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These units were organized for the purpose of avoiding riots which other cities, such as Detroit, had experlenced (Interview of Frank Hollanan, former Director of Fire and Police for the City of Memphis, September 15, 1976, App. B). Documents obtained from the State's Attorney General (Item 9 from MPD Miscellaneous Records) show that on the evening of April 4, 1968, at the time Dr. King was shot, there were nine tactical units in service at various lecations as follows: Tact Unit No. Street Locations 6 Thomas and North Parkway 8 Jackson and Watkins 99 Chelsea and Watkins 10 Main and Butler re Georgia and Orleans 12 Trigg and Latham 13 Bellevue and Effie 7 Union and Bellewe 18 Fourth and Gayoso In addition to the tactical units, the documents obtained from the State's Attorney General show that there were ten regular police cars (with 3 to 4 men per car) in the general area of the Lorraine Motel. These cars were at the following locations at the time Dr. King was shot: ~38-