Memphis Police Department leadership presented a public safety briefing showing decreases in major crime categories and described the role of a multi‑agency Memphis Safe Task Force in recent operations. Chief CJ Davis and Deputy Chief Andrew Brown told the council the department is tracking declines across its nine precincts and that arrests, firearms seizures and warrants executed by joint federal‑local teams have contributed to the results.

Deputy Chief Brown explained MPD reports incidents using Tennessee and national incident reporting systems (TIBRS/NIBRS), noting that a single reported incident may include multiple counted crimes when it is broken out for statistical reporting. He said the department still extracts and counts each underlying offense (for example both robbery and auto theft within a single incident are counted separately in part‑1 tallies).

MPD officials also described other tools and changes: a Connect to Memphis camera network with more than 12,000 registered cameras and 2,000 integrated cameras, new gun‑detection canines for downtown deterrence, recruitment plans including a December class of 113 recruits, and ongoing efforts to manage overtime and seek federal reimbursement for task‑force expenses.

Councilmembers asked for periodic, granular reports showing how local MPD activities compare with the federal task force work and requested continued public dashboards. MPD representatives said they already maintain a public dashboard that separates MPD activity from joint task‑force operations.