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Washington Examiner · collected 2026-10-16 · by Jack Birle

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Attorney General Todd Blanche celebrated the success of the Memphis Safe Task Force, which was launched over a year ago by the Trump administration to address high crime rates in Memphis. At a roundtable event in the city on Friday, officials reported that overall crime has decreased by 34%, reaching a 25-year low. The initiative involves collaboration between federal and local law enforcement agencies and Blanche aims to replicate this model in other cities across the country.
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Attorney General Todd Blanche celebrated on Friday the success of the Memphis Safe Task Force, a joint federal and local operation aimed at reducing crime in Memphis. Launched just over a year ago by the Trump administration, this task force has seen overall crime drop by 34%, reaching a 25-year low. During a roundtable discussion in Memphis, Blanche expressed his hope to replicate such cooperation between different law enforcement agencies in other cities across the country.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche celebrated on Friday the work of the joint federal and local operation cracking down on crime in Memphis just over a year ago, hoping to replicate efforts across the country with similar cooperation between different law enforcement agencies.
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Blanche hopes to replicate success of Memphis crime task force to other cities · assertive framing

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Attorney General Todd Blanche celebrated on Friday the work of the joint federal and local operation cracking down on crime in Memphis just over a year ago, hoping to replicate efforts across the country with similar cooperation between different law enforcement agencies. asserted
Blanche → celebrate → agencies
Law enforcement officials from the federal government and Memphis held a roundtable Friday in the city, just over a year after the Trump administration launched the Memphis Safe Task Force aimed at public safety efforts in the crime-ridden city. asserted
administration → hold → city
Blanche said that crime in the city has dropped to a 25-year low, noting that overall crime is down 34% compared to last year. asserted
crime → say → year
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