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Posted by: Paul Burch on Nov 9, 2023

Two police reform experts spoke during a community forum in Memphis this week about the ongoing investigation of the Memphis Police Department (MPD) and how departments in other cities have implemented recommended reforms, the Daily Memphian reports. Iris Roley, an activist from Cincinnati who was involved with reforms at that city’s police department, and Richard Jerome, deputy monitor of the New York Police Department, spoke at the event, which was sponsored by the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. The Department of Justice announced in July that it was beginning a pattern-or-practice investigation of the MPD to examine alleged civil rights violations.