Tough guy act
In case you missed it in the paper today, Police wash away tough-guy stigma
From the article:
The public seldom hears from officers thrust into what are known as “critical incidents” — traumatic deaths and injuries, at times even caused by decisions an officer makes.
Traditionally, cops rarely talked about the emotional toll that the incidents take on their own lives. Like macho Western movie actor John Wayne, they clammed up and kept going. Talking about it would make them appear weak.
Higher-than-average rates of suicide, alcoholism, divorce and shorter-than-average life expectancies followed.
Shelby County Most Wanted - July 13
Here are Shelby County’s Most Wanted for the week of July 13, as provided by the Memphis Police Department.
Shelby County Most Wanted - June 29
Here are Shelby County’s Most Wanted for the week of June 22, as provided by the Memphis Police Department.
New Police Department added
Good news, everyone! Crime Tracker is pleased to announce that the Millington Police Department has partnered with us and has started providing police reports. You should start to see new incident reports coming in for 38053 fairly soon.
Shelby County Most Wanted - June 22
Here are Shelby County’s Most Wanted for the week of June 22, as provided by the Memphis Police Department.
City council explores possibility of combining county, city police forces
In case you missed it yesterday, Council committee says yes to study of merging police forces.
From the article…
The city resolution describes the plan as a way to reduce violent crime while spending tax money more efficiently.
It acknowledges the 2003 recommendation by the Memphis Crime Commission against consolidation, but notes, “other factors should now be considered such as current crime rate, relationship between the departments and present successes and failures of other consolidated law enforcement departments.”
What do you think? Will combining the two police forces affect crime in Shelby County?
Traffic news and a new section
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Also, Crime Tracker’s search by date section is back up and running. Because of the way the url’s work on the site, the coding behind it is easily the most complicated part of the site. In order to get the redesign up in a timely fashion, we held off on updating the coding behind it until this week.
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Millington sports high crime rate per capita
Just in case you missed it in the paper on Sunday, Millington is experiencing a crime rate similar to Memphis’ high rate. For the most part, the incident’s aren’t nearly as violent in Millington as they are in Memphis.
From the article…
Unlike in Memphis, its big-city neighbor to the south, violent crime is not a fearful issue in Millington.
In 2006, Millington recorded no murders, three rapes, 19 robberies and 58 aggravated assaults, according to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation crime statistics.
Compare that with Memphis, which logged nearly 150 murders, 427 rapes, 5,341 robberies and 7,690 aggravated assaults for the year.
What do you think can be done to help curtail crime in Millington? Leave a comment.
Link: Millington mirrors Memphis in offenses per 1,000 residents
Redesign
As you might have noticed, we’ve had a bit of a redesign at Crime Tracker, formerly known as Memphis Crime Tracker. We’ll get into some of the new features Monday, but for the moment, feel free to roam around the site and check out all the flashy goodness. If you notice anything suspicious, let us know by either emailing webmaster@memphiscrimetracker.com, or by leaving a comment below.
