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Public Safety Director: Alleged Memphis Killing By Cops ‘Has Hurt Us All’

January 27, 2023 Crime News

Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather speaking at the January 24 Township Council meeting.

The death of a 29-year-old Memphis man, allegedly by five Memphis police officers, has “hurt us all,” Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather said in a statement released on January 27.

In the lengthy statement, Maeweather expresses condolences for Tyre Nichols’ family and details the training Franklin Township Police Department officers undergo to live up to their oath to “faithfully, impartially, and justly perform their duties.”

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