MEMPHIS, Tennessee —
There are dozens of new police officers ready to patrol Memphis streets.
32 MPD recruits got their badges Thursday night at a graduation ceremony at First Baptist Church Broad.
The Memphis Police Department still is in need of more officers. The police director is hoping voters in November will approve allowing new recruits to live outside of Shelby County.
It was also graduation day for the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. 20 recruits graduated from the academy Thursday night.
The new deputies are just a small amount of the more than 200 the sheriff says he needs. Starting next month, Shelby County will allow new deputies to live outside of Shelby CountY, but it will cost them $2,500.