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 ...

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

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

The lawsuit filed by Nichols' mother blames the former Memphis Police officers and the department's "aggressive policing" for ...

President Biden granted pardons to several prominent public servants Monday who have faced attacks from President-elect Trump ...

The city, its police department and federal officials reached a court-enforceable agreement known as a consent decree, the Justice Department announced this week. The agreement aims to prevent ...

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 ...

Most in Memphis Police Department are lesser-experienced officers ... Lucas Finton covers crime, policing, jails, the courts and criminal justice policy for The Commercial Appeal.

Reporter covering the Justice Department and civil rights. Education: University of Missouri, bachelor of journalism David Nakamura started at The Washington Post as a summer intern in 1992.

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.

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 ...