MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis said Memphians are feeling safer, and she points out that the drop in crime started even before the new Memphis Safe Task Force arrived.
Chief Davis, joined by MPD command staff, briefed a Memphis City Council committee today on the city’s latest public-safety trends.
She said those trends include fewer repeat offenders, fewer violent offenders, fewer outstanding warrants, and a noticeable decrease in gang-related activity across the city.
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“We believe, despite what we see in the media, people are feeling the difference — feeling the difference in our traffic in the city and in a number of different communities where we are not responding to shots fired every five minutes. Calls for service have gone down. Calls for service have gone down significantly, and that means community members are not dialing 911 because there isn’t an incident.”…