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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Flyer Poll: Should Our Law-Enforcement Agencies Be Consolidated?

Posted by John Branston on Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 4:00 AM

The City Council's public safety committee took the first step toward possible law enforcement consolidation Tuesday.

The committee approved a resolution brought to them by County Commissioner Mike Carpenter to create the Memphis and Shelby County Public Safety Commission. Under a proposal by Carpenter, that seven-member commission would last only three years and would be responsible for facilitating talks between the Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County Sheriff's Office.

"Whether you're a proponent of merging the two law-enforcement agencies or whether you're an opponent of merging the two law enforcement agencies, this doesn't do it," Carpenter said.

Neither side can be forced to agree to anything, but both the sheriff's office and the police department have said they are willing to consider functional consolidation of specific tasks. Do you think law-enforcement agencies in Shelby County should be consolidated?

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The sheriff's office only has 200+ officers and the mpd has over 2200. The SO is a non factor. Why all the debate?

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Posted by gumbey on 03/20/2008 at 7:31 AM
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