The AM/DM podcast: Motorists take notice of task force
Memphis Police Sargent Darnell Gooch searched a car after a traffic stop during the Memphis Police Department’s Code Zero Operation on Friday, Dec. 22, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis Safe Task Force has been on the ground in the Bluff City for over a month, making about 1,800 arrests as of Nov. 1 and issuing more than 4,700 traffic citations.
With traffic stops being a large part of the task force’s activities, at least by the numbers, it seems some area drivers are more conscientious about expired license plates and revoked driver's licenses.
Today, editorial director Mary Cashiola talks with public safety reporter Aarron Fleming about the trend. They also discuss how many missing children the task force has found and who those children are.
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Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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