Ex-SCORPION officers transferred to MPD’s Organized Crime Unit
Though SCORPION already was affiliated with MPD’s larger Organized Crime Unit, all 35 of those officers were transferred to other parts of OCU. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
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Though SCORPION already was affiliated with MPD’s larger Organized Crime Unit, all 35 of those officers were transferred to other parts of OCU.
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