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Memphis leaders promise to beef up a board that keeps the police from policing themselves.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis police officer’s file shows repeated complaints of excessive force, including him wrapping his arm around a teenager’s neck. In a partnership with the University of Memphis Institute for Public Service Reporting and The Daily Memphian, we are working to uncover incidents of excessive force and help find possible solutions. What […]

Memphis leaders said they’ve finally come to a consensus on police reform.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says he’s committed to making changes in policing to solve the problem of how black residents are treated — but is there now a commitment to policing the police? As protesters demand justice in light of the killing of George Floyd, many point to a need to more […]

The mayor said they’ve all come to a consensus about police reform measures, but one of the clergy members said that’s not true.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A new Memphis Police director is expected to be named in a few months, and at a time when crime is front and center in the city, many have big expectations for the top cop. Police director Mike Rallings is on his way out and who will head the Memphis force in […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Viral videos of an arrest made in East Memphis are turning heads among city leaders, and they want answers from the Memphis Police Department. During Tuesday’s City Council meeting, council members asked Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings about the videos that WREG brought to light in a story the day earlier. The […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mayor Jim Strickland introduced the creation of an advisory council to “reimagine policing” in the city, phase 2 of a plan put in place after recent protests against police brutality. In the first phase, the Strickland administration listened to protesters to make improvements to policing across the city. Some of those reforms […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A 91-year-old man was handcuffed, tossed against a squad car and cited for asking why officers were in his Memphis neighborhood. Officers say he was aggressively waving a walking stick at them — but WREG uncovered body cam footage of the incident. In August of 2017, Memphis Police were called to a possible assault on […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It’s been four years since the Citizen’s Law Enforcement Review Board (CLERB) was reactivated in Memphis, and a lack of results has some city leaders pushing for change. When discussing a new ordinance that would replace CLERB’s nine-person board with the 12-member City Council staff, councilman Worth Morgan was blunt in explaining […]

Mayor Jim Strickland said Wednesday he is “absolutely committed” to solving the problem of how police treat black residents in the city, before protesters marched Memphis streets for the eighth day in a row.