Operation Safe Community

Operation Safe Community is a partnership of a number of organizations and persons to reduce crime in Shelby County. As noted by one of the participants, criminals don’t recognize municipal boundaries.

Chair of the Committee is U.S. Attorney David Kustoff. Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell and District Attorney Bill Gibbons are actively involved (and I believe initiated Operation Safe Community). Representatives of Shelby County departments, all Shelby County municipalities, the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Memphis Tomorrow etc. are actively involved in the initiative so it is a program which may make a difference and be effective. Some action items have already been implemented.

Operation Safe Community has a number of priority action items and I believe it will make a difference. I am impressed by the action accomplished thus far and the continued interest in the organization and the implementation of the action items.

Detailed information is available at www.operationsafecommunity.org. Interested persons can sign up for E-mail updates etc. at this web site.