The beating and death of Tyre Nichols by five former Memphis police officers who were members of an anti-crime task force has renewed scrutiny on ... the SCORPION unit — permanently disbanded ...

Specialized units within policing have come under increased scrutiny in recent years, most recently following Nichols' death. Announcement of the nationwide review of such police units came hours ...

The city’s murder rate was soaring and residents were clamoring for action when the Memphis Police Department announced a new anti-violence unit with a fearsome name. “MPD’s New SCORPION ...

Consideration of forming the unit comes amid scrutiny of recent police shootings and how the department handles critical incidents.

Inspectors found EMSOU was "overly" focused on traditional drugs and gun crime The ... it welcomed the scrutiny. In a report published on Thursday, the inspectors said the unit's efforts were ...

Metropolitan Police is set to be branded “institutionally sexist” in a landmark report into the scandal-hit force. Baroness ...

A Laredo police auto-theft investigator is under scrutiny after her wife made vulgar comments on social media toward the secretary of the LPD Auto-Theft Task Force Unit and impersonated her online, ...

A car with dark tinted windows circles the block a few times before swerving onto the sidewalk. A handful of armed plainclothes police officers jump out and order everyone out of a double-parked ...