Federal brokers are set to reach in Memphis subsequent week : NPR

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Saul Loeb/AFP by way of Getty Pictures Beginning Monday, an inflow of federal brokers shall be deployed throughout Memphis as a part of a broader push in what President Trump has described as a crackdown on crime.

At a information convention on Friday, Republican Tennessee Gov. Invoice Lee mentioned personnel from 13 U.S. companies will arrive within the metropolis subsequent week. That may embody brokers from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The operation may even embody 300 troopers from the Tennessee Freeway Patrol.

It stays unclear precisely what number of members of the Nationwide Guard shall be deployed, however the governor mentioned troops shall be in assist roles and never tasked with making arrests. He added that the Guard won't be armed until it's requested by native legislation enforcement.

Lee mentioned the operation is about to happen in phases over the "subsequent weeks and months." The governor mentioned "planning has been underway for months" about bringing in federal assets to curb crime, calling it a "generational alternative."

" The story of crime in Memphis is about to be a narrative of the previous," he added.

Memphis Mayor Paul Younger, a Democrat, mentioned Friday that he acknowledges that group members have many questions and powerful emotions — each for and towards — the upcoming federal partnership.

"Because the chief of our metropolis, my objective is to ensure that as assets come into our group we discover methods to make use of them successfully and for the good thing about the residents of our nice metropolis," he mentioned.

Younger famous that Memphis has made progress in decreasing crime, and particularly violent crime, after a spike in 2023. The town is already taking part in a number of joint state and federal activity forces, together with with the FBI, U.S. Marshals and ICE.

The town authorities launched a web site to supply updates and data on the federal assets that shall be coming in.

Trump has beforehand described Memphis as "affected by great ranges of violent crime which have overwhelmed its native authorities's capability to reply successfully." Earlier this month, he signed a presidential memorandum to ascertain a federal activity power to fight crime within the metropolis, characterizing it as a "reproduction" of what he has finished in Washington, D.C.

The Trump administration has been accused of unfairly focusing on Democratic-led cities. Federal troops had been beforehand despatched to Los Angeles and D.C., each of that are run by Democratic mayors, much like Memphis. Trump has additionally voiced curiosity in sending troops to Chicago, New Orleans and St. Louis.