History
The following are historical moments within the Memphis Police Department.
- 1827: The Memphis Police Department, was founded
- 1878: The 55 man police department was devastated by the yellow fever epidemic when all 55 officers were stricken, with 10 officers dying as a result
- 1932: Memphis became internationally known as the "Murder Capital of the Year" when 102 people were killed
- 1933: More international attention came when George "Machine Gun" Kelly was captured by MPD officers Thomas Waterson and Sergeant William Raney
- 1948: First African American officers hired.
- 1968: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, sparking riots and curfews across the city
- 1973: The department witnessed the formation of two police unions—the Afro-American Police Association was formed and the Memphis Police Association, a bargaining unit representing patrolmen and sergeants, was formed
- 1978: The Police Department went on an eight-day strike in a labor dispute with city leaders
- 1988: James Ivy became the City's first African American police director
- 1992: Eddie B. Adair was named first African American Chief of Police
- 1992: Sergeant Jim Nichols, Assigned to MPD Research & Development, formed a non-profit organization, that raised money resulting in The Memphis Police Department becoming one of the first Law Enforcement Agencies in Tennessee to utilize computers in a networks systems, where each detective, as well as the Executive Administration had a computer on their desk to assist in writing up reports, running background checks, send and receive email as well as other administrative needs relating to Law Enforcement.
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