2 Intelligence Report: Memphis Gang Strategy Proposal

INTRODUCTION – Gang violence in Memphis has become an epidemic. It is a public health crisis of the first order, taking hundreds of young lives, shattering families, and holding entire neighborhoods hostage to fear. There were 209 murders recorded in the city in 2016, the most in a generation. The Memphis homicide rate was 32 per 100,000 a higher rate than that of Chicago, which saw 28 per 100,000. While the soaring murder rate has commanded headlines, gang activity drives a host of other crimes, from robberies to drug sales to human trafficking. 81% of the….[use the link below to continue reading this report]