COVID-19 reshuffled Memphis property crime patterns. Commercial burglaries, auto theft, and catalytic converter theft are surging while residential break-ins drop.
Memphis security guards are doing temperature checks and mask enforcement. The training gaps, liability risks, and confrontations are piling up fast.
Shelby County Schools opened fall 2020 entirely online. With 160 buildings sitting vacant on weekdays, the district faces a new kind of security challenge.
With 199 homicides through late August, Memphis is tracking toward a record-shattering year. A closer look at the data behind the surge.
Memphis businesses are rethinking their security strategies as police reform conversations reshape expectations about response times and public safety.
Security guard demand is surging in Memphis while hiring has stalled. COVID unemployment benefits, training delays, and health fears are squeezing the labor pool.
Memphis retailers embraced curbside pickup during COVID. The shift created new security risks that most stores weren't prepared to handle.
TDCI processing delays and COVID restrictions are making it nearly impossible for Memphis security companies to get new guards licensed in 2020.
SCS released its hybrid reopening plan for 110,000 students. Temperature screening, empty building security, and PPE enforcement create new challenges nobody planned for.
Memphis homicides are running well ahead of 2019's pace as the pandemic, unemployment, and summer heat create a dangerous mix across the city.