Launching The Kind Of Review Memphis Police Department Needs
For the worst possible reason, Memphis Police Department now embarks on what needs to be a...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 20, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 0
For the worst possible reason, Memphis Police Department now embarks on what needs to be a...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 3, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice, Media | 1
Before you go on, close your eyes for a moment of silence for the all-too-short life of Tyre...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 19, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 2
For the first time in history, our community is aligned to undertake much-needed, long overdue...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 10, 2022 | Criminal Justice | 0
Recently elected District Attorney General Steve Mulroy and Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jun 7, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 0
For reasons known only to the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission and the University of Memphis Public...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 21, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice, State Government | 0
We presume that the White politicians from City of Memphis who encouraged the White, right wing...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 10, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 0
San Jose, California, was recently the first city in the U.S. to require gun owners to have...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 9, 2022 | Criminal Justice | 0
By John Branston What Is It About Memphis and Murder? If Memphis is not Number One in murders per...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 29, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 0
Despite City of Memphis spending $10 million in a decade for more than 2,000 ubiquitous...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 8, 2021 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice, Data Points, Economic Development, Leadership, Media, Talent | 0
Table Above: Major Violent Crime It’s hard not to pity the people at Memphis Branding AKA...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 18, 2021 | Civil Rights, Criminal Justice | 0
“Nobody was hurt until the police officers got there.” Part I: The Introduction to a...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 15, 2021 | Civil Rights, Criminal Justice | 0
Smart City Memphis remembers the death of teenager Elton Hayes 50 years ago, the trial, and the...
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Since 2005, this has been Smart City Consulting’s blog with the aim of connecting the dots and providing perspective on issues and policies shaping Memphis. Editor and primary author is Tom Jones, columnist, author of two books, and consultant on public policy. Smart City Memphis was called one of the most intriguing blogs in the U.S. by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change; The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal wrote that “Smart City Memphis provides some of the most well-thought-out thinking about Memphis’ past, present, and future you’ll find anywhere,” and the Memphis Flyer said: “This incredibly well-written blog sets out to solves the city’s ills – from the mayor to MATA – with out-of-the-box thinking, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ideas. If you have questions, submissions, or ideas for posts, please email Tom Jones, at tjones@smartcityconsulting.com.