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1 making 2 employees, which employees, includes 2,100 sworn officers spread across sixdivisions 9 More than 60 percent (64.2 percent) of city residents are black, 25.7 percent are white, 7.2 are percent black, 25.7 are residents of city percent) (64.2 percent than 60 More 3

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Memphis, tennessee Memphis, 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 1 Upon joining the PSP initiative, Memphis identified three primary for the engagement: Memphis identified three focus areas Upon joining the PSP initiative, each unit; the two uniform patrol divisions are the largest, supporting the nine police stations spread across the city. supporting across the largest, the nine police stations spread divisions are each unit; the two uniform patrol PSP Participation The Memphis Police Department (MPD) is responsible for providing police servicesthe work, and visit those for who live, Departmentfor providing The Memphis Police responsible is (MPD) The departmentof Memphis. City 2,736 has A Deputy Chief and II). I commands Patrol and Uniform Special, Information Technology, Investigative, (Administrative, in the opposite direction of most of the country, including the rest of the State of Tennessee. the rest including of most of the country, in the opposite direction largest inland river ports. inland river largest Asian. are percent and 1.6 Hispanic or Latino, are percent which is significantly below the nationalaverage ($68,703 region, bordering Arkansas, Mississippi, and . bordering region, distribution centers in the and one of the nation’s one it the largest of central location Its has helped make city has an estimated population an of 651,073, has city the is The city the state. in city the second it largest Mid-South and the greater Tennessee anchor of West The City of Memphis encompasses an area of 315 of Memphis encompasses area of an The City miles along the eastern bank of the Mississippi square the of 2019, As County. southwestern Shelby in River development of data-driven, evidence-based strategies tailored to each city’s unique to each city’s strategies tailored evidence-based data-driven, of development September 2020. local needs. Memphis participated through in the PSP initiative Tennessee About Memphis, in the National Public Safety Partnership (PSP). The PSP is a DOJ-wide program that Partnership The PSP is a DOJ-wide program (PSP). in the National Public Safety coordinated helps participating serious violent crime challenges through cities address engagement.facilitates the The PSP three-year a training and technical over assistance In 2017, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) invited Memphis, Tennessee, to participate In 2017, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) invited Memphis, Tennessee, Deploying a monumental effort in collaboration to reduce violent crime monumental effort a Deploying to reduce in collaboration Case Study Case PAGE 2

6,378 9,124 9,855 9,330 8,569 8.01% 2.26% -6.08% -5.33% -8.16% -13.05% Percentage Change 2016 - 2017 Percentage Change 2016 - 2018 Percentage Change 2016 - 2019 Percentage Change 2017 - 2018 Percentage Change 2018 - 2019 Percentage Change 2017 - 2019 Percentage 2017 Part 1 Violent Crime Incidents (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) 2018 Part 1 Violent Crime Incidents (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) 2019 Part 1 Violent Crime Incidents (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31) 31) 2020 Part 1 Violent Crime Incidents (Jan. 1 - Aug. Violent Crime Incidents Percentage Change Violent Crime Incidents Percentage 2016 Part 1 Violent Crime Incidents (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31)

US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee District of Western the for Office Attorney’s US Marshals ServiceUS (USMS) Service (USSS) Secret US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Investigation of Bureau Federal (HSI) Investigation Security Homeland Tennessee Department Corrections of Tennessee (ATF) Explosives and Firearms Tobacco, Alcohol, of Bureau (DEA) Administration Drug Enforcement Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office General’s Attorney District County Shelby Mayor of the Office Memphis Commission Crime County Memphis/Shelby MPD command staff, also Raines, Ridgeway, and Airways Stations, and the Multi-Agency Gang Unit commanders Unit Gang Multi-Agency the Airwaysand and Stations, Ridgeway, Raines, also staff, MPD command

• • • • • • • • • • • • Aggravated Assault cases. Aggravated end of the firstyear full of engagement, this number to decreased 9,330 incidents, which translates to 525At victims. the 6,378 violent crime incidents. were 31, 2020, there in incidents As of August (8,569). decrease end a of 2019 again saw in spike recent seen a have incidents because 2019 be higher than they number will this anticipate that analysts MPD In 2017, the year Memphis the joined city PSP, had a significantly high number of violent crime incidents (9,855).At the MPD measures violent crime in Memphis based on eight specific crime categories: Aggravated Assault (Non-Domestic Rape, Robbery (Business), Robbery (Individual), Assault (Domestic Violence), Child Abuse, Murder, Violence), Aggravated and Carjacking. resulting in an improved quality of life for those who live and work in the city. During the first two years of engagement, and engagement, of years two first the During city. the in work and live who those for life of quality improved an in resulting 13 percent. down just over in Memphis were at the close of 2019, violent crime incidents During the PSP engagement, Memphis made great strides in implementing initiatives and programs designed to reduce designed reduce to programs and implementing in stridesinitiatives engagement, During the PSP great Memphis made in both crime and victimization decrease a Memphis saw and initiatives, Because of these programs violent crime in the city. PSP Strategy and Activities PSP Strategy The PSP helped Memphis establish the capabilities to excel in the identified focus areas, while also establishing effective effective establishing also while areas, focus identified the in excel to capabilities the establish helped Memphis PSP The agencies crime. The following violent to and respond successfully to reduce relationships partnershipsfuture sustain to violent crime: committed to reducing remain Memphis PSP and engaged in the actively were PAGE 3 2,768 3,280 3,297 3,325 2,597 2018 2019 2020 As of August Gun Recoveries by MPD since 2016 by Gun Recoveries 2016 2017

the results since implementation have been impressive. Violent crime is recognized and agencies to surrounding allows 18 MPD focus in this area. other many agencies in the countrythan by because of MPD’s investigated more efficiently Tennessee Bureau of Investigation state lab. MPD now enters firearm information firearm enters now MPD lab. state Investigation of Bureau Tennessee in to NIBIN within 48 Since hours 2017, of MPD recovery. has refined the process and found further efficiencies through PSP assistance. MPD hosts aregional Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC), and crimes, MPD began its own National Integrated Information Ballistic Network in the delays due 2015 in to unusually lengthy processing processing (NIBIN) collaboration and communication in the investigation and prosecution of gun and prosecution collaboration and communication in the investigation of Memphis, showing a guns off the streets to take hard cases. MPD worked linking guns assist in to since To 2016. consistent number of gun recoveries Gun Violence Reduction MPD and its local and federal partners made significant advances improve to Gun Violence standardizing standardizing the case file. It became clear ultimately recording and that source funding a identified MPD cases. homicide of interviewsprosecution successful the increased greatly evidence with suspects providing and recordings the as equipment in each interview Now all homicide interviews recorded. are room. installed recording thus improving communications between the community and investigators. communications between the community and investigators. thus improving MPD also increased its capacity to investigate homicides by creating efficiencies in processes and procedures by their initial statements. Airways Station also implemented a “call back” program, contacting contacting victims of violent crimesafter back” program, statements. AirwaysStation also implementedtheir initial “call a victims, 500 to over made calls date, AirwaysStation has cooperationanswer questions. and to To ensure reporting to sharing of best practices, Airways Station produced a form that officers use to assist in Aggravated Assault cases. The basic demographic information has space and to write a statement for victims the at time of the initial form captures particularly and prosecutors, when victims attempted recant to useful for investigators This form proved investigation. Unit and command staff often attended these meetings and provided not only additional insight involving cases, but not only additional insight involving Unit and command often staff attended these meetings and provided and conversations of these weekly result a As some of the cases. assistance and collaboration investigating also in and cases. The discussions and cases. focused on identifying often attended these calls bureau partners. The investigative of need to discuss federal with the PSP areas issues (i.e., and took the opportunity to highlight specific efforts. cases and discuss prosecution Members of the Multi-Agency Gang Stations. This allowed the three precincts to precincts Stations. This allowed the three collaborate on common weekly patterns, offenders, well as possible solutions to combat these trends. possiblewell as solutions combat these trends. to In year two, the and Ridgeway Airways precincts, other two MPD meetings expanded to include provide a positive impact on violent crime in that on violent crime in impact positive a provide meetings commanders with the station Weekly area. and patterns as discuss crime trends held to were In the first year of engagement, to precincts, the nine MPD one of Raines Station, workedPSP with their processes. precincts focus with three Working Investigations and enhancing capabilities their investigative During engagement,their PSP team focused Memphis PSP the on improving PAGE 4 which resulted in an additional 106 arrests arrests additional 106 in an resulted which 11 Working with ATF, FBI, DEA, HSI, USMS, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, and the Shelby County District Attorney Attorney District County Shelby the and Office, Sheriff’s County Shelby the USMS, HSI, DEA, FBI, ATF, with Working 10 new officers, pay overtime and benefits, finance federally deputized task force officers, and provide mission-critical equipment and technology. provide mission-critical equipment force officers, and task federally deputized overtime and benefits, finance new officers, pay agencies, working in enforcement law federal all across initiative enforcement law Operation Legend sustained, is a systematic, and coordinated cities in 2019 and 2020. officials, to fight violent crime in America’s conjunction with state and local law enforcement ORP involved increasing the number of federal law enforcement officers, as well hire as to federal task used forces, be through collaborative could efforts that with funding state grant and federal in commitment financial a by complemented were agents federal The partners. enforcement law local

11 10 short time, allowing prosecutors to have the full details of cases needed to continue the prosecutorial process. process. the full details of cases needed to continue the prosecutorial have to short time, allowing prosecutors a vertical prosecution model. In this model, one prosecutor is assigned a case and remains on the case throughout its on the case throughout assigned case and remains is a model. In this model, one prosecutor verticala prosecution communication partiesconfusion less and for all the courtinvolved. increased allows This system. through progress considerably was cleaned up within a investigators MPD backlog of case summaries from large During transition, a this Focus on Prosecution Focus To increase the capacity for successful prosecutions, the Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office implemented Memphis was added to the list of cities participatingadded to the list Memphis was in Operation Legend, and $191,645 in US currency. 4 kilograms of heroin, 6.3 kilograms of methamphetamine, and the seizing of 85 firearms, (ORP). General’s Office, the Memphis Police Department apprehended fugitives 434 the in Memphis area. In August 2020, Focus on Operation Relentless Pursuit and Operation Legend Focus Relentless Operation Pursuit under DOJ’s resources additional cities awarded one of seven Memphis was 2019, late In continues to assist THP on the interstates within the Memphis city limits. Between Januarylimits. city the Memphis interstates within on the THP continues assist made to MPD and October 2019, on the interstates. and made 1,833 arrests 82,179 stops, issued 54,911 citations, Tennessee Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) over a six-week period to target aggressive drivers and reduce traffic-related deaths. Reports indicated only one also that arrests. citations and made 83 issued 2,016 troopers During Bear, Operation Grizzly time period. Although the on operation the interstate has ended, during the MPD targeted occurred incident of shots fired Focus on Operation Grizzly Bear Focus In 2019, after experiencing over 30 shootings along the interstates running through Memphis, MPD partnered with the increased the attention to carjackings. This had a positive result with a decline of cases throughout 2019. At the end of 2019, the At 2019. with a decline of cases throughout result had a positive This the attention to carjackings. increased Memphis today. in continue meetings carjacking weekly The year. previous the from percent 13 down carjackings were starting a monthly carjacking meeting. Numerous partners attended these meetings, including MPD’s violent crime and partnersstarting attended these meetings, including MPD’s a monthly carjacking meeting. Numerous selectedsome with highlighted, were cases Key needed. as personnel other and prosecutors key investigators, unit gang cases and solved carjacking offenses regarding media releases months, numerous several Over prosecution. for federal to combat this trend. By the end of 2018, carjackings were 60 percent higher than the same period in 2017. The US Attorney Attorney US The 2017. in period same the than higher percent 60 were carjackings 2018, of end the By trend. this combat to and the District Attorney General’s Office took a specificinterest in this rising crime pattern and joined other partners in Focus on Carjacking Offenses on Carjacking Focus 87 up citywide by carjackings were at an alarming rate. By midyear, rose in Memphis offenses 2018, carjacking Throughout discussed how partners of the PSP engagement. The PSP carjackings became a major focus frequently As a result, percent. with other state and federal law enforcement and judicial partners. law enforcement federal with other state and PSP strives to build strong collaborative relationships. PSP Memphis has been PSP model a site when comes it to collaboration relationships. collaborative strong to build strives PSP access and use the CGIC resources, including two centrally located NIBIN machines. This collaborative effort including two centrally machines. located This collaborative NIBIN has been access CGIC resources, and use the model. to emulate this strive cities as they other by recognized Collaboration Criminal Justice PAGE 5 occur within the city, the Memphis Police Department and its federal law enforcement counterpartsenforcement law and criminal justice Department the Memphis Police federal and its occur within the city, city. great Memphis a truly can to make done—and will continue to do—all they partners have During PSP participation, the City of Memphis made great strides in instituting practices and procedures to reduce the reduce to practices instituting strides in and procedures participation,During PSP great of Memphis made theCity become will in Memphis and work victims of violence. While violent crime doesstill that individuals who live likelihood a focused for initiative and deterrence social youth, criminal service justice resources, personnel offer organizations explain andperiod post-incarceration the with success ensure to are visits These visits. at-home via MPD and DCS by monitoring Memphis.continue to flourish in relationships These positive sanctions. any from release ultimate Conclusion continues communication with MPD, offering a weekly list of releases from detention. A new program titled “Helping Hands for titled detention. A new program from weekly list of releases a offering with MPD, continues communication toSimilar recidivism. of risk high a at facility detention long-term a from released youth for created was Home” Coming Youth Attorney Attorney General, and MPD commanders. Significantprogress was made PSP additionally held follow-up a long-term detention facility. from released recently who were youth to and monitoring toward reform—specifically, offering services conversations with DCS officials,representatives from juvenile court, and the Shelby County DistrictAttorney’s Office. DCS in the right direction. A meeting was held that included the PSP team, members of the office,magistrate’s officialsfrom the Department of Children Services (DCS), juvenile probation officials, the lead juvenile prosecutor in Shelby County, District Focus on Juvenile Reform Efforts Reform on Juvenile Focus early apparent was It crime. juvenile combat effectively to how discuss to personnel key numerous with worked team PSP The on that communicating with Juvenile Court personnel (specifically, the head magistrate) was necessaryto make progress