Crime in Memphis, TN

Over the years, voting in Memphis has been an interesting thing, to say the least. Dead people voting, well criminals posing as dead people,...

Most Dangerous City in the United States is . . . CHICAGO! But, you won't see it in the published "Most Dangerous" lists. They...

Shelby County's MOST ARRESTED rni last first arrests 68844 JOHNSON KIMBERLY 2...

Driving down the road in Joplin, Mo reveals evidence of a terrible storm and the carnage it brought. It looks like a movie set for a war pic...

This week's "thug" is actually now THE most arrested person in Shelby County. Kimberly, or Kim as the officers like to call he...

A month or so ago Brian Elder came to the Memphis Police Department's Real Time Crime Center for a tour. I showed him some of the things...

The LPR cars are doing great. We had two arrests today by officers on felony drug and weapon charges. Dude is just driving around, when BAMB...

The Memphis Police Department had a banner year in 2009! Part I Crime (the serious stuff) was down almost 13 percent for the year and 18% si...

I was saddened yesterday when I heard four police officers were murdered in Washington state. . . Last May, my wife and I were in the Seattl...

This week we will begin deployment of the first five License Plate Reader cars (LPR). The cars you see in the pictures below are our own des...

I recently received a copy of the letter officer Ian Seivewright wrote just before taking his own life. He hadn't been with the Sheriff...

A few days after my last blog posting about the 3000 inmates being given early release, I got an email saying TDOC said the news reports wer...

The Commercial Appeal had a story last Friday about the state releasing 3000 inmates back into the community before their time was finished....

Take a look at some of the stories on " Repeat Offenders " from the past few years. And, here is News Channel 3's first volley...

Director Godwin sent me an email one day last month with a request that I take a look at some software he had seen at the Chief's confer...

Dallas, TX 5-18-2009 The Memphis Police Department won the top award for "excellence in law enforcement and information technology...

More to follow, after tomorrow's press release!! As always - Click the Image for a Larger View

The MPD's LPR camera cars are working. Here is just one of the success stories. I have edited the officers report narrative. On 04/30/09...

Click on any of these images to view in a larger frame. As you can see, Memphis has a population of over 670,000, and the Metro area is almo...

My chief sent an email this week that showed a guy who had been arrested 17 times, mostly for burglary. I glanced down at the name and bells...

We've all heard about California's 3 strikes law. It is sooooo harsh. Three felony convictions and that's it. Well, here in Tenn...

We did a press conference on the new ALPR camera cars today and things went well. They went so well, I think tomorrow you will see the ...

We've been talking about repeat offenders, or I have been, for several years now. The question I would like answered is this, at what po...

Snow and crime apparently don't mix. This morning I received my daily update on crime stats from our analysts and it drove home the poin...

Well, it's no longer the "Death Star". I guess that is a little too politically incorrect, so we will have to give these LPR (...

Okay, I admit it. My strong suite is not doing graphics, it is dealing with data. That means I need help on the graphical side. I need some ...

What do murder, robbery, burglary, drugs and probation have in common? Please continue reading . . . A friend of mine, who operates under th...

Christmas is a wonderful time of year with gifts given and received. However, many people like to think we still live in those halcyon days ...

I am announcing my application to the Republican Senators and Representatives of the Shelby Delegation to be appointed to the Shelby County ...

Google has released Google Streetview for Memphis recently. They are currently photographing the entire county, which will take a while. Eve...