Violence Prevention in Memphis and Shelby County

Learn more about the work that Memphis and Shelby county are doing:

See the overarching work of Memphis Fast Forward

Learn more at the Memphis Crime Commission website:

• Read the Operation: Safe Community plan (PDF, 149 pages)
• Read the Memphis Youth Violence Prevention Plan (PDF, 55 pages)
• See recent data and outcomes related to Operation: Safe Community

Learn more about the Defending Childhood Initiative:

• View the Department of Justice’s Defending Childhood website

Learn more about the National Forum on Youth Violence:

• See how the federal government is collaborating around youth violence prevention
• See other communities’ violence prevention plans
• Learn how to make a violence prevention plan for your community