The Justice Department on Wednesday said a 17-month civil rights investigation found that the Memphis Police Department engages in the systemic use of excessive force and discriminates against ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis City Council members voted to approve Cerelyn 'C.J.' Davis as the Memphis Police Department chief one year after being tagged as the interim. Davis was confirmed unanimously ...

U.S. attorneys’ offices were told to investigate any official who defies federal immigration enforcement efforts and consider ...

The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, according to the findings of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation launched after the beating death ...

The Memphis City Council Tuesday reappointed Cerelyn "C.J." Davis as police chief. She spent the previous year as MPD's ...

The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and follows policies that discriminate against black people, the US justice department has said. This includes unnecessarily escalating ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Former Memphis Police Department Police Chief Tony Armstrong was one of several law experts who spoke on a panel about the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Pattern or Practice ...

C.J. Davis is no longer “interim” police chief after Memphis City Council voted Tuesday to approve her as the permanent chief ...

In Memphis, people like the Rev. Dr. Earle Fisher had asked the Justice Department for years to investigate the city’s police officers. But now, he worries that there will be no follow-through.

About half the uniformed patrol officers in the Memphis Police Department have been on the force less than 5 years, presenting challenges and opportunities.

Justice Department investigations, often launched after controversial police killings, show how other forms of abusive policing can harm communities.

The Memphis Police Department refused multiple requests to ... an adjunct professor from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Ross, a former academy instructor with the New York Police Department ...