The Police Department had been under scrutiny since January 2023, when officers fatally beat Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, after pulling him over on his way home from work.

Memphis officials rebuffed Justice Department attempts to place its police force on federal supervision nearly two years after the fatal beating of a Black man.

The City of Memphis refused federal oversight via a consent decree Wednesday. Here's what to know about consent decrees of police departments.

The city’s chief legal officer says Memphis will not enter into a consent decree over police reform with the Department of Justice, until the city has had time to review the agency’s report. The letter from City Attorney Tannera George Gibson to the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division was sent Wednesday,

Memphis officials rebuffed Justice Department attempts to place its police force on federal supervision nearly two years after the fatal beating of a Black man.

In a letter released by the city, the City of Memphis wrote that such an agreement could be in place for more than a decade and cost taxpayers "hundreds of millions of dollars."

The City of Memphis, in a letter sent Wednesday, refused federal oversight stemming from a civil rights investigation of the Memphis Police Department.