As part of his broader effort to address nationwide crime, President Donald Trump announced plans on Monday to create a “Memphis Safe Task Force,” based on the federal crime crackdown in the nation’s capital.
“This task force will be a replica of our extraordinarily successful efforts here (in Washington D.C.), and you’ll see it’s a lot of the same thing (in Memphis), although the numbers here are really something, they’re really bad. Now, we did send the FBI in about four months ago to work, and it brought some of the numbers down, and they did a great job, but we’re sending in the big force,” Trump said during his press conference at the Oval Office.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Guard would all be represented on the task force, he added.
Also in the room standing by the President were Senators Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn, Governor Bill Lee, and other notable names such as Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
MAKE MEMPHIS SAFE AGAIN 🇺🇸
“Today, at the request of @GovBillLee of Tennessee… I’m signing a Presidential Memorandum to establish the Memphis Safe Task Force — and it’s very important because of the crime that’s going on.” – President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/EbpEwmqgpX
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 15, 2025
