Former SCORPION supervisor had troubled past
Reginald Monroe stands on the Watkins Street bridge over Cypress Creek where he fell 60 feet in 2016 while fleeing from police following an illegal search of his car. (Brad Vest/Institute for Public Service Reporting)
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Memphis Police Department commanders gave Lt. Dewayne Smith a sensitive assignment — overseeing members of the controversial SCORPION unit — despite a checkered past that included giving unreliable testimony in a federal drug case.
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Marc Perrusquia is the director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis, where graduate students learn investigative and explanatory journalism skills working alongside professionals. He's won numerous state and national awards for government watchdog, social justice and political reporting. Follow the Institute on Facebook or Twitter @psr_memphis.
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