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August 22, 2018 20 0 0

The GUN CRIME.MAX TIME. FED UP. ad campaign, an Operation: Safe Community initiative, was recognized by the 39th Annual Telly Awards honoring...

August 15, 2018 30 0 0

Reported crimes with guns were down significantly during the first half of this year compared to last year in the city of Memphis and...

July 23, 2018 19 0 0

Based on preliminary figures from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), major violent crime in Memphis and Shelby County continued to drop...

June 7, 2018 34 0 0

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland estimates there are approximately 15,000 job vacancies in the greater Memphis area, with about 9,000 paying $12 or...

May 31, 2018 16 0 0

By holding a steady job, ex-offenders will be more apt to become productive successful members of our community and less apt to be repeat...

May 16, 2018 21 0 0

The Commercial Appeal featured a guest column Sunday, May 20th by Bill Gibbons, Crime Commission president, on the importance of reducing crime to...

April 30, 2018 18 0 0

Resolving shortages in local law enforcement staffing is a key part of the Operation: Safe Community crime plan, along with ensuring that officers...

April 27, 2018 17 0 0

The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission ‘s 2017 Annual Report is now available online.

April 20, 2018 22 0 0

During the first quarter of 2018 (January – March), the major violent crime rate dropped in both Memphis and all of Shelby County compared...

March 26, 2018 21 0 0

training is underway for new Shelby County deputy sheriff recruits. Twenty-nine recruits are in the new class. Training will last for twenty-four...

District Attorney Amy Weirich began Operation Comeback this month with a call-in of selected high-risk offenders who were warned to stop the...

One year into the new five-year Operation: Safe Community crime plan, we are making progress on many fronts.