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14 hours agoYes, the mayor is a Democrat.
Davis was sworn in as the Memphis police chief in 2021.[7] In 2021, she created the Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods Unit (SCORPION);[8] which is associated with killing of Tyre Nichols. She is the Memphis Police Department’s first black female chief,[9][10] and is also the first female police chief of Memphis.[11]
In January 2023, Davis described the killing of Tyre Nichols as being a “defining moment” in the Memphis Police Department’s history.[7] She terminated the employment of five police officers associated with Nichols’ death.[1]
She was also famous for “Red Dog” police tactics which
used “aggressive crime fighting strategies in high crime areas citywide”
“That’s the wrong grit, bro”