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Posted by: Paul Burch on Dec 14, 2023

Memphis Mayor-elect Paul Young announced today that Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis will remain as head of the Memphis Police Department (MPD) in the new mayoral administration, Daily Memphian reports. Davis was appointed police director in April 2021 by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland. She is the first woman to hold the position since it was created in the early 1970s, and the first MPD leader to come from outside the ranks of the department in 40 years. Davis faced heavy criticism in the aftermath of the death of Tyre Nichols in January 2022.