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Retired sex crimes detective says Memphis neglected rape cases

Retired sex crimes detective says Memphis neglected rape cases

by Enforce Rape Laws | Nov 9, 2017 | News

By Marc Perrusquia Source: Commercial Appeal November 8, 2017 A retired police lieutenant pulled no punches Wednesday while testifying that Memphis Police Department supervisors condoned widespread neglect and incompetence in sex crimes investigations. Among...
Mixed Signals: Memphis offers GPS devices to victims

Mixed Signals: Memphis offers GPS devices to victims

by Enforce Rape Laws | Nov 4, 2017 | News

By Meaghan Ybos Source: In Justice Today November 3, 2017 Nearly 70 victims of domestic violence and rape in Memphis are wearing GPS devices thanks to the city’s Sexual Assault Kit Taskforce, according to its monthly progress report published in October. The taskforce...
Combatting Sex Crimes Requires Changing How We Police

Combatting Sex Crimes Requires Changing How We Police

by Enforce Rape Laws | Nov 3, 2017 | News

By Thomas J. Eckert Source: BeingLibertarian.com October 21, 2017 It seems like not a week goes by anymore without an outcry for change in one area or another. Always followed inevitably with a catchy hashtag going viral throughout social media, giving off the...
Betrayal: MPD sex crimes detective tips off family of rape suspect, keeps job

Betrayal: MPD sex crimes detective tips off family of rape suspect, keeps job

by Enforce Rape Laws | Oct 6, 2017 | News

By Marc Perrusquia Source: The Commercial Appeal October 6, 2017 When Marcus Deshun Gibson was booked last March on an aggravated rape charge, his situation looked as foreboding as the razor wire topping the Shelby County Jail that held him. But Gibson had an inside...
Memphis gun violence is the target of new ‘Fed Up’ campaign

Memphis gun violence is the target of new ‘Fed Up’ campaign

by Enforce Rape Laws | Jul 26, 2017 | News

By Ryan Poe Source: The Commercial Appeal July 24, 2017 Hours after an off-duty Shelby County sheriff’s deputy was wounded Monday in Downtown Memphis, local law enforcement officials and prosecutors announced they will seek maximum sentences for gun violence as...
PERL calls on Mayor to improve sex crimes services, disavow Memphis Says NO MORE

PERL calls on Mayor to improve sex crimes services, disavow Memphis Says NO MORE

by Enforce Rape Laws | May 31, 2017 | News

Press conference today at 9:15 AM at 125 N. Main St. Memphis, Tennessee — May 31, 2017 — The Memphis-based advocacy group People for the Enforcement of Rape Laws (PERL) calls on Mayor Strickland to improve rape policing and remove himself from the...
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