$900K for police task force could go to fix city’s potholes, blight, sidewalks
Council member Rhonda Logan proposed the switching funding from a Memphis Police Department task force to fix blight, potholes and more. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian file)
The $900,000 intended for “integrity in policing” could instead fund several different projects across this city.
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Memphis City Council integrity in policing Police Reform Task Force American Rescue Plan Act Paul Young Rhonda Logan Jerri GreenBill Dries on demand
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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