With early voting starting Oct 14 and Election Day Nov 3, Memphis faces unique security challenges at polling locations. COVID protocols, voter intimidation concerns, and staffing plans.
As Shelby County sees rising COVID cases this fall, Memphis security guard companies face staffing shortages, PPE costs, and new enforcement duties at every door.
Memphis surpassed 228 homicides by late September 2020, shattering the previous annual record with a full quarter still remaining. What's driving the surge.
Q3 2020 split Memphis security companies into winners and losers. COVID screening boomed. Events and hospitality collapsed. A market analysis.
COVID-19 reshuffled Memphis property crime patterns. Commercial burglaries, auto theft, and catalytic converter theft are surging while residential break-ins drop.
Memphis security guards are doing temperature checks and mask enforcement. The training gaps, liability risks, and confrontations are piling up fast.
Shelby County Schools opened fall 2020 entirely online. With 160 buildings sitting vacant on weekdays, the district faces a new kind of security challenge.
With 199 homicides through late August, Memphis is tracking toward a record-shattering year. A closer look at the data behind the surge.
Memphis businesses are rethinking their security strategies as police reform conversations reshape expectations about response times and public safety.
Security guard demand is surging in Memphis while hiring has stalled. COVID unemployment benefits, training delays, and health fears are squeezing the labor pool.