Nothing Works As Well To Reduce Urban Violence As Focused Deterrence
Crime drops in 2019; violent crime down for second year in a row
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Research Brief – Domestic Violence Survivors’ Experiences
IN THEIR OWN WORDS: Domestic Violence Survivors’ Experiences with Memphis and Shelby County Resources INTRODUCTION – While law enforcement...
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Assessment of Neighborhood Safety Initiative
INTRODUCTION – One of many factors to community safety is the level of citizen involvement. Within Memphis and Shelby County, many citizens...
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Assessment of Data-Driven Deployment by the Memphis Police Department
INTRODUCTION – Data-driven policing has been a priority for Memphis Police Department (MPD) for more than 10 years. During the initial...
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K2 Intelligence Report – Memphis Gang Strategy
K2 Intelligence Report: Memphis Gang Strategy Proposal INTRODUCTION – Gang violence in Memphis has become an epidemic. It is a public health...
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Interim Assessment of Gang Injunctions and Safety Zones in Memphis
INTRODUCTION – In Sept. 2013, as the result of Multi-Agency Gang Unit (MGU) investigations into reports of criminal gang activity in the...
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CRIME DROPS IN 2019; VIOLENT CRIME DOWN FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
Crime drops in 2019; violent crime down for second year in a row
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Memphis Shelby Crime Commission: ‘It’s not your typical nonprofit’
The MSCC’s main function is to convene for planning and reporting, and to provide accountability partner nudging, sometimes insistently, when...
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Curbing the gang violence ‘epidemic’ is Memphis’ priority
District Attorney Amy Weirich and Crime Commission President Bill Gibbons released a column in the Daily Memphian discussing the challenge of gang...
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Crime Commission Partner: International Paper
IP SEES SAFE COMMUNITY AS KEY TO QUALITY OF LIFE AND GROWTH International Paper is a leading global producer of renewable fiber-based packaging...
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Community Engagement Critical to Reducing Crime
One of the goals of the Safe Community plan is to strengthen community engagement in crime prevention and reduction efforts. That goal can be...
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Forum Connects Employers to Sources for Hiring Ex-Offenders
Governor Bill Lee, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, and other leaders joined over 300 participants in a forum on June...
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