Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:10 AM EDT2013-06-19 14:10:06 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Tipton County Adult Developmental Center serves children, teens, and adults with mental disability in Tipton County. Parents who have kids at the center say they got a letter from theMore >>
The Tipton County Adult Developmental Center serves children, teens, and adults with mental disability in Tipton County.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:56 AM EDT2013-06-19 13:56:19 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -When you are in love with someone, you trust that person and they trust you. In this digital age, sometimes we profess our love digitally when we are apart. However, you need toMore >>
Cyber Expert, Theresa Payton, says 94 percent of people in a recent study claim they trust their partner implicitly with the intimate details and photos they may share digitally.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:38 AM EDT2013-06-19 05:38:25 GMT
(WMC-TV) - With the third and final reading scheduled for later Tuesday evening, the battle over the budget rages at city hall. "There are no easy answers to this," said Mayor A C Wharton after a livelyMore >>
The city's administration proposed an amended budget which members voted on throughout the meeting.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:29 AM EDT2013-06-19 05:29:06 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A quiet night turned chaotic inside juvenile court Monday after a 16-year-old detainee used a squeegee and a mop handle to knock out a sprinkler. The sprinkler system unlocked all the cell doorsMore >>
The sprinkler system unlocked all the cell doors starting a fight inside the detention center. Around 50 juvenile court detainees were involved.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:46 PM EDT2013-06-19 03:46:39 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Memphis police officer is charged with driving under the influence after refusing to submit a BAC test, according to police. Two police officers noticed a Hummer swerving and nearly hittingMore >>
A Memphis police officer is charged with driving under the influence after refusing to submit a BAC test, according to police.More >>
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - There is a little more than a year left in the Memphis and Shelby County Crime Commission's efforts to make Memphis one of the safest places to live by the end of 2011.
The commission's new executive director, Michelle Fowlkes, looked over the 15 strategic plans to reduce crime, called Operation: Safe Community. She said she believes she knows what is needed to make Memphis safer.
"The Crime Commission, for the past four years, has done an excellent job in the area of suppression and law enforcement," said Fowlkes.
Violent crimes in Shelby County, which include murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault, are down 28 percent since January of 2006, when Operation: Safe Community was first launched.
"We still have a lot of work to do," said Fowlkes.
For the new commissioner, intervention and prevention strategies are key, especially when it comes to reentry programs for offenders.
The programs for adult offenders are in place to help break the crime cycle and a life in and out of prison, but Fowlkes believes a reentry strategy for juvenile offenders needs work.
"We're really moving now to step up our efforts in youth," she said.
The greatest challenge Fowlkes sees to implementing any new plans or maintaining programs that work is a lack of resources.
"We don't get a lot of resources to support they work that we do," Fowlkes said. "What we do is leverage existing resources within the community."
But that has not stopped Fowlkes from laying out a foundation of new crime initiatives beyond 2011.
"We're starting to identify what strategies we need to extend," Fowlkes said, "what people we need to bring to the table."
Fowlkes said she hopes the Memphis Police Department will not have to slash it's budget by 25 percent, something Mayor AC Wharton has asked all of his department heads to do in order to comply with a court-ordered payment of $57 million to Memphis City Schools.
Fowlkes believes that type of cut to MPD would be detrimental to the Crime Commission's efforts and Operation: Safe Community.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:38 AM EDT2013-06-19 05:38:25 GMT
(WMC-TV) - With the third and final reading scheduled for later Tuesday evening, the battle over the budget rages at city hall. "There are no easy answers to this," said Mayor A C Wharton after a livelyMore >>
The city's administration proposed an amended budget which members voted on throughout the meeting.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:31 PM EDT2013-06-19 03:31:48 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Bartlett police officer is under investigation for assaulting his own wife Sunday, according to officials. Quentin Crowley was arrested after a verbal altercation that turned physical. HeMore >>
Two Bartlett police officers are off the job and under investigation for suspected abuse.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:46 PM EDT2013-06-19 03:46:39 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Memphis police officer is charged with driving under the influence after refusing to submit a BAC test, according to police. Two police officers noticed a Hummer swerving and nearly hittingMore >>
A Memphis police officer is charged with driving under the influence after refusing to submit a BAC test, according to police.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 6:14 PM EDT2013-06-18 22:14:48 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A woman who worked in the school system for years says she may out of a job as a result of low enrollment numbers. Marilyn Davis' story is similar to many in the school system. She has beenMore >>
A woman who worked in the school system for years says she may out of a job as a result of low enrollment numbers.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:29 AM EDT2013-06-19 05:29:06 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A quiet night turned chaotic inside juvenile court Monday after a 16-year-old detainee used a squeegee and a mop handle to knock out a sprinkler. The sprinkler system unlocked all the cell doorsMore >>
The sprinkler system unlocked all the cell doors starting a fight inside the detention center. Around 50 juvenile court detainees were involved.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:22 PM EDT2013-06-19 00:22:22 GMT
Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local grocery stores. Beaverton police were called out to the WinCo Foods store on Cedar Hills Boulevard theMore >>
Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local WinCo Foods stores.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 6:59 PM EDT2013-06-18 22:59:05 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Southaven Mayor Greg Davis is leaving office early with extra money. But where is it coming from? The money comes from the state's retirement system. Mayor Davis plans to leave his officeMore >>
Southaven Mayor Greg Davis is leaving office early with extra money. But where is it coming from?More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 7:48 PM EDT2013-06-18 23:48:44 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A U.S. Marshals Service task force was going door-to-door in a California community Tuesday asking residents for help finding a fugitive Mid-South couple, according to NBC Los Angeles. JanetMore >>
A U.S. Marshals Service task force was going door-to-door in a California community Tuesday asking residents for help finding a fugitive Mid-South couple, according to NBC Los Angeles.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:56 AM EDT2013-06-19 13:56:19 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -When you are in love with someone, you trust that person and they trust you. In this digital age, sometimes we profess our love digitally when we are apart. However, you need toMore >>
Cyber Expert, Theresa Payton, says 94 percent of people in a recent study claim they trust their partner implicitly with the intimate details and photos they may share digitally.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:10 AM EDT2013-06-19 14:10:06 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Tipton County Adult Developmental Center serves children, teens, and adults with mental disability in Tipton County. Parents who have kids at the center say they got a letter from theMore >>
The Tipton County Adult Developmental Center serves children, teens, and adults with mental disability in Tipton County.More >>
