Attorney General Bondi Credits Memphis Safe Task Force With 770 Gang Members Off the Streets
March 27, 2026 · The Justice Department · 0:02:05
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What happened
Attorney General Pam Bondi addressed the Memphis Safe Task Force roundtable alongside President Trump, saying that while some people choose to tolerate crime, the President chose law and order, and that is why the task force worked. She credited the joint work of the FBI, DEA, U.S. Marshals, ATF, the Department of War, Homeland Security, the National Guard, and the local U.S. Attorney, saying the agencies worked so closely that on the street one could not tell who belonged to which agency, and she credited Stephen Miller as the architect of making the plans work.
Bondi gave two examples: a man she said committed a gruesome double homicide the previous October, killing his mother and dismembering another person, and a man charged with raping a small child, both arrested through the task force’s joint work. She said more than 770 gang members had been taken off the streets, and said the administration had met with the President multiple times about the endeavor.
Bondi closed by acknowledging the danger of law enforcement work and telling officers that Donald Trump and the administration have their backs.
Why it matters
The roundtable is the Justice Department’s showcase account of the Memphis deployment model — a multi-agency federal surge credited with hundreds of gang arrests — which the administration has presented as a template for other cities.
Sources: The Justice Department, “Attorney General Pam Bondi at the Memphis Safe Task Force Roundtable”, 2026-03-27 (official upload, embedded above; published 2026-03-27). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.
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