{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/11/crime/video-blackburn-u-s-marshals-director-discuss-historic-progress-in-making-memphis-safe-again", "VIDEO: Blackburn, U.S. Marshals Director Discuss Historic Progress in Making Memphis Safe Again", "2025-11-03", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Marsha Blackburn", "B001243", "www.blackburn.senate.gov", "blackburn", "https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/news/cc8c80c1-d564-4bbb-93a4-f1d772346ae0", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released a new episode of \u2018Unmuted with Marsha\u2019 with U.S. Marshals Service Director Gadyaces Serralta to discuss the historic success during the first month of the Trump administration\u2019s Memphis Safe Task Force. Director Serralta told Senator Blackburn the number of criminals arrested in Memphis will surpass the number of those arrested during the same time frame during the crime crackdown in Washington, D.C.\n\nThey also discussed how the U.S. Marshals Service is coordinating with local, state, and federal agencies to rescue missing children, put violent criminals behind bars, and dismantle criminal networks.\n\nClick here to download this episode of \u2018Unmuted with Marsha.\u2019\n\nOn the Latest Arrest Numbers from the Memphis Safe Task Force:\n\nSenator Blackburn: \u201cOver the last month, the stats are just amazing because you've had nearly 1,700 arrests, more than 350 illegal guns, you have found over 80 missing children, and you've got 119 of these gang leaders that have been apprehended. So, this is absolutely fantastic\u2026 When I talk to people in Memphis, they are absolutely thrilled that they have this here.\u201d\n\nDirector Serralta: \u201cI believe today we hit the 84 missing children mark\u2026 As far as the criminal arrests, we are crossing the 1,700 mark\u2026 The FBI, they're a great partner. Their prior work [in Memphis] in the summer has been the driving force for the intelligence that we use to hit the ground running\u2026 In contrast to the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, you know, today, we hit 5,000 arrests. We're over 5,000 arrests and 500 guns. Well, Memphis, Tennessee, is going to surpass those numbers in the same amount of time because, as you mentioned, it is a target rich for violent crimes because it's been too long since we since we focused on that beautiful city.\u201d\n\nOn the U.S. Marshal Service\u2019s Role in Making Memphis Safe Again:\n\nSenator Blackburn: \u201cI know the U.S. Marshals under your direction, kind of are coordinating a lot of this work from the different agencies. How did you go about doing that?\u201d\n\nDirector Serralta: \u201cThe Marshal Service has been tapped to organize this task force. You know, it takes everyone to pitch in. Every agency has strengths\u2026 ATF brings an enormous amount of intelligence and knowledge about firearms and ammunition\u2026 We have what we call a JOCC. It's Joint Operations Command Center that has been supplied to us by Shelby County Emergency Operations Center. We're able to sit there with the different agency representatives. I was on the phone with TBI. I had a question for TBI, so they just walk over to that individual and hand them the phone, and I ask the agency the question. So, everybody is present, everybody's pitching in. We have meetings where we tweak and adjust our plan going forward because criminals, they don't stay stagnant. They don't do the same thing every day, so we're constantly changing our plan of action to make sure that we keep up with them and pass them up.\u201d\n\nOn the Overwhelming Positive Response from Memphians to the Memphis Safe Task Force:\n\nSenator Blackburn: \u201cI was on the floor today talking about Memphis, and I actually quoted someone who had been to the Grizzlies opening game down at the FedEx Forum, and their comment that they gave, which I thought was great, was that everybody was out and about. They were having a great time. They were enjoying being out, and they said, \u2018This feels like freedom.\u2019 I think that's so indicative of where people are right now. They're excited that their city is safe, and they're not afraid of going to dinner and it getting dark before they could get back home.\u201d\n\nDirector Serralta: \u201cI was on Beale Street, and numerous individuals came up to us and thanked us for our service and for being there. One couple told me that they hadn't been on Beale Street for 12 years, and the only reason they came out was because they knew it was safe\u2026 That\u2019s what fills the gas tank of the law enforcement officers that are out there. We all trade stories about how wonderful Memphians have treated us, the kind words that they tell us\u2026 I\u2019m very proud of what we\u2019ve done in Memphis, and I look forward to continuing our service there.\u201d\n\nRELATED\n\nVIDEO: Blackburn Sounds Alarm on Biden FBI Weaponization, Praises Memphis Safe Task Force Success\n\nICYMI: VIDEO: Blackburn, AG Bondi Discuss Biden FBI Spying Scandal, Memphis Safe Task Force, and Threats to Law Enforcement\n\nVIDEO: Blackburn, Tennessee State Senator Brent Taylor Discuss Crime Crackdown in Memphis\n\nVIDEO: Blackburn Joins President Trump at White House for Announcement of \u201cMemphis Safe Task Force\u201d to Combat Crime\n\nBlackburn Applauds President Trump\u2019s Decision to Send National Guard to Memphis", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/11/crime/video-blackburn-u-s-marshals-director-discuss-historic-progress-in-making-memphis-safe-again"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2566451225429773, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}