"Yes, crime rates in Memphis have continued to decline significantly since the National Guard deployment in October 2025 as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force, but the deployment is not the primary cause—the downward trend predates it..."
As someone who used to live in Memphis, the rate of crime was not dropping before. They changed the rules, along with just not reporting some of the crime. For example, in a shoot-out with 12 participants, it used to be 12 crimes. Now it is reported as one incident.