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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 6, 2023

Both the city of Memphis and Shelby County leaders are taking steps to respond to the death of Tyre Nichols. On Friday, Mayor Jim Strickland announced that the city is contracting with an outside organization to do an investigation into its police department. According to The Commercial Appeal, the city has engaged the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services through the Collaborative Reform Initial Technical Assistant Center and the International Association of Police Chiefs. Meanwhile, the Shelby County Commission today is considering two non-binding requests for action. One supports additional training, improved data collection and greater transparency on the use of force. The second calls on the Shelby County sheriff to use the video of Nichols in its annual de-escalation training. The Daily Memphian has more.