 | Comparing Police Application Standards in other Cities to MPD
This year five times as many officers have been arrested in Memphis as in Nashville. But Nashville and other cities across America do something Memphis doesn't.  Watch Video
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 | Reverend Seeks to Heal Relationship between Community, MPD
A local community leader says he's got an idea to help heal the relationships between the citizens of Memphis and MPD, and within the police department itself.
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 | Off-Duty Officer Hits Squad Car, Cited for Suspended License
An off-duty Memphis police officer was cited after he hit a squad car in the police station parking lot.
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 | MPD Officer Arrested for DUI Found with Moonshine
A Memphis police officer arrested for DUI in Mississippi is not only accused of drunk driving, Mississippi troopers say he also had illegal moonshine in his car.
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| Council Considers Requiring College Degree for Memphis Police
In the last four years, 21 cops have been fired by the Memphis Police Department. The reasons for the terminations have never been released, but Memphis City Council members say most of those fired didn't have a college degree. Now council members are considering making the hiring requirements of the Memphis police the toughest in the state. Watch Video
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 | Minister Leads Protest of Memphis Police, Wharton Administration
As more and more Memphis police officers find their names on the court docket at the Criminal Justice Center, more people are speaking out against police. Watch Video
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 | Police Union Questions Mayor Wharton's Criticism of MPD
Keep your nose out of our business. That's the message to Mayor A C Wharton from the union that represents the Memphis Police Department. Watch Video
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 | TBI Identifies Memphis Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released the name of the off-duty Memphis police officer who fatally shot a 15-year-old Monday night.
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 | Memphis Police Officer Charged with DUI in Mississippi
Another Memphis police officer is off the job following a DUI arrest in Mississippi last week.
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 | Memphis Police Union: Good Pay Equals Good Cops
It has been a bad public relations nightmare for the Memphis Police Department. Mayor A C Wharton says he's had enough of "bad apples" on the police force and wants to make some big changes to the way cops are recruited in Memphis. Watch Video
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| Fairness Questioned with MPD Officers' Discipline
A good cop's worst enemy is a bad cop tarnishing the honor of the badge, and the Memphis Police Department has another officer in trouble with the law. Watch Video
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| Mayor Wharton Demands Change with Police Information
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton's battle with the police department shows no signs of ending. In round two of the feud, Wharton criticized the MPD about its refusal to release information about bad cops to the public. The Memphis Police Association, the union representing the city's officers, sees things differently. Watch Video
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 | Wharton Wants Review of MPD after Fatal Off-Duty Shooting
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. is ordering a review of internal police procedures following repeated cases of alleged officer misconduct, including an off-duty officer's involvement in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy. Watch Video
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 | Memphis Top Cop Not Being Forced Out
After a day of rumors and a closed door meeting between Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and Memphis Police director Toney Armstrong, the director still has his job. Watch Video
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 | Memphis Officer in Fatal Crash Did Not Use Lights, Sirens
Memphis Police say an officer involved in a fatal crash that left two people dead Sunday did not have his lights or sirens on.
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| Fatal Crash Raises Questions of Police and Speed
No sirens. No lights. Two people dead. That’s how witnesses described the outcome of a crash involving a Memphis police car. Watch Video
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 | MPD Director Addresses Council on Evidence Audit
Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong says problems inside the department's property and evidence room will be fixed. An audit found big problems with missing and misplaced evidence, and who had computer access. Armstrong had to explain to the Memphis City Council what's he's doing to get control of the situation. Watch Video
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 | MPD Investigating Officer Caught Sleeping on the Job
Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong is finally responding to an officer ABC24 News cameras caught sleeping on the job. Watch Video
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 | Memphis Officer in Deadly Police Crash May Face Charges
Criminal charges could be on the way for Alex Beard, the Memphis police officer involved in a deadly car crash. Police say he violated protocol while behind the wheel. That violation may have very well cost lives. |  Read MPD's Vehicle Operation Policy (57.4KB)
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 | Burglar at Club Crave Attacks Police K-9
He’s accused of breaking into a nightclub, refusing to leave and attacking a K-9 officer.
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 | Memphis Police Officer Charged with Sex Trafficking
An officer with the Memphis Police Department was arrested in an FBI sting Sunday for orchestrating a prostitution ring that crossed state lines. Watch Video
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| Police Director: MPD Officer's Sex Trafficking Arrest Intolerable
Memphis' top cop calls the arrest of another fellow officer inexcusable. Memphis police officer Sean McWhirter is the latest MPD officer in trouble. Watch Video
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 | Police Grant Money Running Out for GPS Tracking Bracelets
Accused burglars, rapists and robbers will soon be on Mid-South streets and the law can't keep an eye on them. Police used to track them with GPS bracelets, but no more; money for the GPS program is running out. Watch Video
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| New MPD Precinct Opening Delayed Months over Furniture
A brand new Memphis police precinct has been sitting empty for months, all over a dispute over furniture. Watch Video
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| Mayor Requests THP Investigation of Deadly Officer-Involved Crash
The name of the Memphis police officer involved in a deadly accident Sunday has been released. The Memphis Police Department says Officer Alex Beard was responding to an officer-needs-help call when his squad car crashed into a vehicle holding a family of four, killing two people inside. Watch Video
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| Strife Continues between Mayor Wharton, Police Union
Memphis Police Association President Mike Williams might not be sending any Christmas cards to Mayor A C Wharton this year. Watch Video
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| Deadly Crash with Memphis Police Car under Investigation
The investigation continues into a fatal car crash over the weekend involving a Memphis police officer. Watch Video
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| Memphis Officials Finally Talk about Fatal Police Crash
City of Memphis officials spoke for the first time on the double fatal crash involving a Memphis Police car. Watch Video
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 | MCS Security Officer Target Of Sexting Investigation
A Memphis mother is outraged after she says Memphis City Schools and Memphis Police ignored her claims a school security guard was sending inappropriate texts to her daughter.
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 | Director Armstrong Calls MPD's Community Outreach Program a Success
In March MPD Director Toney Armstrong started the C.O.P. program in hopes of building better relationships with citizens and reducing crime. He says his program is working. Watch Video
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 | Police Kept Busy During Rowdy 72 Hours on Beale Street
Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong describes the job of police officers working on Beale Street one of the hardest assignments in the city. Watch Video
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| Group Claims Excessive Force with 6 MPD-Related Deaths
A local organization is calling Memphis police officers out of control. The group wants the federal government to investigate the Memphis Police Department for violating people's civil rights. Watch Video
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| Mayor Wharton Displeased with MPD's Property Room Audit
The Memphis mayor's office finds the MPD property room audit unacceptable. The report found guns, drugs, money and who knows what else missing from the evidence room. Watch Video
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 | MPD Officers Fatally Shoot Knife-Wielding Teen
A teen shot dead in downtown Memphis early Tuesday morning after he charged police with a knife.
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| Audit: Evidence in Memphis Police Property Room 'Missing' or Deleted
Guns, drugs, money, and who knows what else are missing from the Memphis Police Property and Evidence Room.
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 | MPD Speeding Tickets Soar in April
Despite an increase in officers looking for speeders, the City of Memphis is down more than 40,000 tickets from this time last year, but they're quickly turning that around. Watch Video
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 | 4 MPD Officers Cleared in Man's Shooting Death
No criminal charges will be filed against four Memphis police officers who fatally shot a suspect last month.
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| Toney Armstrong Marks One Year as Memphis Police Director
From finding dirty cops on the force to dealing with a fallen officer, Toney Armstrong's first year as Memphis Police Director has been eventful. Watch Video
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 | Memphis Heroes Honored for Bravery, Selflessness, Dedication
Memphis Police don't just protect and serve, they deliver babies, they save people from burning apartments, they pull Sheriff's deputies from burning cars. City cops have gone above and beyond the call of duty this year.
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| Game Plan Needed to Curb Rampant Home Burglaries
When Mayor Wharton heard Memphis has more than 760 residential break-ins a month, he said the MPD needs to break up some things it's doing to tackle the problem. Now police aren't too happy about Wharton's input. Watch Video
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| Memphis Police Tab for Special Events May Go Unpaid
Organizations that stiffed Memphis to the tune of a million bucks may get away with it. The money is owed to the city for providing police protection at special events. Watch Video
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 | More Police in Danger as Temperatures Rise
Within two days two Memphis Police officers have nearly been run over by suspects trying to escape. Watch Video
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| Entire Class of Memphis Police Recruits File Injury Reports
All 66 Memphis Police recruits have filed injury claims after a "bear crawl" exercise on a hot day.
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 | Memphis Homicides Up over Last Year
More people have been murdered in Memphis so far this year compared to the same time last year. Watch Video
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 | Memphis Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Beale Street Arrest
An off-duty Memphis cop arrested on Beale Street over the weekend maintained his innocence in court Monday morning. Watch Video
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 | Police Union Head Demands More Attention to PTSD
For a police officer, the most important thing is to go home safe at the end of your shift. The demons that exist in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder however make that impossible. Watch Video
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| Memphis Officer, Suspect Shot near U of M South Campus
A Memphis police officer headed to the hospital after a shooting Monday afternoon. Watch Video
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 | Memphis Police Mentoring Kids through Boxing Program
Beating back youth crime with boxing. That's what the Memphis Police Department is hoping its "Outside the Box" summer youth boxing program will do.
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 | MPD Chief Deputy Retires after 25 Years of Service
For more than 25 years he's fought crime in the city of Memphis. Chief Deputy Joe Scott was honored as he retired Wednesday morning, and his shoes will be tough to fill. Watch Video
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 | $50k to Reopen Beale Street Police Substation
It looks like Memphis Police officers will once again have a permanent home on Beale Street when the department opens a new substation there. Watch Video
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