Durham Police Chief Cerelyn CJ Davis takes top Memphis law enforcement job Charlie Innis, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Apr. 19 DURHAM Durham Police Chief Cerelyn C.J. Davis will leave the Bull City to become the top cop in Memphis, Tennessee, the City of Memphis announced Monday morning. She s the right person to lead this department here in Memphis. She has an outstanding career in law enforcement, as an officer and as a leader, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said in a recorded announcement. She has a strategic vision for reducing violent crime.
Davis has been Durham s chief for five years. Her exit will follow a year of record gun violence in the city.
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Durham School Board Members Targeted for Their Votes to Reopen Schools
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Even during the height of the civil rights movement, there were no reports of Durhamâs elected officials receiving death threats during those volatile times in the cityâs history.
But last week, Durham Mayor Steve Schewel issued a statement condemning violent threats that targeted members of the countyâs board of education after the board narrowly approved studentsâ return to classrooms on Monday.
âDurham is a rough-and-tumble political town, and that can be a good thing,â Schewel says. âBut when school board members are being threatened because of a difficult, heart-wrenching decision, when someone threatens publicly on social media to âshoot down every member of the DPS school board,â weâve got to make a change.â