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Last summer, Shelby County s District Attorney Amy Weirich assigned a team of five prosecutors to start looking into the excessive force complaints leveled against officers in the Memphis Police Department. The Conduct Review Team (CRT) has already filed misconduct charges against two officers.
Investigative journalist Marc Perrusquia with the University of Memphis Institute for Public Service Reporting talks about some of the policy changes and lawsuits that have contributed to officials taking a closer look at misconduct complaints.
This is a lightly edited version of the audio conversation above.
Q: In the past, these complaints were handled internally at MPD. What changed and why?
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