City Council to discuss removing police from civil service system

By , Daily Memphian Published: July 03, 2020 4:00 AM CT

The ordinance to be discussed is aimed at cases in which police leadership have moved to fire officers they found had used excessive force or deadly force improperly only to have those officers reinstated on appeal. The appeal is part of the city's civil service system.

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police reform Memphis City Council Civil Service Commission

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