Shelby County commissioners approved a round of funding to start a crime data dashboard administered by the University of Memphis on Monday, Feb. 9.
The school’s Center for Community Research and Evaluation, or CCRE, will coordinate data from the county’s various justice agencies and court systems to provide support to the agencies and courts. The center will serve as a “neutral third party” with a goal of improving the accessibility, transparency and usability of data.
The $300,000 funding resolution will cover the costs of one two-year term that runs through February 2028. The cost of additional terms is $125,000. The Memphis Crime Commission runs a similar dashboard that compiles Memphis Police Department statistics…