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MPD launches new tool to crackdown on gun violence
New technology alerts police to gunfire By Janice Broach | April 1, 2021 at 6:30 PM CDT - Updated April 1 at 10:20 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Police Department has launched a new tool to fight crime.
Itâs called Shot Spotter, a device that does just that, spot and locate gunshots. It is new crime-fighting technology that was just installed in Orange Mound.
MPD launches new tool to crackdown on gun violence
âWithin an hour of implementation, we received our first notification of shots being fired near Hamilton and Barron,â said Rallings. âOfficers made the scene and no victims were located however ballistics evidence was recovered.â
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We do not live in a lawless frontier, but you canât tell that from the actions of Gov. Bill Lee or the Tennessee General Assembly.
Gov. Lee is pushing legislation, which has already passed in the Senate and in the House, that would allow anyone over 21 to pack a pistol, anywhere, anytime. Senate Bill 765/House Bill 786 allows permitless carrying of handguns for anyone over age 21, and for military personnel between 18 and 20.Â
According to police and some local officials across Tennessee, this is a bad idea.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is opposed to the legislation. TBI senior policy adviser Jimmy Musice testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that 63,000 Tennesseans are considered âmentally defective,â and that nearly 5,500 people were excluded from permits or had their permits revoked in 2020. Musice testified that the TBI has no issue with allowing people who are legally