MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Captain Claudine Penn, the Memphis Police Department's first Black woman officer, was laid to rest. Penn ...

Penn joined department on Sept. 16, 1963, and made history in 1968 when she became its first African American woman police ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Funeral services were held Friday for the first Black woman to serve as a Memphis Police Officer.

The community is mourning the loss of a trailblazer who paved the way for women of color in the police force. In 1968, ...

The Memphis Police Department took to social media to honor the life of Captain Claudine Penn, the first Black woman in the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman was reportedly injured after a crash involving a Memphis Police officer. Memphis Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Mt. Moriah Road and Quince Road at 4:12 p.m. on ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman was injured after crashing into a Memphis Police cruiser on Airways Boulevard and Raines Road near the airport just before 7 a.m. Monday morning. WREG took photos of the ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. When Reggie Williams turned 18 two decades ago, his mother entrusted him with his birth certificate. Keep it on you at all times, she advised, in case ...

Memphis Police are searching for the suspects who robbed and assaulted a group of people on Beale Street on Sunday morning. According to a report from Memphis Police, officers responded to a fight ...

A woman was fatally shot in Memphis, and a man has been detained. Police are investigating the connection between them and ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman is dead, and a man is detained after a shooting in the Heights neighborhood, Memphis Police say. According to Memphis Police, officers responded to a shooting on Fairoaks ...