10,000 Arrested in Monthslong Memphis Anti-Crime Operation, US Marshals Say

The task force was signed into law by President Donald Trump last September due to high violent crime rates in Memphis.

Memphis Police and Homeland Security agents patrol Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 5, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times

More than 10,000 suspects have been arrested in Memphis, Tennessee, since last fall as part of a sweeping anti-crime operation.

The U.S. Marshals Service said on Wednesday that the Memphis Safe Task Force arrested another 42 people on Tuesday, bringing the total to 10,000 arrests since September 2025. The multi-agency partnership also has recovered 1,708 illegal firearms so far, it added.