Majority of Memphis Safe Task Force arrests during Week 1 were warrant pickups, DOJ reports

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis Safe Task Force conducted 321 arrests in the first seven days of its operation, the U.S. Department of Justice reported Monday.

The DOJ offered some insight into the reasons behind these arrests, although 16% of them have been labeled as “other” without further elaboration.

In the first week of operation, beginning September 29, the 20 local, state and federal agencies that are involved in this crime-fighting operation successfully apprehended 181 warrant fugitives in total. The DOJ says 82 (or 45%) of these warrant pickups were ICE arrests.

The task force also arrested 41 suspects on gun-related charges, 26 for narcotics violations, 18 for sex offenses, two for probation/parole violations, and one homicide suspect.

The DOJ says the task force also made 52 “other” arrests, but no further information on those arrests is available.

Federal officials previously confirmed that the arrest data for the Memphis Safe Task Force would not be broken down by specific agencies.