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AP interviews Memphis police chief on Scorpion unit

(29 Jan 2023) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4416942 ASSOCIATED PRESS Memphis, Tennessee - 28 January 2023 1. Medium of protesters pressing against a police car in Memphis HEADLINE: MEMPHIS POLICE DISBAND UNIT THAT BEAT TYRE NICHOLS 2. Protesters chanting UPSOUND (English): "Justice for Tyre" 3. Flyer for a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols ANNOTATION: The Memphis police chief disbanded the city's Scorpion unit on Saturday, reversing an earlier statement that she would keep it intact. ASSOCIATED PRESS Memphis, Tennessee - 27 January 2023 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Cerelyn "CJ" Davis, Memphis Police Chief: "The Scorpion unit was put together to add extra visibility in the community and also develop relationships with community members. The acronym stands for Street Crimes Operations to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods. And it basically was that people felt like the police department was allowing gun violence in certain communities. And it wasn't that. It was just that police officers that are responding to calls for service has such high volumes of calls." ++WHITE FLASH++" 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Cerelyn "CJ" Davis, Memphis Police Chief: "The whole idea that the Scorpion unit is a bad unit, I just have a problem with that." ASSOCIATED PRESS Memphis, Tennessee - 28 January 2023 6. Flowers laid for Nichols 7. Protester signs ANNOTATION: The five officers within the Scorpion unit each face up to 60 years in prison if convicted of second-degree murder. STORYLINE: The Memphis police chief has disbanded the city's so-called Scorpion unit after some of its officers beat to death Tyre Nichols. The announcement on Saturday reversed an earlier statement that the unit would remain intact. Police Chief Cerelyn "CJ" Davis said she listened to Nichols' relatives, community leaders and uninvolved officers in making the decision. Davis told The Associated Press on Friday that she did not feel like the unit was "a bad unit." Started in 2021, the unit is composed of three teams of about 30 officers who target violent offenders in areas beset by high crime. "We had the highest numbers in homicides in 2021 that the city has ever had," said Davis. "The Scorpion unit was put together to add extra visibility in the community and also develop relationships with community members." On Saturday in a statement, Davis referred to "the heinous actions of a few" that dishonored the unit and said it was imperative that the department "take proactive steps in the healing process." =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...